Salutations!

Greetings!
My name is Mandy, I am a Senior here at iQ. I think that this is a wonderful idea to really get to know people and what is going on in their heads. It is a fabulous idea! I have actually been a student here at iQ for 3 years, and for good reason. I am a former student of West Bend West, I left after my Sophomore year, and a very unsuccessful one at that. I had a knee and sinus problem, a problem that had me in and out of school for more than 2 months out of the school year, sprawled throughout that year due to surgeries and therapy.
iQ was answer to a prayer.
My Junior year had been interrupted, however, as my parents split up, and my mother, my brothers (3) and I had left the house, and I was unable to finish a portion of school, as where we were residing did not have internet.
Last year went very good, my Senior year, but I decided I would stay one more year to prepare myself for going to college.
So, that is where I am. I am technically a Senior+. *riendose en voz alta*
Glad to be here, pleasure to meet you all, and I look forward to getting to know you all!
Here's to a good year, and a great start!

~Mandy Massingale

My First Week At iQ

My first week has been super hard. I've been trying to figure out how to navigate all my classes.AP Government is really hard. I also couldn't figure out how to get my printer to work. If anybody wants to help, please email me at horsecrazyaly15@yahoo.com.The school is pretty cool all together. Everybody have a good week!

CarlySmash is in the house!

Okay, that was lame.

And I'd been sitting here staring at the screen, listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with no ideas at all.
But then I realized, I could use my lack of ideas as a decent post.

So I took a page from the Book of Streeter Seidell,
and made this.

Three guys walking down the street...

The first one walks into a bar. He bought a beer and stayed there for an hour.

The second one walks into a bar. He was unconscious for an hour.

The third guy walks into a poll, and votes the second guy for president.

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While that joke wasn't a political statement, it did have something special in it. Can you guess? A poll! That's right. And that's also a new feature on Blogger, that we get to use. (*listens for resounding cheers of joy*)

You can find the poll of the week, which I'll obviously update weekly, in the right column (For those of you seeing only a blank green background, it's the other right.)

-H²

Into the Fray

With one full day of school behind me, I'm happy to be in one piece after the (usual) amount of day 1 chaos yesterday. Despite everything from not having my ibook till the 3rd, to being without an elluminate login to attend the Physics elluminate that didn't happen anyway, it was certainly a positive precursor to what is shaping up to be one of the best years at iQ yet. The crazier it starts, the better off everyone is. It's only by having the troubles that staff and students can properly get into the online learning groove- and I don't mean that lightly.

It's the problems at iQ, and even life in general, that shape the success of its participants. Through the struggles to get everything in line, we learn where our priorities really are, and we gain crucial skills that will solidify our composition in future struggles. Chaos breeds greatness. Keep that in mind, as you wait to get that critical problem fixed (or tear your hair out at the mass-emails flooding your inbox.)


-H<sup>2


Edit 1: Added mass email note. Thanks Charles.</sup>