I think that Lopez is getting way too strict. It seems like everything we do it is wrong, and against the rules. Gum, why can’t we chew gum? The school says that we can’t chew gum because we will stick it under the tables, and put it everywhere. I can promise you, if we were allowed to chew gum, then we would keep it in our mouths. Trust me. Another thing is when we are by the buses; I always stand and talk to my friends a couple of minutes. Well, that’s against the rules too. All the teachers yell at us to get on the bus! Why can’t we socialize for a few minutes? The teachers talk all the time during the day, but we students aren’t allowed to talk in class. Some people may argue, just go hang out with them after school! Well, we can’t do that, because we have so much homework! And it’s the same thing in the hallway, teachers telling us to get to class. Just let them be tardy, then they will learn their lesson! Jeans are another thing. If your jeans have a tiny whole or fray in them, you get sent to the office. This makes me frustrated because I have a lot of jeans with holes in them, but I can’t wear them to school because of this stupid rule! What’s the big deal about holes? If it is appropriate, then what does it matter? I think that Lopez needs to give us a little more freedom, they have us on a very tight leash and a lot of kids are getting fed up with it.

Why do we have to take semester exams? It just stresses people out. The teachers give us too many reviews to work on. I can understand one review to work on over a few days, but they give us too many long reviews all in a row. In English, I got a six page review to do yesterday. And it’s due today. What do they think we are? Super geniuses? Because not very many people are going to finish a six page review in one night! I don’t mind about math. Math is easy! Yesterday, we got a small packet to do. I finished it in less than 30 minutes, even though it was four pages. Just compare math to English. In English, you have to write out every answer and explain it. In math, you just have to show your work and wrote down the correct answer. Science wasn’t so bad. We got a review on Friday for Science. So we had the weekend to do it, and another two days because it is due on Wednesday. For history, it was the same. We get the packet on Monday and work on it in class the whole week. Electives are the best. In orchestra, we’re probably going to have a playing test. And one should complain about it because we got the music a long time ago and Mrs. Sorgi told us that we were going to have a playing test or chair test soon. But seriously, shy do we need to take semester exams? It’s just another thing for us to worry about.