1. 3 French Phrases: Je ne sais pas (I don't know); Quelle heure est-il? (What time is it?); Je m'appelle Becky (My name is Becky). I would just like to point out all of these are incredibly useful statements if I were ever stranded in France. I'm sure my greatest concern would be the time, appearing clueless, and telling everyone my name.
2. The Quadratic Equation: Yes, I was a math nerd. My pre-calc teacher was hands down my favorite. She made us learn the Quadratic equation to the tune of Frere Jacques...so we all had to go to EVERY classroom and sing it to them. Oh, we felt pretty cool. But, I do still remember it (Thanks, Mrs. Langford), and sang the song all through the ACT and SAT tests. Now, talk about useful. I use that puppy every single day as I plan and coordinate people to participate in Missions in our City. So, in order to bless y'all for the next time you need the Quadratic Equation, sing along (to the tune of Frere Jacques):
Minus B, plus or minus,
Square root of, Square root of
B squared minus 4 A C, B squared minus 4 A C
Over 2 A, Over 2 A
3. I could leave my house at 8:13, get to school by 8:19, out of my car by 8:23, and make it to class by the time the tardy bell rang.
4. I had this English class called "Short Story." I remember nothing from it, other than the fact that my teacher (Whose maiden name was "Looney"...and we constantly reminded her of it...and made her live up to it) would not let us read "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe. Only she was allowed to read it because she did not feel we were capable to give the appropriate inflection. So, I can still hear the resonating of her raspy voice saying "NEVERMORE".
5. I strategically learned how to rest my head on my hand to fall asleep during videos in class so the teacher would not know I was snoozing. It came in pretty handy, especially during track and softball season.
6. I spent a few baseball seasons as "Baseball Stat Girl". Mostly because I was dating one of the players, but that is of no importance today. So, if you ever need an "official scorekeeper", I'm your girl.
7. I was daily reminded by our principal that you are to run "as if you are holding potato chips in your hands". Okay, we're runners. We don't eat potato chips. And I never followed his advice, which is probably why I won't be running in Beijing. Should've listened.
8. I (Subject & Pronoun) learned (verb--past tense) to diagram (direct object infinitive) sentences (noun). I (Subject & Pronoun) like (verb) it (pronoun...referring to diagramming sentences).
9. Never go to prom with someone who is interested in someone else. It's just not fun. So, dump him before prom and go with one of your friends. Even if you make his mom really mad, it's worth it.
10. I had this goal to try to make it to 10 items, but as you can tell from the last two, I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Maybe we shouldn't share this post with those still in High School...
1 comment:
Quadratic...???? I asked my own math nerd if he knew what is was. Of course he went into boring, boring boring math stuff. Uh, yours is boring math stuff too, but at least I got to sing. Now I loved your last two items in the list the best. You know, it is all about relationship.
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