I'm sorry I haven't been very active here lately...

... And that the low activity from my part will continue on for quite some time (possibly up to a year, with intermissions).

It's just that, these past few weeks I've had unreasonable amounts of homework and tests, presentations and essays. I thought it couldn't get much worse, but it has. And my guesses is that this is only the beginning. You see, I am in the last grade now in Swedish primary school. After this year, I'll get to apply for a "gymnasium", based on how well I do this year. Ergo, if I do well, I can get to a good gymnasium. If I do fantastic, I can get to a fantastic gymnasium. A gymnasium is a thing we Swedes go to ages 16-19 to get educated enough to either get a job, or continue studying in a university.

And I'm not actually doing too well. I'm struggling a bit, I mean. So far I've had three tests. One in spanish, which I actually failed (re-writing it this wednesday). One in math, which I got the highest possible grade in (yay), and one in the English-A course I'm taking instead of the English course most 9'th graders take (it's the same course most people take their first year in the gymnasium. For some reason though, my school stopped co-operating with a local gymnasium this very year, so I will have to re-write the course the first gymnasium year anyway, but I'm guessing it'll be easier when I know what I'm up against). That English test went fairly well, I think most people in the course did better (I'm guessing I'll get about 85/90 or something, it was a vocabulary test), but I'm not too worried about English, I'll most likely end up with the highest grade in it no matter how much I fail the tests, because my teacher knows how well I can speak as well as write it.

The next week is the first (of most likely many) absolutely, brutal, banana week. I have six essays/presentations/test due next week. You heard me. Six. Monday, I got a Swedish presentation and an English presentation (and I'm struggling a bit with finding information about what I'm supposed to talk about in Swedish). Due tuesday I don't have anything, thank god, but when I get home that day, as well as monday I will have to study all day anyway, so I don't think that's something to be very happy about. Wednesday, as I said I'm re-writing the Spanish test I failed, and I'm hoping to get at least VG (Väl Godkänt, or Well Done), which is the second to highest grade (MVG being the highest, Mycket Väl Godkänt, or Very Well Done). If I can get a VG at that re-writing then I'll be happy, as that's the grade I'm hoping to finish the ninth grade with in Spanish.

But that's not all on wednesday, I also have a test in Biology (genes, cells, DNA and evolution), hopefully I won't have too much trouble with this, as I've paid more than enough attention to everything my teacher have said during the classes. So that's wednesday out of the way. I would have killed to have thursday free to study for whatever's on friday, but it's vice-versa, unfortunately. I have nothing due friday, and thursday is the deadline of a six-page essay in a Swedish subject called Hemkunskap, where we learn mainly to cook, but also the remaining stuff we need to know when living by ourselves, like, washing clothes and paying bills. But yeah, the essay is about cooking and price-calculations and stuff. But, I said six, not five. We also on thursday have another spanish test (although this isn't a test that will be graded, it's more of a homework check, but IMO, it's only slightly less important, and I want to do it good, so my teacher can see that I haven't given up in the subject, which she actually believes I have now.

So, as I said, I'm sorry I haven't been active, and I'm sorry I won't be active. But these homework packed weeks that will be coming occationally this entire year, are weeks that could define my entire future. I trust you understand.

Luckily, the week after next one I'm off the entire week, we have something called höstlov, which is pretty much translated as Autumn Holiday. In sweden we also have winter holiday, which is usually two weeks (this'll be at the end of december, so I'll be active then), sportlov which is during the beginning of spring, and påsklov which is in the middle of spring. Both of these are a week, so that'll be something to look forward to. More activity here then on my part. And of course we have the summer holiday, which is two and a half months. That's when I can relax, because this year will be over.

I will have to study quite a bit on this next holiday though, but I'll be able to be active here too, as it's not too much (: And of course, whenever I don't have a million things to do, I will try to come on here and post blogs and threads and posts as often as I can.

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