ShannonShadowbox

You’ve all read many more than me (I’ve only read four and seen two others), but I’m only in tenth grade and I’m working on it. I bought the Complete Works of Shakespeare a week ago and I plan to start with Merchant of Venice and go from there with whatever else I feel like.

So far I’ve read:
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Twelfth Night
Titus Andronicus (and also saw this one performed)

And I saw:
Jullius Caesar
Hamlet

Titus Andronicus is my favorite, though I haven’t seen many of you list it as one that you’ve read. You should give it a try, it’s really…interesting. :D

Now I’ve got a lot of catching up to do!

I’ve been stressed so much lately, mostly about school. It’s made me really ill once or twice, and sometimes I get lightheaded or dizzy when I’m really stressed. And I suffer from migraines all the time from stress. I really need to stress less and somehow find a way to worry less aobut my grades, school, and everyone’s approval. I need to do something for myself for once. I really need to learn how to deal with all the stress I put on myself!

I’ve been doing better. Now I raise my hand for things I know I’ll get right. I’m still too scared to volunteer my opinion if I’m not sure it’s right (although I know there’s no right or wrong opinion). But it doesn’t help that the overall atmosphere of my classroom is pretty negative. My teacher is being a bit more supportive but my other classmates are stuck up and they dominate any discussion we have so that I can’t get any of my opinions in.