Homework

English: Get forms signed

PE: Ditto

World History: 3 paragraphs on Louisiana Purchase, typed, MLA format

Biology: None

Academic Honors: 1 paragraph intro including birthday, family names, where you're from, etc.

Geometry: None

September 4, Home at Last

I can say with absolute certainty that today was a terrible day. I've never been more excited to see my mom in my entire life.

I mean, I may be exaggerating a little. It wasn't too bad, actually.

I ate dry salad for lunch, ranch dressing should not be yellowing, and lemonade. I sat by Kat today, but we didn't talk very much because she was so busy sketching some secret drawing that she wouldn't let me see. That kind of sucked, because I really wanted to see it. Her art is always super good. Last year I remember when she painted me! Even though it really didn't look like me considering my face was all distorted and it all, but still. It was so cool. Like cooler than my attempt at drawing distorted faces would be. I still have it on my wall.

I noticed that despite my tear-inducing (okay, maybe they were from seasonal allergies) speech on the importance of providing adequate lunches for those of us who don't eat meat in front of the entire cafeteria staff and Vice Principal Marshal, Druneston has not made many changes to suit my nutritional needs. I really don't want to eat a salad every day. Elaine said that my speech won't work because the staff doesn't know what else to serve. I guess, but come onnnnn. There are plenty of meat-free lunch entrees.

Things That I Would Rather Eat At Lunch

Bean BurritosHam-free Pasta SaladBlack Bean BurgersQuinoaA PB&JSteamed VegetablesWhite Ranch Dressing with my dry salad3 Bean Chili with soy hamburgerVegetarian Lasagna

See?

Maybe I could start packing my own lunch. That'll show 'em.

Good news: Elaine is in Academic Honors with me! And so is her brother James. I heard Ms. Liams call them during attendance and almost cried. I knew no one else in any of my other classes. Well, except Josh Hatcher, Drew, Arissa, and this one girl Sabrina who was my partner once last year for the science fair. But no one I actually know. At least I have comfort knowing that I won't be a total loser every single class.

I have homework on the first day. Can you believe it? Being a sophomore is so hard.

Lucky me for pulling out the Louisiana Purchase when Mr. Donte had us pull assignments from the "historical hat". I totally did a project on it in eighth grade. I'm pretty sure I remember everything.

Louisiana Purchase Notes

Acquisition of territory from FranceEarly 1800s… I thinkSomething about Napoleon…

Hmm…

Google Search: Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828,000 square miles (2,140,000 km2) of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana. The U.S. paid 50 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars (less than 3 cents per acre) for the Louisiana territory ($233 million in 2011 dollars, less than 42 cents per acre).

Source: Wikipedia

See, I remember something…

An Overview of the Louisiana Purchase

By Talia Vinacelli

The Louisiana Purchase, or Vente de la Louisiane as the French called it, was a land acquisition in 1803 by the US of 828,000 square miles of France's territory of Louisiana. The United States bought it for approximately 15 million dollars for the territory, which, in today's money, amounts to around 233 million dollars. In today's money, that's less than 42 cents an acre!

Nononoooo. It sounds so… plagiarized.

I need more research.

The Louisiana territory encompassed all or part of 15 present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The land purchased contained all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River; most of North Dakota; most of South Dakota; northeastern New Mexico; northern Texas; the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans; and small portions of land that would eventually become part of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

France controlled this vast area from 1699 until 1762, the year it gave the territory to its ally Spain. Under Napoleon Bonaparte, France took back the territory in 1800 in the hope of building an empire in North America. A slave revolt in Haiti and an impending war with Britain, however, led France to abandon these plans and sell the entire territory to the United States, who had originally intended only to seek the purchase of New Orleans and its adjacent lands.

The purchase of the territory of Louisiana took place during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. At the time, the purchase faced domestic opposition because it was thought to be unconstitutional. Although he agreed that the U.S. Constitution did not contain provisions for acquiring territory, Jefferson decided to go ahead with the purchase anyway in order to remove France's presence in the region and to protect both U.S. trade access to the port of New Orleans and free passage on the Mississippi River.

Source: Wikipedia

Never mind, I'll come back to this later.

I don't know what kind of sorcery got me into Academic Honors class. That's normally for the geniuses of Druneston. Geniuses like Elaine, who I still can't believe ditched me without notification. I should call her.

No, I always call her. She should call me. She was the one who didn't go to school today. My school year resolution is to be more assertive and less of a pushover. I am not giving up already.

That and wear lip gloss more.

Aww, two failed resolutions on the first day. I am built for failure.