Friday, September 5, 2008
Hotchkiss Info!
It is obscenely lonely here.
Like, totally.
I mean, this is my first time being a new kid in.. 5 years. AHHHH. And I just discovered how hard it is to be a new kid. [so yea, i totally admire all of last year's newbies] I've also found that people here are really friendly at first, like they say hi and introduce themselves and everything, but they dont neccessarily accept you into their group.
SAS was just like, "hi who are you? Okay ______ (<-insert name here) you wanna sit with us?" It's just so much more open. Or maybe that's just cuz it's an international school. So new people are just so common.
Being new is just so hard. You don't know anyone that well, who are you supposed to sit with in the lunch room, where do you sit in classes. That kind of thing.
But there are an insane amount of new kids this year. During new kid orientation the place was packed. It was really weird, cuz I didn't really think that many people would be accepted.
Soo now about the school.
It's reaaaallyyyy big! I live in Bissel dorm :] On the 2nd floor. In room 201N. So yea, you can stalk me now. Here's my address if you want to send anything:
Katherine Mo
11 Interlaken Rd
PO Box 800
Lakeville Ct 06039-0800
And you know, you should totally send me stuff. Like care packages :] Food that can only be found in China, picture frames (of course with pictures in them). *cough cough*. When I emailed my mom I was like, SEND ME STUFF!!! Yea, with you guys I'll go, it's a good idea to send me stuff :D
About the rooms: I have a double right now, sharing it with a day student named Ariel Bush. She's really nice. But we don't hang out with the same people. So it's like, each person has a twin bed, a desk, those thingymabobs with drawers. We share a closet. But she doesnt keep her clothes here. So I have the entire thing to myself :]
The only bad thing about the dorms is there are only 2 bathrooms per floor. Each one has 2 sinks 2 toilets and 2 showers. But it works out fine I think. I haven't had to wait in line for anything yet.
The best thing is the dorm get togethers :) The whole dorm goes to this hallway or room and there's food and we play games sometimes. It's really fun. We have microwaves too, so you guys can send me microwavable food ;D HAHAH naah. I can buy my own food, the stores in town are stocked with american food.
I like my schedule. The classes I'm taking are Hotchkiss ensemble, science, english, music theory, chinese, math, human developement. I have a bunch of frees too :] I get Period 1 on Mondays free, so I can sleep in. And 3 frees before lunch and 1 free after lunch on Tuesdays. I get 3 frees on Wednesdays. 2 frees before lunch and 1 free after lunch on Thursdays. 3 frees on Friday. Awesome schedule eh?
Wednesdays are half-days so sports teams can go to different schools (around a 2 hour drive just to get there) and saturdays are also half-days for the same reason. You only get sundays off though :(
But the sports here are so much more intense. JV volleyball practices 2 hours very monday tuesday thursday friday and games are every wednesday and saturday. It's crazy. And then you have to fit in all the homework. But you can use free periods to do your homework. So I guess it all evens out.
The food here is actually okay.. it's quite good. Although they've taken out a lot of the 'junk food' from the menu :( like hotdogs and hamburgers. It sucks. There's lasagna though :]
Last topic is HOT GUYS!
Omg there are like SO MANY hot guys here!! But Lucy says most of the hot guys are players and most of the nice guys aren't hot. [paaah]. But they'll do for eye candy. There were these 2 hot guys in my orientation group who seem to be hot and nice. One of them is Asian, and he's more cute than hot. Really nice, a bit quiet though. The other one is blonde and he's got buff arms :] I talk to him more. His name is alex haha. Yea they're both in my grade.
And the thing about the walkbacks is totally true. Like, if a guy asks to walk a girl back to her dorm it's basically the Hotchkiss equivalent of asking someone out on the first date. But the couple isn't official till they've been on 3 walkbacks. There's also this thing about stalkbacks. Which are when the guy doesn't ask the girl if he can walk her back.
Also, during the time of day when it's dark but we don't have to be in our dorms couples like to go out on the fields and golf courses (anywhere dark) and hook up. Hook up as in all the way. The faculty cant do anything if they catch them. It's hilarious haha.
