Where to begin? For starters, my name is Jenna Knoche and I will be a junior at McFarland High School in the upcoming school year. I will be turning sixteen this coming Wednesday (6/23) and I'm in the midst of taking an online drivers ed. course, although I have no desire whatsoever to drive. My family consists of my dad, Rick, my mom, Yvonne, and my brother, Nick. I'm unemployed, although I babysit neighbors occasionally. I don't have much planned for this summer, other than relaxing and spending much-needed time with my friends. My only set plans are being a summer school volunteer at the primary school, going to my brother's little league baseball games, taking driver's ed, doing AP comp work, and practicing with the dance team. Oh yes, by the way, I'm on the dance team. It's a big commitment - our season lasts from June to February and then we try out again in the spring. Sometimes things get rough, but I would never give it up; I love dancing too much -- both organized and freestyle. This is partly stemmed from my love of music. I like all music - a few of my favorite artists are *NSYNC, Death Cab for Cutie, Michael Jackson, the Beatles, Hannah Montana (not Miley..there IS a difference), Lil Wayne, LFO, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Michael Buble, etc. As far as other entertainment goes, I don't watch much TV except the occasional Lizzie McGuire rerun, but I really like movies. A few notable favorites would be The Princess Diaries, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Toy Story, UP, Model Behavior, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Cadet Kelly, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, and many more.
I signed up for AP Composition because I love writing! I hope to pursue a career in journalism one day. I wasn't given much of a chance in middle school and high school to write (specifically freewrite) so hopefully this will be the perfect opportunity for me!
~jenna:)
Hi Jenna,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I admire the variety of your musical tastes and am glad you're considering a career in journalism. The world needs good journalists in a bad way!
Now that your blog is up and running, the next step is to start following other people's blogs, so you can begin reading and commenting on them. There are two ways to do this. The first is to go to my blog, visit the blogs of those people who commented on my introductory post, and click on "follow" at the top of the page. The other way is to wait a couple of days until I have a "blogroll" of all the URL's of our class's blogs uploaded to the class resource page. Open this document, click on the URL's, and click "follow." In any event, by this weekend, we should be a connected community, reading and responding to each other's thoughts. Enjoy!
No desire whatsoever to drive. Hm. Sounds like a mirror image of me. I am still practicing with my temps. I'm seventeen and my parents really want me to get a licence. Me? Yeah, not so much.
ReplyDeleteWhat did you do at the primary school? I helped out as well, teaching kids spanish!
*Good luck on the dance team!*
Same with my parents! I'm only a few assignments away from passing my online course and getting my temps. We'll see how that goes. . .
ReplyDeleteI helped with a remedial math class for first graders! It was very fun and interesting. I'll definitely do it again next summer!
Thanks so much!