So guess what did all day yesterday? I waited on my window seat, starring out at the world, waiting for the mailman to come. Why? Because yesterday was the day that we would get our public High School assignments. Honestly, I have my heart set on going to a private school with one of my bestest friends, Val, just cuz we're white. Well, I'm white. She's half asian, and I'll never let her forget it.
Anyway, it got to be around 4:00, and the letters still hadn't arrived.... confused, I started to panic! Why had everyone else gotten their assignments, and not me? The world was out to get me I thought, there is a god, and she hates me!
So Around 4:30 I had had enough of this craziness, and found the phone number of the post office online. I had my father call to see what was going on. After being on hold for what seemed like forever, we finally got our answer. "There is a substitute carrier, and he will be at your house around 5:00." The world was out to get me I thought, there is a god, and she hates me!
We had a half hour to kill, and my dad and i went to go get a movie. having only killed 15 minutes, we walked around a bit, bought some girl scout cookies, deposited some checks, then we were on our way home. Guess who was right in front of our door when we got home? THE MAIL MAN!!!!! We grabbed our mail from him and sprinted into the house!
I had gotten three letters: one from a school called Gateway, which is a charter school (and I didnt care too but about getting into this one). One from a school called SOTA, or School Of The Arts (i had already gotten one rejection from them, so I reapplied). And one from the school district, giving me my public school assignment. I hoped to get into Lowell, which is one of the best high schools in the country.
First, I opened Gateway. It was a large envelope, which seemed like good news! I opened it, and I was wrong. "Okay, that's fine," I thought, "I don't want to go to Gateway anyway."
So then i opened the letter from SOTA. Seeing as it was a small letter, i predicted bad news.... I was right. They put me on the waiting list. Great.
Starting to lose faith, i opened the pubic school assignment. I so wanted it to be Lowell...................... JOHN O. CONNELL?????? WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! JOHN O. CONNEL IS ONE OF THE WORST SCHOOLS IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!!! I HAVE GOOD GRADES!!!!!!! TWO 4.00'S!!!!! I DON'T EVEN LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR JOHN O. CONNELL!!!! WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS FATE????? The world was out to get me I thought, there is a god, and she hates me!
The district freaking stinks. Seriously. One of my friends, Iryna, goes to school right down the street from this school called Washington, she put is as her first choice, and she got the school called Wallenburg. This really crappy school nowhere near where she lives. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
However, not all hope is gone, next weekend I will get the responses from the private schools, the ones that my heart is really set on! Pray to the she god's for me!
(sorry this is a really long post, I'm just a tad bit upset.....)
2 comments:
they take the less privileged kids, put them into schools, then the kids who live farther away, and THEN us. it's not fair, but it's how they do it. :(
you should appeal during the summer. if lowell was your first choice, and o'connell wasnt on there, and you got all the points in order to get into lowell, take it to the district and shove it in their face. if you try hard enough, they'll put you in lowell.
I would totally set your dad on the school district people. ;)
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