Anyway, this was one hell of a long post.
Much love,
K
Like, totally.
I mean, this is my first time being a new kid in.. 5 years. AHHHH. And I just discovered how hard it is to be a new kid. [so yea, i totally admire all of last year's newbies] I've also found that people here are really friendly at first, like they say hi and introduce themselves and everything, but they dont neccessarily accept you into their group.
SAS was just like, "hi who are you? Okay ______ (<-insert name here) you wanna sit with us?" It's just so much more open. Or maybe that's just cuz it's an international school. So new people are just so common.
Being new is just so hard. You don't know anyone that well, who are you supposed to sit with in the lunch room, where do you sit in classes. That kind of thing.
But there are an insane amount of new kids this year. During new kid orientation the place was packed. It was really weird, cuz I didn't really think that many people would be accepted.
Soo now about the school.
It's reaaaallyyyy big! I live in Bissel dorm :] On the 2nd floor. In room 201N. So yea, you can stalk me now. Here's my address if you want to send anything:
Katherine Mo
11 Interlaken Rd
PO Box 800
Lakeville Ct 06039-0800
And you know, you should totally send me stuff. Like care packages :] Food that can only be found in China, picture frames (of course with pictures in them). *cough cough*. When I emailed my mom I was like, SEND ME STUFF!!! Yea, with you guys I'll go, it's a good idea to send me stuff :D
About the rooms: I have a double right now, sharing it with a day student named Ariel Bush. She's really nice. But we don't hang out with the same people. So it's like, each person has a twin bed, a desk, those thingymabobs with drawers. We share a closet. But she doesnt keep her clothes here. So I have the entire thing to myself :]
The only bad thing about the dorms is there are only 2 bathrooms per floor. Each one has 2 sinks 2 toilets and 2 showers. But it works out fine I think. I haven't had to wait in line for anything yet.
The best thing is the dorm get togethers :) The whole dorm goes to this hallway or room and there's food and we play games sometimes. It's really fun. We have microwaves too, so you guys can send me microwavable food ;D HAHAH naah. I can buy my own food, the stores in town are stocked with american food.
I like my schedule. The classes I'm taking are Hotchkiss ensemble, science, english, music theory, chinese, math, human developement. I have a bunch of frees too :] I get Period 1 on Mondays free, so I can sleep in. And 3 frees before lunch and 1 free after lunch on Tuesdays. I get 3 frees on Wednesdays. 2 frees before lunch and 1 free after lunch on Thursdays. 3 frees on Friday. Awesome schedule eh?
Wednesdays are half-days so sports teams can go to different schools (around a 2 hour drive just to get there) and saturdays are also half-days for the same reason. You only get sundays off though :(
But the sports here are so much more intense. JV volleyball practices 2 hours very monday tuesday thursday friday and games are every wednesday and saturday. It's crazy. And then you have to fit in all the homework. But you can use free periods to do your homework. So I guess it all evens out.
The food here is actually okay.. it's quite good. Although they've taken out a lot of the 'junk food' from the menu :( like hotdogs and hamburgers. It sucks. There's lasagna though :]
Last topic is HOT GUYS!
Omg there are like SO MANY hot guys here!! But Lucy says most of the hot guys are players and most of the nice guys aren't hot. [paaah]. But they'll do for eye candy. There were these 2 hot guys in my orientation group who seem to be hot and nice. One of them is Asian, and he's more cute than hot. Really nice, a bit quiet though. The other one is blonde and he's got buff arms :] I talk to him more. His name is alex haha. Yea they're both in my grade.
And the thing about the walkbacks is totally true. Like, if a guy asks to walk a girl back to her dorm it's basically the Hotchkiss equivalent of asking someone out on the first date. But the couple isn't official till they've been on 3 walkbacks. There's also this thing about stalkbacks. Which are when the guy doesn't ask the girl if he can walk her back.
Also, during the time of day when it's dark but we don't have to be in our dorms couples like to go out on the fields and golf courses (anywhere dark) and hook up. Hook up as in all the way. The faculty cant do anything if they catch them. It's hilarious haha.
Anyway, this was one hell of a long post.
Much love,
K
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