April 28, 2003

Deary Diary-

I have quite a bit to tell you about. I will just start on Saturday.
Saturday- we (mom and I) went to Audre's graduation party. It was a lot of fun. She got interviewed which was hilarious. Then after her party we went to the public library to check out some Dear America books. They are diaries of real people that once lived during a certain time in history. I have read one about slavery, the Alamo, The RMS Titanic, and now I am reading one about the Civil War. They are really good books.
Sunday- First thing in the morning we (me, mom and dad) went to early service and Sunday School. Then I went over to Sarah E.'s house to play. We played Monopoly with Stephanie and then made cookies for ZYM. After that Sarah and I went on the 4-wheeler. Then we rode bikes and just played outside until ZYM. At ZYM, Tim C. was there. We had a good devotion and then went to play volleyball. We practiced forever and then played a game. Tim was on the opposing team and he was hilarious!!! Every time the ball came to him he would either say something or make some sort of noise. I was very happy he was there because he made Daryll laugh!! I have never seen Daryll laugh out loud before but Tim was making Daryll double over with laughter. Then when I got home...Mom got really upset that I had played volleyball for so long. I mean I didn't get home until 9:00. I didn't really care that she was upset. oh well.
Then today, not a whole lot happened. The only good thing was that we actually did something in social studies! But that was it. We did something and the really surprising thing was that Conlee was there and he wasn't messing the class up!
Tomorrow is the math TAKS TEST. I am not nervous about the math. I am good at math so I know that I will do fairly well. Then on Wednesday, I have the reading portion of the TAKS. That is the part I am nervous about. This year because it is TAKS instead of TAAS, it is harder. The teachers aren't saying that but everybody knows that it is harder. I am a little nervous but I am sure that I will do fine. 
Also on Wednesday the choir is singing the Catada to the people who missed it on Easter in the late service. 
That's all. In case you haven't picked this up, I am doing a different color and different font every day. Tomorrow there will be a different color and a different font!!!
Emily
I <3 JC & NM

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New colors AND new fonts?! I was living the crazy life! Also, anyone can look up state testing records as long as you know the student's name, SSN, and date of birth - I know this because I'm a teacher who looks at my student's testing scores several times a year. But, for the sake of curiosity, I pulled up my test records from this year. For math, I received commended performance with a score of 2707 out of 2884, and for reading I also received commended performance with a score of 2400 out of 2817. So my prediction of doing not as well on the reading was indeed accurate, but I still got the highest bracket of scores, so I'll count that as a victory.