Spanish...

So our Spanish teacher who finds it quite hard to control our class sometimes, has been doing mocks, so we've been having substitute teachers. I've learnt so much by teaching myself in the last few lessons!! It's so weird. But today, we got a list of 35 oral questions that we had to write answers to and we didn't have a teacher there who spoke any Spanish! So it was quite hard but we managed to do some! I still have so much to do for homework though so that she can check it on Friday.

Just a question that has been going through my head... In Germany is this translated into German or are you just incredibly magically amazing at English?? Please comment and tell me!

Thanks!!!

dolphinlover xx

14!

So I'm 14 now but I don't really feel any different. My summer exams are coming up and I'm feeling a little stressed but I think that over the years I've leant to cope with exam stress more! I haven't written in ages but today I feel like I've overcome a milestone of my first teenage year. When at school I am always thinking how amazing it is because Year 9 is basically the last year that you properly have a social life. It's so sad to think about...

My goals for the end of this year are to get a conabor badge and to get full sports colours. A conabor badge is a badge that the school only give to a few people in each year every year and it just shows that you have contributed to our school a lot and are a generally good school girl... I havent got one yet, but neither have most of my year!!! I have half netball colours so my goal this year is to get a full one (partly because I lost my other badge). That would be an amazing honour and it would be so cool! It basically makes you stand out in your school for being a great sports woman!

I sometimes get really nervous thinking about my GCSE's but I think that having an older sister who is going through it now, it has showed me that I have to really start focusing now mainly in sciences because we have started our GCSE courses so the things that I am learning now may come up in my GCSE's. It is really weird to think that in 2 short years I will be taking my GCSE's soon...

I still get a little stressed when it gets closer to the exams but on some of the previous exams I have enjoyed them because I know all of the things that we have learnt but on others I just go blank. I'm sure you've had that feeling before. And the bitter disappointment when you get that test back and suddenly all that you learnt comes flooding back to you... yep, I can relate!

When I'm older I want to be an engineer but I might take a gap year or on the side of the engineering do event planning or charity work as I love doing that too!

I'm not going to lie to you, I have been getting much more hormonal this past year and mainly in class, when I'm a bit slower at doing things and other people are like, 'I've finished! Oh what did you get of this question...' Just little things like that make me upset. I'm making myself sound like such a cry baby, which I'm not, its just on somedays, you know, when you're just not feeling up to doing something, and the last thing you need is some hard work that show offs find really easy. It makes me feel so dumb.

Everyone is always saying, Aww you shouldn't feel dumb! You go to an amazing school! You are so clever! But in some subjects (like chemistry) it does not make me feel clever. I have found formulae quite hard and others have obviously found it incredibly easy so that has knocked my confidence a lot!

I guess I am quite insecure but I try and hide it by being loud and telling jokes and always smiling... and trust me... the spots aren't helping!!!

Love dolphinlover xx