Well, for the past few days, I haven't been able to sleep properly. Even when I finish my boring and long homework, I'm still unable to sleep. Even when I feel sleepy, I'm still unable to sleep. It usually takes at least 30 minutes or more for me to be able to finally sleep. The most reasonable reason why I'm not able to sleep is because of a summer program that I went to last summer. Now, I know that some of you may be thinking "Why the hell would a gamer worry about a summer program?", but it's much, much more than just a summer program.
First of all, my school is completely lame, IMO. It's a small, public, charter school that's filled with mostly Asians (I'm Asian). It's a very strict Middle school with little programs and resources to offer. For some reason, the owner of the charter school thinks that it's best if the school is cheap. That means that the books, chairs - almost everything - are old. We don't even have lockers and we have to bring our own lunch to school. What's more is that we use the "Gym" as a place to eat our lunches in. I'm stuck in this crappy school for the next 4 1/2 years (there's a High School version of the school). I guess you can say that my school is somewhat of an extreme "nerd" camp, because we have the highest STAR Test scores in the city (Oakland). Even though my school is #1, I could hardly give a crap about it.
Second of all, my school is offering a very special summer program over the summer. Apparently, we have two choices. We have to either take a MANDATORY, EPIC FAIL summer program or take the VERY SPECIAL, HIGH QUALITY summer program. The first choice is SAIL (some program that's mainly about math everyday, every week for the next 3 weeks). The second choice is called CTY (Center for Talented Youth). My choice is to take the second choice (CTY) obviously, because I CANNOT handle the everyday-3 week math program. My worst subject in school is Math.
Third of all, I know that most of you guys will think "What the fuck, a gamer worrying about and wanting to attend a summer program that badly?! What kind of gamer is this person?!", but I have my reasons. The most important reason of all, is that most of my AWESOME classmates are going, which means I get to have LOTS of social time at CTY if I'm able to go. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I HARDLY get any social time with my classmates, so that's why I want to go to CTY. There's also a person in my class that I like, so I'd like to have LOTS of social time with her too
. I also forgot to mention that I attended CTY last summer. My first experience at CTY was like no other. It felt like the safest place on Earth. It felt like college. More importantly, it felt like Heaven. CTY had the best activities there, the best food there, and the best teachers and classes there. We had 3 Dances last summer. I've never been to a Dance before, so I failed on the first 2 Dances except the 3rd one (last dance for the summer program). I would also like to make up for my failure at the dances by attending this year's CTY. I've missed my Hall Mates, Class Mates, and Dorm Mates there very dearly, so that's another reason why I would like to return to CTY. This is just absolutely the BEST nerd camp there is.
Fourth of all, I HAVE TO take the SAT to be able to attend this special summer program. Apparently, the SAT is to somewhat measure our levels of education, whether we are talented or not, hence Center for Talented Youth (I think I wrote that correctly. If not, correct me). The score that I am required to get is a score of 600 on the SAT (this score goes for 8th graders, me). I can barely be able to get a score of 600, especially since I got a score of 415 for the last time I took the SAT. I was barely eligible to be able to go to CTY. Fortunately, since I got a score close to the requirements, I was made an Exception to be able to go. This is the most important thing on my mind. This is what keeps me from sleeping because I'm worrying about this THE MOST on my mind.
And here comes the conclusion of this Blog post. The fact of knowing that I can't get a score of 600 due to my stupid self is really nerve-wrecking. I can hardly concentrate on what I'm doing nowadays. I'm amazed that such a program can destroy me like this. Anyways...to the main point...I really need help preparing for the SAT so that I can get a score of 600 or more. To those that have taken the SAT already, can you give me any tips or anything important that I should really know for it? All I'm asking for is Tips on taking the SAT and what I should know.
Also, first Blog post ever.
Just thought I'd express some stuff.
Forgot to mention that I'm even willing to cut free time just to study. That's totally not me :l...
Please help me, guys, you guys are my last resort.
First of all, my school is completely lame, IMO. It's a small, public, charter school that's filled with mostly Asians (I'm Asian). It's a very strict Middle school with little programs and resources to offer. For some reason, the owner of the charter school thinks that it's best if the school is cheap. That means that the books, chairs - almost everything - are old. We don't even have lockers and we have to bring our own lunch to school. What's more is that we use the "Gym" as a place to eat our lunches in. I'm stuck in this crappy school for the next 4 1/2 years (there's a High School version of the school). I guess you can say that my school is somewhat of an extreme "nerd" camp, because we have the highest STAR Test scores in the city (Oakland). Even though my school is #1, I could hardly give a crap about it.
Second of all, my school is offering a very special summer program over the summer. Apparently, we have two choices. We have to either take a MANDATORY, EPIC FAIL summer program or take the VERY SPECIAL, HIGH QUALITY summer program. The first choice is SAIL (some program that's mainly about math everyday, every week for the next 3 weeks). The second choice is called CTY (Center for Talented Youth). My choice is to take the second choice (CTY) obviously, because I CANNOT handle the everyday-3 week math program. My worst subject in school is Math.
Third of all, I know that most of you guys will think "What the fuck, a gamer worrying about and wanting to attend a summer program that badly?! What kind of gamer is this person?!", but I have my reasons. The most important reason of all, is that most of my AWESOME classmates are going, which means I get to have LOTS of social time at CTY if I'm able to go. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I HARDLY get any social time with my classmates, so that's why I want to go to CTY. There's also a person in my class that I like, so I'd like to have LOTS of social time with her too
Fourth of all, I HAVE TO take the SAT to be able to attend this special summer program. Apparently, the SAT is to somewhat measure our levels of education, whether we are talented or not, hence Center for Talented Youth (I think I wrote that correctly. If not, correct me). The score that I am required to get is a score of 600 on the SAT (this score goes for 8th graders, me). I can barely be able to get a score of 600, especially since I got a score of 415 for the last time I took the SAT. I was barely eligible to be able to go to CTY. Fortunately, since I got a score close to the requirements, I was made an Exception to be able to go. This is the most important thing on my mind. This is what keeps me from sleeping because I'm worrying about this THE MOST on my mind.
And here comes the conclusion of this Blog post. The fact of knowing that I can't get a score of 600 due to my stupid self is really nerve-wrecking. I can hardly concentrate on what I'm doing nowadays. I'm amazed that such a program can destroy me like this. Anyways...to the main point...I really need help preparing for the SAT so that I can get a score of 600 or more. To those that have taken the SAT already, can you give me any tips or anything important that I should really know for it? All I'm asking for is Tips on taking the SAT and what I should know.
Also, first Blog post ever.
Just thought I'd express some stuff.
Forgot to mention that I'm even willing to cut free time just to study. That's totally not me :l...
Please help me, guys, you guys are my last resort.