Spring Fever, or Rather Sumer Fever.

It's that time of year at school again; everyone is anxious and ready to leave school behind for the summer. The only problem is, we're all sneezing, coughing, and too busy with our runny noses to even notice how fast the days are actually passing by. It's that time at school where our immune systems fail us, due to the lack of sleep going on because of all the homework that's being assigned. Also, something that has been looming around every sophomore student and teacher's head all year is a little thing called MCAS. Oh yes, it's back! That exclamation point was in no way meant to express excitement. MCAS - round two - math.

It's the last thing any teenager wants to do when summer is quickly approaching. It's like we, the sophomore class, are daydreaming out the window at the beautiful blue sky just waiting to be free, when all of a sudden MCAS walks over, clamps the window shut and expects us to answer seven billion questions in two days. This is the last year I will ever have to take MCAS, and I can't tell you how amazing that is. Sophomore year at my school is a huge testing year; midterms, finals, and english, and math MCAS. I can't imagine the feeling putting my pencil down, hands about to fall off, almost to the point where I think I have carpal tunnel, and never having to take the MCAS again. It's going to be great!

Right now, though it's crunch time. Our math teachers are going over absolutely everything in the curriculum, and assigning more homework than ever before. And let's not forget finals, still swirling around in people's minds - the preparation for that has also begun taking place. Sleep is rare, and the work load is heavy, but that's all apart of being a student, and a successful one at that. Eventually we'll make up the hours of sleep lost on chemistry lab reports, research papers, etc., and the overall experience of school will make us feel accomplished. Until then, our lives will be spent with a lack of sleep, too much homework, eating Ramen Noodles, and sinus colds when the seasons change. It's a part of life. But every once in a while, we should always look out the window, before MCAS or anything else can wrap it's fingers around the handle and close it.

That is all.

-"M"