To be honest I haven't been up to a great deal over the past couple of weeks, cos thats just the kind of exiting life I lead.

Obviously I'm still doing the whole school thing, and really enjoying that.

Today I went to a College night to find out about the local Colleges / Universities in the area (not really feasible for me to look for a great school further away). I got a little bit of information, mainly just names so that I can look them up on the net later, it was far too busy to try and talk to the reps.

One of the reps upset me a little by asking me "Do you have a kid who's interested in engineering" and while technically, yes, I could have a 18 yrs old child now, I was kinda hoping the "I'm 29" lie was still holding strong. I guess not :/

So I headed over to the counseling dept, to set up an appointment to work out what I'd be good at, what path I should take, what I wanna be when I grow up kinda thing.

Tomorrow I'll head over to the library to do one of the tests that you fill out loads of information about yourself (example : I like to draw and I like people) and it suggests jobs / paths for you to take / study (example : Be a characture artist at your local tourist spot).

It then takes TWO WEEKS to be sent over to the careers advisor, before you can then talk about what you wanna do when you grown up.

Seems kinda long winded to me, but I think it will be helpful.

I kinda know what I field I wanna go into, maybe, well I have interest in a couple of classes. I'm just not sure what kind of job I could get out of it in the end (or even if I want to work for someone else).

Next week I have another exam, this one is Constitution (basically what most American school kids take in 9th grade) - I'm a little concerned about this test as its not something I understood fully until a couple of weeks ago, but I have been studying it.

Part of the test includes me having to write out the pledge of allegiance with no errors.

Some examiners remove the full 10 points if you get any part of it incorrect, fortunately my examiner only takes a point off for each error.

I have I feeling I'm going to be writing out the pledge of allegiance over and over again this weekend so that I get it right for the test

I think it is ...

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, from liberty and justice for all.

I have to get it correct down to the last little comma and everything (how did I do?).

Being a British citizen, I must admit it grates a little to have to keep saying it over and over to myself, so I have to remind myself I'm not actually "pledging" just learning what people say when they do.

Just feels a little odd.

However, doing this exam will help me immensely if I ever to decided to become an American Citizen.

I'm pretty confident I'll pass, I"m just not sure if I'll get a score I'm happy with.

After that I think I'm going to take my Science test, then Maths (I'm really loving my maths at the moment) and then my English Language/Writing test which is gonna suck royally I just know it.

Today, we had a whole bunch of new kids in the class, so me and a few other of the students who have been in class since the start of the semester sat outside the classroom while our teacher focused on the new students and giving us time to study.

I ended up teaching a couple of the other students that are having problems with Maths.
I really enjoyed teaching and got a real buzz when they "got it" , I just don't know if I have the skills required to do it as an occupation. Pays crap anyway :)

So yeah, my life is pretty much GED all the way at the moment, and I'm loving it :)