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I just finished reading an article about a little girl who was suspended for sharing her beliefs to her teacher in her biology class. After I read that, I realized how lucky I was in middle school, and now in high school that I’ve had two teachers over the years who were REALLY strong Christians.

Mrs. Samson
My middle school math teacher. It was interesting because in 7th grade, there were rumors about her that .. well, she wasn’t the liked of those teachers. But after being transferred into her class a week into 7th grade, I thought that she wasn’t so bad after all. Still, the rumors kept on spreading… I knew that she was a nice teacher, but in 7th grade, I didn’t realize that she was a Christian yet. Coming from a Christian elementary school, I didn’t know how many Christian teachers they hired, so I was cautious not to talk about religion in school that year.
In 8th grade, I had her again for geometry. This time, she was talking about… religion and telling us (it was related to geometry–initially) that she couldn’t talk about religion. So, during break, I came back inside and asked her about what she was talking about during class. She asked me if I was a Christian, and I told her I was, and it just bloomed from there.
Her Christian attitude? Well, I remember when I had my “third strike” in algebra in 7th grade, she let me finish my homework during class so I wouldn’t have to be kicked out.

Mrs. Grosse
The Oh-so-wonderfullest teacher at El Dorado (in my opinion ) I had her for honors chemistry last year. (as a sophomore) Daniel had her as a sophomore also, so I remember hearing from my mom when I was in middle school that Mrs. Grosse was really nice. The first day when I stepped into the classroom, I KNEW that she was a really nice teacher. I had also known that FCA was in her classroom… so there were hints that she was a Christian. (or so I thought). Mrs. Grosse was SOO nice in everything she did… It also made me happy to know that we could email her for grades instead of her posting the grades…
So, one day, I emailed her and on the bottom, I forgot that the “verse of the month” was on there.. as soon as she emailed me, she commented on the verse. She told me that she was happy I was a Christian and she was also. From that email on, I began to feel .. VERY comfortable with her and talking to her about God and Christianity.
Then, in like.. May when Da Jio died, I felt really… discouraged and confused, so, naturally, I emailed her when I needed advice. She gave me the most encouraging email in the world… She told me that she would pray for me and gave me her thoughts about the situation.
Some ways she has shown God? Well, first was when I totally failed my solutions test in December… After I got my test back, she told me (rather, wrote to me) that she needed me to see her. I was FREAKED out, so naturally, I didn’t. But, I did email her and she told me that she would give me another chance to make up my grade… which I did… The other thing was the chem project. I didn’t do it (and still haven’t gotten the chance to) but, I remember the day after, Lauren and I went and I told her. Although she was disappointed with me, she decided to give me another chance. Even though I still haven’t gotten to finish the project yet, I hope she will email me back soon, and let me finish it… :/ Because she AND I don’t want me to get a D on my permanent record.

My thoughts.

uggh. Summer= Boo. I’m not doing well in SAT’s… and I don’t feel smart. Mom is like the “drill sargeant” at home… pushing me to do everything and anything that I didn’t do during the school year…. kinda depressing, don’t you think? AYE!! -___-” And then, there’s SAT II’s…. Dan’s first time with math 2 c, he got a 600…. I got a 540 when I did a diagnostic test…. I’m really feeling the pressure now…. *sigh*
and then, there’s school GPA… I still have a little flicker of a fire to get into UCLA…. but, I won’t make it unless my GPA skyrockets past 4.0 and my SAT score is like…. 2400… and i have 1000+ hours of community service…. which is wholly unrealistic. but seriously, I wanna get in. so, I got my report card like… last week?… or two weeks ago?… but, the thing is, i haven’t told my mom that i got it yet… (she thinks the mail is slow or something)…. well, why am I waiting to show her?… i got a d in chem… cuz i didn’t do my project… and i made up this huge lie about doing it and turning it in, but i never actually did the experiment… i feel REALLY BAD right now about it, cuz i really was SOO scared to ask mrs. grosse for help….
then, mrs. grosse tells me i can have another chance. (this is after summer starts)… and i email her like… 2 weeks ago, and she says for me to lay low for a while…. WELL, i have been laying low, but nothing’s happening…i really don’t want mom or dad to find out about chem project and everything, but… seriously, i wanna ask her what i’m gonna do… cuz i don’t wanna be stuck with a D in chem FOREVER… (especially on my permanent record).
going to CMO thing (or San Diego tomorrow)… O.O… some type of little vacation?.
dad’s not willing to teach me to drive anymore… i attribute that to our little argument we had like… last week… . and tomorrow, it’s only gonna be me/mom/dad. how boring… old people

laterz.