Spring Break

Congratulations to all of my fellow students who are now on spring break. It’s finally here! I know it has been a long time coming but I am proud of all of you for making it. I hope that you all take this week to relax and have fun. Whether you are going on a Caribbean cruise or planning on staying in bed all day I hope all of you will be able to let go of the stress from school and just sit back and relax.

Many of my friends are going on vacation this week, and I am a little jealous. I plan on getting caught up on my homework, apply for jobs, and start looking at scholarships. Yes, I know, I'm a nerd. But I don’t have much of an option because I am also getting my wisdom teeth out. Chances are that the majority of you will have to get yours out too, and let me just say I am not looking forward to it. For the next three days I'm going to be stuck in bed eating Jell-o and mashed potatoes while all of you are across the country getting tan. (Not that I'm jealous or anything)

But my point is, yes you need to relax and have fun on spring break, but you could also use this time to save your grades. It’s not often that you get a whole week off that you can spend working on things and maybe, for once, get ahead on your school work. But, if your family has planned a vacation, don’t worry I would rather be there than staying home to do homework and getting four teeth ripped out of you.

Helpful hint: RELAX! School can be super stressful, I know, so take this time to distress, you need it.

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The Best of Teen Drama Shows (part 2)

Teenage Drama shows have been a guilty pleasure for many people for many years. I'm not sure why, maybe it makes us feel better about our own lives or maybe we watch it because we have nothing better to do. Either way these shows are super addicting, and needless to say, I have watched way too many of them.

Now, I haven’t watched all of Pretty Little Liars but after about season three I moved on. Maybe it got better after that, I don’t know, but I stopped watching because I found the plot super drawn out and kept feeling as if the characters where just going in circles. Quite frankly, I got bored. I liked how this show had a darker side to it and I think the hair and clothes are amazing, but that’s pretty much all it has going for it. I would not recommend this show unless you have a high attention span and a lot of time on your hands.

The Secret Circle is a lesser known drama and it didn’t last for many seasons but I thought it was one of the better ones I’ve seen. I know you can watch it on Netflix but other than that I'm not exactly sure where you can go to watch it. Anyways, I liked this show because it was different than other shows I've watched recently. It’s a mix between the stereotypic teen age drama series and Supernatural. It’s about a group of teens who discover that they are witches and ban together to save their town from the evils that try to attack it.  I find it sad that more people don’t know about this show and for how short it actually lasted. Plus, I might have a little bit of a girl crush on Britt Robertson.

One of the first teen dramas that I ever got into was The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I personally liked it because it opened the doors to the world of teen drama TV shows for me and I remember thinking it was super scandalous. But, to be fair it has been a while since I've watched it and I don’t even remember if I finished it, but if you are looking for something to watch, this wouldn’t be a bad choice.

 Another show I haven’t seen in a while is Awkward on MTV. I remember falling in love with the first couple seasons but then I never really got back into it when the third season started up. If you haven’t seen it I would recommend at least the first two seasons. I think this will be the next show I’ll watch because I the first two seasons were that good.

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The Best of Teen Drama Shows (part 1)

Everyone has their own guilty pleasure. One of mine, like many of my high school peers, happens to be teen drama TV series. I know that this is a huge stereotype that I am playing right into, but I mean it’s not called a “guilty” pleasure for just anything. I am writing this blog post as, sort of, a review for the different ones I have enjoyed recently.

First off is One Tree Hill, this one I most recently completed through many binge sessions on Netflix. I found it strangely addictive. By now it isn’t hard to predict what happens next on shows like this one, but I still found the show engaging. Plus, the cute boys helped keep my attention. It starts off when all of the characters are in high school and follows them as they grow into, somewhat, mature adults. Like most series that last as long as this one, at times it can be slow and predictable. But, overall I thoroughly enjoyed the show. I have to admit, however, that I didn’t like that for the last two or three seasons the characters, Peyton and Lucas weren’t hardly seen or heard from.

I finished watching 90210, a while back but I can still remember that I enjoyed the first couple seasons but by the end, it got a little repetitive. I really like how distinct the characters are and even as they grow up and mature they still have distinct personality traits that stay with them. I felt like the ending to the final season was a little rushed and predictable, but it fit the plot line and it tied up all of the loose ends. The final seasons seemed very drawn out and repetitive to me, so I would recommend only watching the first couple. I mean, this show is exactly what you would expect when you think of teen drama.

Gossip Girl is my all-time favorite teen drama TV shows. I would highly recommend it because it never gets old and keeps you guessing at all times. You will fall in love with the characters and immediately want to be immersed into their world. It deals with the pressure of high society, the clashing of different economic classes, the stress of growing up, power, sex, love, money, finding yourself, and, of course, gossip. As a side-note I would just like to add that, yes, you do eventually find out who gossip girl is but you just have to keep watching for it. It’s almost funny at first, because it seems like just a bunch of rich brats but you’ll learn to love them and get passed the wild spending of money. Anyways, highly recommend that you check this show out; I know you’ll love it.

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