Hey Guys,
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while! Had a very tough time getting online between school, ice hockey, parties and homework! Well, I’m back to the world of Cyberspace, and it appears that my cyberspace area is doing very well! I’ve had 195 comments ( : D ) and 3,250 views ( double : D ). So all is good there! But, I’m leaving London at the end of this year : ( ! And I have several options for schools back in Virginia, Georgetown Day, Arlington Schools, Fairfax County Schools, National Cathedral School and a few others. But, to get into Georgetown Day and NCS ( well to apply at least!) I have to take the SSAT, which is basically a mini ERB if you’ve ever taken that. It tests you in writing, reading comprehension, quantitive reasoning, writing comprehension and basic math. Now, my math and home room teacher is tutoring me after school on Tuesdays to help me get ready for the test, so thats all sorted. And to apply for gifted and talented in Fairfax County and Arlington County, I had to take a differential abilities test which I took in 3rd grade, luckily enough, I got scored in the 99th percentile!
Back to the present though, I took a math test about two days ago and I scored 85 which is pretty bad, but it’s much better than what I got last time, 75 points. And I haven’t taken my retakes yet! So, next math class we will officially get the tests back and then see what areas we need to retake! I have a math tutor every Monday and Friday who also doubles as my baby sitter who takes me to Ice Hockey!
So, as I’m on the topic I might as well talk about Ice hockey! I play for a team called the Haringey Bulldogs! ( I play mainly U12 but I got to play U14 last game!) I play left wing mainly, but I can play right wing! So, I was in Bristol for a game, and it was the world’s longest bus ride ever, but thats besides the point, when we got there, we stretched , ran some and then got geared up, I played number .. hmm.. 16 I think… and I was left wing on the other side of my friend Andrew ( playing Center) and a guy named Almos ( playing right). The game was a great game, Andrew and Almos were top scorers and a kid named Jahva scored 4 goals, for a total score of 22 to 1. When I was in the changing room after the game my coach asked if I wanted to play U14, I accepted ( BIG MISTAKE for the team, I suck) but I got to play a lot, and I got body check and it hurt like heck and I got embarrassed, then I got checked again. So that was the end of good sportsmanship for me, I got really mad, stole the puck and skated up to the goal, of course the score was 21 to 1 so any goals wouldn’t make any difference, but it would give me confidence, back to the story, I was up at the goal and just letting the puck slide when the person who body checked me the first time came up behind me and thought he could pull the puck out of the goal ( the goalie was on the other side of the goal, remember this happened in about 2 seconds, not fast enough for reflexes to kick in) so he brought his stick in, and unfortunately for him, hit the puck with the wrong side of his stick, so he hit it in! Because it was an own goal and I was the last person on my team to touch the puck, I got credit for it!
Anyways, thats enough of sports, back to academics, I just feel like sharing my past test scores with the world! So, in science, I got 2 97s, one on a microscope test and one on a unit test on bacteria. In math, I got a 75 on a unit test and an 85 on a mid way unit test. In humanities, I got a 94 on a unit test and in French, a 97, 85, 100 and 94 all in unit and spelling tests. So, I’m doing pretty well, and you can tell my best and worst subjects!
Now, I want to skim over some fun stuff! I go to a choir called Capital Childrens’ Choir based here in London! My choir teacher Rachel, put me in line for a gig! I’m really excited and have been working really hard on memorizing the songs that she gave me!!! I’m so excited for Wednesday to show off my singing! Wish me luck!
That’s about it,
Peace out girl scouts!
Emily.