too cool for school

welps, i am officially no longer going to Hell everyday (also commonly referred to as St. Mary's  All Girls Catholic College).

haha no- just kidding, it wasn't that terrible.

i am now enrolled at Heretaunga College. Tomorrow i will be going into school to get fitted for a uniform! For those of you who don't know, school is very different over here. College consists of 9th year, 10th year, 11th year, 12th year and 13th year students. Kind of like back in the states, how we have 9th grade through 12th grade but its like adding another year. 

My american AFS friend, Dorothy, is actually in year 12- which sucks because i'm in year 13. Nick, my temporary host brother is the "head boy" (or class president as we would say back home) of year13 though, so at least i will know someone in my grade level. 

And exams are also really different. There is no graded homework or anything like that. Sure, we get homework and assignments and what not, but my teachers at St. Mary's have been stressing how important it is to pass the Internal Exams (hard tests given in class) and the External Exams (even harder tests given out of class. Think something like the SATs but for school. I like this, because back home we are constantly having tests and quizzes every week it seems. 

-evelyn