*EDUCATION*
I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL UNTIL 8TH GRADE. I WAS IN THE NEW PALTZ SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DID NOT REALLY LIKE IT. IN 8TH GRADE ALL THE PEOPLE I WAS REALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH WERE LEAVING MY SCHOOL. MY BEST FRIEND AMANDA AND I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. SHE COMES FROM A VERY CATHOLIC FAMILY AND SAID SHE WANTED TO GO TO A CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL. I AM JEWISH BUT I THOUGH IT WOULD BE COOL TO GO TO SCHOOL WITH HER. SO I WENT AND APPLIED. I DID GET IN BUT AMANDA NEVER APPLIED. I DECIDED TO GO ANYWAY AND HAD MY PARENTS PAY MONTHLY FOR IT THAT WAY IF I WANTED TO LEAVE, I COULD. I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE IT BUT FIGURED IT WAS BETTER THEN NEW PALTZ. I WAS MANDATED TO TAKE RELIGION. MY RELIGION TEACHER, MRS. ALLEN, WAS A NIGHTMARE. I HATED HER CLASS AND WE KIND OF BUTTED HEADS. NO ONE REALLY LIKED HER. SHE WAS HEAD OF THE RELIGION DEPARTMENT. A LOT OF KIDS DIDN'T GRADUATE BECAUSE THEY FAILED HER RELIGION CLASS. AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN I LOOKED BACK AT ALL OF MY TEACHERS, SHE WAS THE ONE I LEARNED THE MOST FROM. EVEN THOUGH SHE PUT ME THROUGH THE MOST CRAP IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY MADE GRADUATION FEEL GOOD AND WORTH SOMETHING.
MY SCHOOL WAS VERY BIG WITH RELIGION. DURING GRADUATION ALL OF THE TEACHERS STOOD OVER THE STUDENTS AND RECITED A PRAYER. IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GRADUATIONS.
NOW I GO TO PLATTSBURGH STATE UNIVERSITY AND LOVE IT. I'M PRESIDENT OF MY DORM, PART OF WQKE (COLLEGE RADIO STATION), IN HILLEL, AND AM A BIOCHEMISTRY MAJOR. I HOPE TO ALSO GET A BUSINESS ANALYSIS MINOR. MY ROOMMATES NAME IS KARI ANNE AND MY OTHER GOOD FRIENDS NAME IS SAMMIE (PIC OF BOTH ON THE HOME PAGE.