Random!!

so i have not been on this thing in forever... it started out as a french assignment then it turned into a labor of love. i told myself i was going to do posts over the summer, but that never happened of corse. so, i'm picking up where i left off hahaha. thats all for now

Stephen Caton

May 12, 2009 French Revolution Notes

Reign of Louis XVI

1. He was unqualified for his job.
2. During the beginning of his reign, the government was in great debt and the people were bitter towards the monarchy.
3. He first appointed Jean Frederic Phlypeaux comte de Maurepas his advisor.
4. Maurepas' policies greatly angered the nobles.
5. He then appointed Jacques Necker his advisor.
6. Necker supported the American Revolution.
7. He dismissed Necker and appointed Charles de Calonne who tried to buy the country's way out of debt.
8. Then nobles were shocked by the amount of debt the country was int.
9. As this happened Louis lost absolute power, and he fell into depression.
10. As a response to the angry nobles he summoned the Estates General in May 1789.
11. The response to the Third Estate declaring they were the National Assembly was the Tennis Court Oath.

May 1, 2009

Today has been another normal day except we had an assembly during second block today. That made Mrs. Sasser furious. We were supposed to take a test today, but, lucky for us, we get to take it Tuesday. Today in Mrs. Thompson's class we watched Gone With the Wind in French with English subtitles. That is my favorite book and movie of all times. My favorite part is the Atlanta Bazaar scene!!! I love it!!!! lol

The rest of the day was fairly normal. After school I went to the Dairy Queen with my Grandmother, Aunt, Sister, and Cousin (Bo). By the way just to let you know, my aunt, Cindy, is going to have another baby. She is 43 and already had a misscarage, so it really makes me nervous. We are being positive and praying and I am sure we will make it through it. I hope she names it Caton. She always said if she ever had a child she would name it Caton, but on her first son she chicked out. lol Anyway we went to the Diary Queen then I went to make up a lesson at Mrs. Givhan's. She is so crazy we sat an argued (not in a bad way :P) over the key of A flat and D flat for 20 minutes lol. She gets crazier and crazier every day. (I love her to death :P)

My Eagle-Scout project pre-work day is tomorrow and I am very excited/nervous. I have a feeling everything will be okay. We will be setting the posts for the fence and the benches in concrete.

Well, that concludes my day, TaTa...

Quote: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get........

April 30 English

Today is another normal day. Once again I am sitting in French class working on my blog. I really do enjoy French class. It gives me a chance to just get away and think of things that are not normally related to school. Also Madame FiFi (Mrs. Thompson) is a great French teacher. She really makes it fun for us.

I am very excited about the band banquet tonight. I just love to watcht the seniors get awards. They have all worked so hard for four years and they really do deserve a good pat on the back. People like Jorge and Heather are just two of my friends that will be recieving awards tonight, and I am very proud of them!!

The piano recital is comming up on May 8th and I am very excited. My recital pieces for this year are Ave Maria by Shubert and The Funeral March of Marionette by Charles Gunoud. Mrs. Givhan is a very good piano teacher and I really enjoy taking piano lessons from her. She can be crazy at times but I LOVE her to deat!!! :)

The date of the Eagle Scout project pre-work day is nearing and I am getting more and more tense by the hour. Just yesterday I found out that part of our lumber order was off. It wasn't a big deal because we can always take it back, but it still makes me nervous.

TaTa for now!!!!

Quote: If you have enough courage you can to without a reputation.....

Francaise April 30

Aujour'hui est une jour normal. Je reville ce matin rafraîchieet et hiper. Je suis excitee pour Samedi. En Samedi je vais aller a la danser avec mon amie Catherine Grace!!! Je suis tres énerver que le bibliothèque est fermeture pour le ete. Je suis ne fini pas avec Les Raisins de la Colère (The Grapes of Wrath). Je suis aussi pret pour le recital de piano. Il est en le 8 de Mai. Mon piece de recital est Ave Maria (Schubert) et le Mars de Runérailles (Gunoud).

April 29, 2009

Today is another normal day, I'm sitting in French Class creating my new Blog!!! I really think blogging is a great, new way to express your thoughts. I am going to start my first blog by just going through some things that are happening in my life right now.

First, I am reading the Grapes of Wrath. So far, it is a fairly interesting book. John Steinbeck's style of writing is not my favoirte but it is different from what I am used to reading, so that could be the reason why I don't like it as much as I like other classic literature.

Second, my Eagle scout project work day is this Saturday, and I am very stressed about it. Ordering lumber, controlling a large number of people, and making sure everything is perfect is very very hard to do, especially for a 9th grader. Though it is stressful, I still love it. I enjoy being in charge and telling people what to do, (if you haven't already noticed).

Third, Miss Boyd's class is driving me crazy!! I made a bad grade on a test!! :( good thing it was just an excell text and I can go back and make it up tomorrow and make a 100, (so it's not big deal).

Fourth, Sub-Deb is this Saturday also. I am very excited about it!!!!!! This is the casual one so it will be much more laid back than the winter formal. I am so excited!!!

Well that pretty much concludes my blog for today, I hope everyone that read it liked it. :P Well, tata for now......

Quote: After all, tomorrow is another day......