(This is a followup to  Done!)
My graduation pictures are available here.

I’m done!
Today was the commencement ceremony at Pinecrest. I am now a high school graduate, ready to take the world by the horns but responsibly, or something like that (our principal isn’t the best with words).
The ceremony was all right - short with no keynote speaker. I think I missed Salutatorian by a few hundreths […]

At the Senior Awards Ceremony, I found out that I was awarded the 1st place ($1000) scholarship by the PTSA. Then later, I found out my parents had known for 3 weeks. It’s the first time my dad has kept a secret that long.
In related news, I’m still ticked about the honors thing. The local […]

So, for English, I had to do a 30 hour project to learn a new skill. So, not realizing it was as easy as learning to play golf or sewing a dress or something similar, I set out to rewrite Shakespeare. Specifically, I rewrote Macbeth in a modern setting. The (comical? good? you decide) result […]

I have been selected as a Chubb Foundation Scholar with a $6,000/year four year scholarship. Score!
For the interested, Chubb was the company my grandfather worked for, and the scholarship is open to employee families only.

So today I turned in the final copies of both my IB Extended Essay and my TOK Essay. The first is a long, 17 page, 4000 word (not including abstract or works cited) essay entitled “An examination of the effect of the Internet on free speech in the United States and throughout the world.” The […]

Well, I’m writing a paper on the 20’s, and I was talking about how prohibition led to a rebellious nature that caused social change. I then switched to a more somber topic about organized crime and (completely unintentionally) used this transition:
“Prohibition had more sobering effects as well.”

I realized I never finished my Hannukah list after the last night. I’ll repeat my list here, new items in bold, for those of you playing at home.
Scuba diving lessons (FUN!)
A mezzuzah necklace
A nice leatherman (multi-tool)
Clothes (A dress shirt, two pairs of slacks, 2 pairs of pajama pants, and a fleece jacket)
A leather jacket
A book […]

Dear Benjamin,
Congratulations on your acceptance to Cornell University! We are very pleased to be welcoming you to the new freshman class.
This electronic message is not your official acceptance notification. You should be receiving an official acceptance letter from us in the mail shortly.
In the meantime, we want you to know that we are excited at […]

The Pilot, our local newspaper had an article that our principal is a finalist for a superintendant’s position in Alabama. While I’ll be glad to see her go, this quote disturbed me:
“I’m ready to make that next move, and I love Alabama,” The Star-News quoted her as saying. “I turned around a high school, along […]