Well, Amanda's year went really well. She only tripped up the stairs once! She was in Peter Pan and her shoe fell off during one of the dance numbers. Amanda was also on the equestrian team and showed for the first time. She had a lot of fun doing it and even got a 1st! Amanda was also in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Even though she was an extra in both of the shows, she had a lot of fun with her friends. She had a little too much fun in her West Civ class and wrote many humorous blogs for her homework. Most of the school read at least one of them, and many of her friends read them daily during class.
She is really good friends with everyone in her advisory, and she got very competitive during pictionary. Amanda also made a ton of new friends from other schools, even though she already knew most of the students. She had a lot of laughs with them at Italian Sensations and the rest of the Safeway plaza. Her brother got his license, and Amanda was highly entertained watching him try to back into parking places.
Amanda went on lots of field trips during the year. She went to New York to see How to Succeed starring DANIEL RADCLIFFE! When he spoke for the first time everyone in the audience gasped because he was talking right in front of them without a TV screen in between. She also just went to the Folger Shakespeare theater in DC to see a Shakespeare performance, but nothing could top the New York trip.
Did she also mention her dog was the star of the Wizard of Oz?!? Her dog Ruby was Toto in Conor Devoe's Wizard of Oz at school. Amanda got to go to all the practices, and she became friends with a lot of the cast. It was a student production directed, choreographed, and everything by Conor. It was truly amazing to see the whole thing come together.
The highlight of her year was when she found out her uncle got married without even telling his parents! Just kidding about the whole highlight of the year thing, she thought it sucked majorly. She will be going to his fake wedding in the beginning of the next school year.
She spent a lot of her time at home doing homework, but when she wasn't doing homework she was out with her neighbors. Amanda has a very close bond with all of her neighbors. The youngest one is around 3 years old and the oldest kid who she hangs out with is her brother who is 16. It is a pretty amazing thing to see the 14, 15, and 16 year olds running around with the 3,4, and 5 year olds. The older kids look out for the younger ones and coach them in all different kinds of neighborhood sports.
The most influential part of Amanda's year was when she started working at a therapeutic riding farm. She met a 23 year old named Danny, and as she got to know him, the happier she was. Danny's has probably seen every movie you can think of off the top of your head, and he knows it so well he can quote it all back to you. Helping Danny and the other kids gave Amanda a new perspective on how to treat kids with special needs.
Amanda had an amazing school year this year, and without all the homework, it would have been perfect. She learned a lot in all her classes, and even managed to make it through with a passing grade. She is so happy the year is over, but she will miss all her new friends. Amanda is thankful for a great year, and thankful to everyone who was a part of it.
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