Of Failed Trig Tests, Algebra Shenanigans, and High Praise

My day has been.... Well.... Boring, yet somewhat eventful. Such a strange combination, I know! Here's a quick rundown of it, I suppose!

Let's start with early morning band. I have to be to the school with my instrument out by seven am every morning for San Antonio trip rehearsal. The trip is in two weeks! Woah! And then, after my teacher was already cranky over that, he then had to deal with the symphonic band for regular class after that. He's stressed. I feel bad for him. Danielle challenged me, but I fully intend on practicing and not letting her beat me, because I am trying to move up in the band as it is. I suppose that makes me rather frustrated.

I had trig next, and my mind was completely blank the whole time, so I failed the test, I'm sure of it. We have a big project due on Friday and I'm not even started. I should get on that. Now for algebra on the other hand, we had a substitute, so our whole class rejoiced. However, we ended up taking a team test, which also did not go as well as I had hoped.

Now after school, I had another meeting for AYCE, which stands for Authentic Youth Civic Engagement for those of you that didn't know. Just as a quick run down: AYCE is a part of the Youth and Family services. In AYCE there are three main subdivisions: school, community, and city. I am on the city team. We have our own youth/police board called Project Partnership. This is a subdivision of the city team, and is primarily for the youth to have a voice and change the perspective and subdue the tension between the youth and police in our city. So, we are currently doing Co-Op sessions to entice youth to become a part of Project Partnership. Now here cones the good part: we communicate directly with the chief of police: Chief Allender. Now, when I first joined just a few months ago, a little over a month into the school year, I was terribly shy around the chief of police, the adults and even the youth in the room. However, about my third meeting in, I finally got the guts to say what I thought. Now here's another good part: after our meeting today, I stayed to talk to Carmen and Carrie (two adults involved and in charge of AYCE) and Carmen told me that when I spoke up, after the youth left, Chief Allender told her that the boys in the room would be best off listening to me because I have a level, logical, understanding head on my shoulders. That's high praise from the chief of police, methinks. It made me feel good.

That's it for now.
Loves- Caite