Here is to the class of 09!

Ok, so I know that I am suppose to be blogging about politics and current events, so on… but this is something that is really on my mind, I am writing this for all the seniors out there because I think a ton of you are all feeling the same way. I think that everybody knows what that is to, GRADUATION is just a couple days away and I think that we (as seniors) are freaked out, we have to say our goodbyes, which to some will be forever. The last 12 years of school have been dreaded until now. We can all say that one time or another we hated so and so or we love him or her. We have grown so close with friends and lost so many friends throughout the year. Most of the promises will be broken of staying in touch. But it is finally here the, place that we have all been working so hard to get to, it is finally here and it is just hitting some of us, this is it. This is our new beginning, most of us are going off to colleges that some of us have never heard of. Al the school dances and the parties, its all over for us for now. This fall we are all going to experience new things and make new friends, everything we have been preparing for is here, we have been waiting for this piece of paper ( the diploma) for 12 years, and we are getting in an a week. It is crazy to think that there were a handful of us were not able to celebrate this day with us, weather hey have past on, dropped out or something else, we are all still together, there are going to be memories that last forever of the last 4 years of our life.. It really is true that this was the fastest 4 years of my life, it seems like yesterday that I was a freshmen and now I am pushing graduation. Senior year really is the best and I wouldn’t change anything if I could… live laugh love… those really are the words that describe high school, there is so many different people and yet when we are all together we all share the same feeling. I am looking forward to seeing everybody at class reunions. Good Luck to everyone next year! Class of 09!

Prom

As a senior I am having trouble staying on the topic of politics when there is so much other things I want to write about, so here it goes… This past weekend was Prom, which was amazing by the way, My class officers decided to have the theme be casino night, it looked gorgeous. It was at a country club and everything was lit up perfectly. I think that post prom was a blast as well, everybody changed from their beautiful dresses into comfy clothes to go bowling at wee hours in the night. After that the school had hired a hypnotist to come and hypnotize a bunch of students, it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. The hypnotist had them dancing, acting, and all this other stuff that was hilarious. I had a great time at prom, the only thing about it is that that means that the end of our high school experience is coming to an end. I don’t understand why some of the seniors don’t go to their own prom, it is one of those things that you have to go to to get the whole experience of being a senior, same as the football games up in the front row. Prom was great, thanks for everything to everybody that was apart of it and made it such a beautiful evening!

The Swine Flu??

So, the swine flu is getting closer, six cases of the flu where recently discovered in Marshalltown Iowa. It is said that if one child from the school gets the swine flu, they have to shut down the school for two weeks at least, however if another child gets the flu in another school in that area, the school board has to shut down the whole school district for six weeks.
This being such a big issue, a couple of classes of mine have been discussing how we would act if the swine flu hit home, and they had to shut down our school for two weeks..... Being a senior in high school I can not even describe how bad that would be to have graduation post pone, because of the flu, I have waiting for this since I walked in the doors of high school. As well as cancelling prom, that would be a senior’s girl’s worst nightmare. Given that this post is about the swine flu I feel that I should probably give you some information regarding the flu, such as the symptoms and how to avoid getting the illness.

Swine Flu is a form of influenza. Although swine flu is normally virulent only in pigs, it is thought to have crossed over to humans in the early part of the 20th century, causing the Spanish Flu pandemic. The death toll from the Swine flu was particularly high among young, healthy adults.
In 1976, a swine flu scare provided the biggest embarrassment of US President Gerald Ford's administration. On February 5 an army recruit at Fort Dix said he felt tired and weak. The next day, he was dead and four of his fellow soldiers were later hospitalized. Two weeks after his death, health officials announced that swine flu was the cause of death.
The vaccine was blamed for 25 deaths (more people died from the vaccine than died from the "swine flu" itself) and a small, but statistically significant, rise in the incidence of a rare illness called Guillain-Barré syndrome or GBS.
As most of us know, there has been a number of outbreaks in Mexico, New York and had now reached Iowa.
The safest way to avoid catching the influenza would be the same way as not catching any other flu. Keep you hands clean, away from your mouth, nose and eyes, and cover your mouth when you sneeze to avoid spreading germs.