The other weird type is some different species of Chili.
Ah, but A Hershey (or Cadbury/etc. if Hershey isn't popular in your region) bar is far easier to get your hands on, way less expensive, and can be stored en masse for periods of time without legal action.
Sora just doesn't notice most of the people at her school-seriously she doesn't know their names or anything. She's got 1 or 2 friends at least in all her classes, and if she's not near them she just reads under the desk the whole time. And her school's got a couple of class clowns to keep things interesting and some people who are decent if boring, so she gets by. People are okay-it's just sad when they don't get her jokes.
You're at school 8 hours a day. Might as well enjoy it.
Sora could never bear home school-other people are annoying, but she would rather be annoyed than bored.
Sora is doing IB (like AP, only harder) and School of the Arts next year, so hopefully she will meet many more awesome people.
Once you go to specialty locations, everyone shifts comparatively. As an example, last year I found myself in two very different classes; an Environmentalism and Urban Living class (elective) and Calculus I. In the E&UL class, I was the only one with a math and science background, so I was often treated as an authority. On the other hand, in Calc 1, where I'm not as sure of myself, I found myself as one of the nameless part of the crowd.
Sora's team won the county Battle of the Books competition today. Sora only answered 3 questions and her friend did all the rest. Sora doesn't see the point of Battle of the Books, since she'll never need to use the facts again, but did it because she'd already read all the books on the list. Sora's dad spent the whole time griping about how she wasn't taking things seriously and "NO! You cannot wear that hat"-ing
Thinking about how I should eat more
Thinking about the load of things I have to get done, and the fact that I'm not altogether sure of the expectations >.<'