It’s the fourth nine weeks. The sun is shining and it’s the final stretch towards summer vacation. You’re sitting in last block just waiting for 2:30 p.m. to come so you can go home and enjoy the nice weather. That just doesn’t seem to have happened yet, though; it seems as if the end of the third nine weeks and the beginning of this fourth nine weeks has brought more homework upon us. I was looking forward to the last nine weeks, and I was looking forward to having less homework and more free time after school. It seems as if I’ve been getting even more homework than before. We also seem to be doing a number of projects too; I am currently working on projects in three of my seven classes. Juniors had to take PSSA’s on top of everything else. I always think of the last nine weeks as being relatively stress-free. It’s supposed to be the best few months of the year, but it hasn’t started that way. I for one am hoping that things will start to ease up after progress reports get sent out. It’s frustrating when you’re stuck inside doing homework on a nice day. Why couldn’t they give us more homework in the winter? We are inside more during the winter and we would rather be outside when it is warm and sunny. Don’t get me wrong—I’m not saying we haven’t had any free time at all. I’m just saying we’ve had a noticeably larger amount of schoolwork lately. Personally, I’m ready for summer. I don’t have anything against school, but that winter was too long for me. I’m looking forward to those summer days when I can just sit back in the sun and not have to worry about anything. I’m looking forward to not having a pile of homework waiting for me. I’m looking forward to just being able to enjoy myself. I don’t know about you, but I plan on putting some heavy focus on getting through these last few weeks of school and homework and finally getting into summer vacation.