Today, I realized that I literally do nothing at school. I should have realized this earlier, like, within the first week of school. I think I did know that my day includes a lot of down time, but today I actually got to sit back and see it. I have one of the easiest schedules that could possibly be had by a high school senior.

Our school runs on a block schedule, meaning that we have four classes each semester. Two of my classes are basically free periods where I sit around and answer phones or do something else that is meaningless to me but I guess useful and important for the principal and teacher I assist. In my two classes that are actually book classes, we don't do enough to where I could say we do something.

Though, today in Environmental Earth Science, we watched a video about Acid Mine Drainage [AMD] and what part it has played in the damaging of the Cheat River that flows through this area. Apparently, the owners of this one mine thought that they would cut some corners and drain water from it into an older, abandoned mine not far from it. Guess what. That older mind only held so much water before it burt and let all that nasty, orange water flood into a major contributary to the Cheat River. As you can imagine, the acidic water didn't do well for the river and everything living in it. The video went on to explain how they are going about fixing the problem, but I don't feel like typing all that out.

Yeah... that's about it for today.

ugh. how depressing to watch that video given in we all have to carry various environmental problems on our shoulders whether we like it or not.
» renaye on 2007-10-01 10:11:18

Hmm.. Four classes a semester. Wish we could ahve that.
But that would only mean longer times for boring subjects...
» Xboyz on 2007-10-02 02:37:49

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