Day 1: And so it begins!

Today was my first day of high school!
And this is one of my first assignments! I had to create this blog for my Computer Science class.

Because the school day only lasted for about half a day, the periods were dramatically shortened. So, most of the time in each period was taken up by introductions. However, Mr. Arkin (my Computer Science teacher) went straight to the point! And, in a way, I found that to be quite a relief - I'm horrible at introductions!  He told us that he had injured himself, and therefore would be away on Thursday and Friday. So, we were delving straight into the course from Day 1!

We were given the class' website URL, and told that our assignments were posted on it. Mr. Arkin told us to read everything over with a parent or guardian, then get to work on the Wikispace assignment once we got home. He explained that we had to follow the precise instructions described on the website for said assignment. He also said that we only needed to read over the "Super-power" assignment.Then he allowed us to talk freely for the rest of the period.

Being the person I am, I followed his instructions to a T (or, I tried to, and I hope I did it right).
First of all, I read everything on the class website with my parents.Then I set off to do the assignments.
Actually, before I did anything, I created a separate email account that would only be for school-related stuff. Then I made a Wikispace account and requested to join the class Wiki. After that, I read over the Super-power assignment, feeling incredibly confused. When I finally got to making a Blogger account, I got frustrated.

Making my account was the easy part. Actually creating the blog was...tedious, to say the least. The first time I tried, the website asked me to type in a cellphone or home phone number to get a verification code. When I saw this, I was horrified. I didn't have a cell phone (I told my mom I needed one!) and the Internet and phone uses the same line at my house. So, I had to (grudgingly) ask one of my friends for help...And it worked! (Thankfully!) If you're reading this, Jessie, I'm SO grateful to you.
Yes...well, to get back on-topic: even as I'm writing this, I'm experiencing lag. Hopefully when I get high-speed Internet it won't happen as often.

Um...I guess that's all I have to say. To everyone reading this, I apologize for my inability to summarize. Oh, and as for the name of my blog...I couldn't think of anything else, and I wasn't sure what to name it. So I chose this. Again, sorry if it's...strange.

As for the Computer Science class, I'm looking forward to it! I did study HTML way back in Grade 4, so I have some basic knowledge. I'm sure it'll be a fun class!