End of Course Chaos

Dear Wal,

I haven't posted in four days. I know. Things have been insane. Where do I start? First off, my principle saw the need to crack down on everyone right at the end of the year, a few weeks before exams. Now, we all know this doesn't do anyone any good. It's like putting a nuclear missile in a pressure cooker and dead locking the lid. Everyone is already stressed enough about final exams, final projects, etc. We don't need any more pressure.
You see, when I was homeschooled tests and the end of the year really weren't that big of a deal. Partly because due dates were flexible, but also because tests were pretty common. We had one big state test to take every year where we had to be in a classroom pretty much non-stop for two days. The test was on every subject, mostly general stuff, but still it was a pretty substantial test and EOCs are nothing compared. We got ice cream at the end of it, though, and that make everything better. I actually looked forward to the ice cream part. I don't get very much ice cream.
Anyway, when I came to this school I encountered a whole new atmosphere of stress and panicking and flailing that I had never encountered before. I didn't understand why everyone was freaking out or why they thought these tests were going to be such an ordeal, but me being me all this stress rubbed off and I went into several weeks of emotional turmoil. Believe it or not, I'm really sensitive to the emotions of people around me.
Anyway, it's not the tests I dread at the end of the course but the atmosphere. There's nothing I hate more than sitting in a room with a bunch of stressed out teenagers freaking out over this paper or that final. I don't want to be in school with that, and this is me we're talking about. It takes a lot for me to hate school.

/endrant

P.S. I'm addicted to Doctor Who now. :D