Its halloween...!

Its Halloween and everyone is dressed as a celebrity. It bothers me. I think Halloween should be about the day of the dead. So everyone should look dead. But I don't know. That's just my opinion. Some people didn't dress at all. Like Alexis, she looks boring. She looks the same as she does every other day. I told her she needs to dress up but she wont listen to me so I decided to draw her a picture of Andareil. Andariel is a character off of Diablo II. She is a spider, which Alexis hates. But oh well,.. its what she gets for not listening to me. =] One costume that I really like is Lexi's(my other friend). I did her make up and hair. I think it looks really good. She looks like she just came out from underground. Its very nifty if I must say. But as for me, Im dress up a Jacob. Nothing too bad. I still have blood on my face (fake blood). Its practically a tradition now. I thought I would try to look appropriet for the occasion.

Alexis isnt hyper today.

I came to school thinking she was gonna be hyper and she's not. She's all quiet. It's not fair. But Oh Well.. she's still my BFF!

Bye bye step-dad =/

My parents are getting divorced. Its really upsetting but at least my mom will be happy. I have to move to Quincy schools. It seems kinda scary though. The high school in Quincy seems huge.. because it is. Jacob said he would help me through it though. He said something about a A-H building and F-K and I dont even know. I got lost half way through the conversation. He's been a lot of help for the past couple of days. He came over tuesday which was pretty nice.
Im actually kinda excited to move to Quincy. Alexis might go there next year to keep me awake through all my classes. If I were to miss a day, I'd swear she would kill me. I've missed two days so far and she said its been very boring. All I heard about was that the luch table was SO quiet and that I better come back or else.. well now she's almost asleep. I expected her to be awake and thrilled to see me but whatever... at least she isnt complaining about me being gone. Anyway, I'm getting off subject. I know a few people in Quincy so it won't be so bad. I think the classes will be more advanced than here. But a plus is I would get out of school earlier.
Im gonna miss my step dad. He was the only 'dad' I knew. I grew up with him and he's taught me so much. Him and I have fought quiet a few times but oh well. Things have always gotten better. I dont really know where to go from here. I have people helping me, which I'm thankful for. They can keep a smile on my face.

History of Halloween

History
Halloween origins in the ancient Celtic Festival. It is a time when kids dress up as monsters and go from door to door wanting candy. Also some people thinks its a time to scare people and play pranks on them. Hallows Eve, or the night before the 'All Hallows', also called 'All Hallowmas', or 'All Saints', or 'All Souls' Day, observed on November 1, which honors all saints. (In old English the word 'Hallow' meant 'sanctify'.)
Trick or Treat
In peasant practices, they would go around collecting money, eggs, butter, and apples to prepare for the festival of St. Columb Kill. In the ninth-century a European custom was 'souling'. On Nov. 2, All souls day, early Christians would walk from village to village asking for soul cakes. The more cakes they would recieve, the more prayers they would promise to save.
Jack-O-Lanterns
Irish Children would carve out potatoes and turnips and light them for gatherings. 'Jack' is a villan that neither God or the devil wanted. Often denied, he searched for a place to rest. His only heat was from a candle in a rotten turnip.

My BFF

ALEXIS!

She is 15. She is 5' 5''( short.. (cough)). She always wears bright colors. She is the only person in my school that can get me hyper.(and into trouble). She likes to agrue with me.. like this moment. She has 12 ear piercings. She has worn the same necklace since kindergarden. She thinks Im Japanese. She has a big blue purse. She hates my music but loves rap. I've known her since I was 5. She loves the colors green and red. She always changes the color of her nails everyday. She hates the color purple. She likes the word "what". She likes to say hi to me about 1,000,000 times a day. She likes to make her mom mad. She has never gotten her phone taken away. Her eye liner costs $20. She's a lil crazy. But so am i. =] ILY!

Top 10 Places I like to eat! =] (5 I strongly dislike)

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1. Taco Bell
2. Subway
3. Red Lobster
4. T.G.I. Fridays
5. Burger King
6. Gem City
7. Steak n Shake
8.TCBY
9. Golden China
10. Maid Rite

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1. McDonalds
2. KFC
3. Long Jon Silvers
4. Pizza Hut.
5.Buffalo Wild Wings

Why do you think Standardized Testing is important/ unimportant?

Yes. I believe Standardized Testing is important so that you can test what you have already learned and to see if you've learned enough. I don't think its fair that everyone is compared to each other. People are different and different people know different things.

Some advantages for this Standardized tests are that they can be generalized and replaceable and they are designed to provide skills for useful information. Although individual assessments may not be accurate enough for practical purposes.