Day 44

Name: Amy Rosen

Profession: Student, Sunrise Middle School, 7^th grade

Location: Her home in Phoenix, Arizona

Question: Why are you where you are right now?

Answer: I have to bear the nitty gritty until I can get what I want

9:30pm Sierra

Amy! Do you have a couple of minutes?

9:31pm Amy Rosen

yes

why?

9:32pm Sierra

Would you mind if I interviewed you for a project I'm doing? I interview one person every day for a year, and then post all the interviews to my blog, 365debuts.blogspot.com. Would it be okay if I asked you a couple of questions for it?

9:32pm Amy

ummm sure i guess

9:32pm Sierra

Okay! Great!

9:33pm Amy

ok

9:33pm Sierra

The first question is always: Why are you where you are right now?

9:33pm Amy

like at home or in my life?

9:33pm Sierra

Either one. You choose.

9:34pm Amy

well i am at school because I have to be it's the law

9:34pm Sierra

Fair enough. Do you like school? Would you go if you weren't forced to?

9:36pm Amy

no i would not go to school if i didn't have to i would rather take random classes of thing that i am interested in and the I would not have to put up with the other kids that don't care about anything

9:36pm Sierra

What are you interested in? What kind of classes would you take?

9:37pm Amy

more like art type classes and history and i am interested in creative historical stuff

9:38pm Sierra

Oh, okay. Are you taking any art classes now? What does your schedule look like?

9:39pm Amy

i am not taking any art classes at the moment i have to take a semester of computer skills but that class is not horrible

9:40pm Sierra

Really? It sounds kind of boring. What are you guys learning?

9:42pm Amy

we just learned how to type without looking at the keyboard now i can if i wanted to but it's easier if i just look at the keys and the class is going to get better because i ended the boring stuff

9:42pm Sierra

What's next? What else are you guys doing that you're looking forward to?

9:43pm Amy

at the end of the year we are going to choose songs and make music videos

9:44pm Sierra

Very cool! You go to Sunrise Middle School, right?

9:44pm Amy

ya

9:44pm Sierra

What grade are you in?

9:44pm Amy

7th

9:46pm Sierra

Okay. And you said you're interested in math and art, right? What do you want to be when you grow up? What's your dream job?

9:47pm Sierra

Sorry, history and art!

9:47pm Amy

well not math but maybe owning a cute shop lol or working at disneyland on the window displays

haha

9:48pm Sierra

Your older sister seems pretty interested in Disney and clothing, too. Do you think you get that from her?

9:49pm Amy

I guess i get some of that from her

9:49pm Sierra

What's your relationship like with your sister?

9:50pm Amy

we get along we are best friends

9:51pm Sierra

That's good! She's going to school pretty far away, though, isn't she? What's that like for you?

9:52pm Amy

she is not too far away but we miss her but she is having funn

9:53pm Sierra

So I hear! On a somewhat different topic, what's the most important thing to you right now?

9:54pm Amy

getting good grades

9:54pm Sierra

And why is that so important?

9:56pm Amy

because i want to be with the people who actually care and are nice

9:56pm Sierra

When? In college or high school? Or are you talking about once you're done forever?

9:59pm Amy

well you have like honors and this whole other section for really smart perople and then level 4 math level 5 math and level 6 math 6 is the smarty pants LOL no they are just the ones that like math i am in level 5 which isn't bad but

10:00pm Sierra

...But you want to stay in those higher-level math classes, so you have to keep trying hard?

10:01pm Amy

yes i know i have to try harder i know but i don't have horrivle grades but i just want perople to be like hey are you in this class and for me to be like yah and then they would be like WOW you are soooooo smart

10:02pm Sierra

Haha. So would you say that how people perceive you is also--if not more--important to you?

10:03pm Amy

ummm no i don't really care what people think of me but i don't want them to look down on me that i am dumb

10:05pm Sierra

Okay. I think I understand. It doesn't sound like you enjoy your classmates too much, am I right? What bothers you about them?

10:06pm Amy

they are just annoying and they always don't follow the rules but hey i guess you don't get to choose people in life

10:06pm Sierra

How true!

10:07pm Sierra

Do you have any other little life philosophies besides deal with what you're given?

10:10pm Amy

ummm if life gives you lemons throw them back and say i want the jonas brothers LOL LOL just kidding just kindding

10:11pm Sierra

Haha! Where did you get THAT from?!

10:11pm Amy

well don't walk around with stress the size of a elephant on your shoulders

i saw it somewhere i said i was kidding lol but it is very funny

10:12pm Sierra

I agree! It's hilarious! Okay. Anything else you'd like to add before we depart?

10:13pm Amy

i don't think so O i guess if i had to live in a natural disaster i would pick a black out and if i could just see history but not live through it i would like to see the salem witch trials