April 23, 2007 5:56 PM
Bonjour!
Greetings! My name is Lorraine, and I am a 9th grader (or "Junior" according to Mercersburg lingo) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I am also a French citizen.
The recent French elections have been keeping me interested. My personal favorite, Phillipe de Villier was eliminated by the preliminary election, but oh well! Now that the race has been narrowed down to socialist Segolene Royal and the more right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy, I am curious to see who will be elected as the next French President.
Last Tuesday, my roomate and I went to see jazz pianist Joe Utterback perform at our Burgin Center for the Arts. He was amazing, and we both enjoyed the performance. My roomate and I have completely different personalities and completely different philosophies, yet somehow, not only have we managed to go through the year without any major conflicts, but we have also become good friends.
That Friday, I got to skip classes to help with a Model UN conference for Middle Schoolers that was organized by 12th grader Chuck Roberts as his Senior Project. Although I am a member of the Model UN club, I had never attended a conference, so that was an interesting experience. After watching thirty some students discuss the prospect of a nuclear war and the steps that should be taken to avoid such a disaster for six hours, I can just imagine how difficult finding to real solutions to real problems could be.
This weekend, I went to a game at Notre Dame Prep with the JV Boys Lacrosse Team as their manager. Traveling to different schools is always fun, and so are the post-game stops to fast-food restaurants. Unfortunately, we lost, but I am hoping that our scores will improve as the season progresses.
All of these extracurriculars, on top of my classes and such, have are making for a busy Spring Term, but I rather be a bit to busy that too bored. Spring Term seems to be hectic for everyone. As a lowerclassmen, trying to peice together a tentative schedule for the next four years that will enable me to recieve all of my graduation credits has been challenging, but luckily there are alot of people around to help.
Well, I better go tend to that growing stack of homework I have been trying so hard to ignore!
A plutard!
Posted by Lorraine at April 23, 2007 5:56 PM