Hello!
I would apologize for not posting in forever, but I don't think anyone cares. If anyone does care, they should probably have expected it. I'm an MSSM student for goodness sakes. Regularly update a half thought out blog that no one holds be accountable for updating? Nah!
A couple of things have happened recently and a couple of things are coming up, so strap in. I have an entire hour to procrastinate my homework, this is going to be a long one.
Most recent news is mostly bad. First: Al-Bears closed. Second: The community is crumbling. I'm going to do the less in-school politicy one first.
Al-Bears. I have no idea if I'm spelling that right. It was a pizza shop and mom and pop type restaurant in downtown Limestone, walking distance from the school. They had cheap ice cream, hot pizza, and greasy sides. What more could you ask of a local pizza place? It was honestly a really great place to hang out and get some non cafeteria food that you don't have to make yourself in a microwave or the tiny dorm kitchen. Date, special occasions, being fed up with the cafeteria. It all happened at Al-Bears. Rest in peace.
There aren't many good places to hand out apart from the school. There was Al-Bears. They had it all, food, chairs, indoor heating. They're not there anymore. Someone else will buy the building, but the new owners won't be there until after I graduate. There's the new bookshop. It opened this year, and it's part of a downtown building project. They have indoor heating, plenty of comfortable couches, books, free coffee and tea. It's pretty great, but it has more of a sleepy cuddle studious vibe than Al-Bears had. And that vibe can be found most places at MSSM. That being said, the bookstore may get more popular now that there's no more Al-Bears. We'll have to wait and see. There are two/three shops and a park that makes up the rest of the downtown. The park is outdoors, which means it gets cold though. The thrift store and Mike's Market aren't exactly prime hangout spots, being shops as they are. There's the Graphics place, but I've never been in there or seen anyone go in there. They look cool? And far too sleazy New York for downtown Limestone? So there's that.
Of course if you want stuff to do there's plenty at the school! Trips, movies, clubs, various events. If you're a nerd I would suggest finding an RPG group to gobble up your spare time. If you have a significant other, go out to the fields at night! Just be careful not to steal anyone's 'spot' if you don't want to be walked on.
Okay. That's done now. Time to talk the second thing: Our lovely crumbing community!
I may be a tad over-dramatic when I say it's crumbling. It's more like a couple of people have thought that it would be funny to chisel out chips of a nice looking statue.
Here's the thing: I came to MSSM to get away from a certain type of person. We all know this person. The one who takes nothing seriously, and doesn't really get the whole respect thing. Like at all. This is the person who talks through class, pokes fun at strangers, and laughs when someone gets offended at something they've done. I came from a school of these people. Then I got to MSSM and it was blissfully different! People were free to voice outlandish opinions, and they would get careful analysis of these thoughts instead of flat out laughter. I could trust random students talking to me, and there's was no blatant disrespect of the classes. People still hated teachers, but the hatred was always because the person felt that the teacher was impeding their learning, not because the teacher was doing their job. Respect is so overused as a goal, but have a community that was thoughtful and cared about each other to some extent was great!
A couple things have changed. And by things I mean people. Some kids got admitted who laughed at the ideals I had come to love. In the past semester, two students found toxic substances in their water bottles, and one student had their room trashed for no reason. It's only a handful of kids, and I know that people like that were already here at MSSM, but enough of them are here now that they can band together in a circle of idiocy.
Enough rant. The staff are doing stuff about it. Discipline will be harder, and faculty aren't afraid to kick people out now. My main worry is that the school wants to keep growing. Part of me wonders if our exclusivity in the past has been what has allowed the MSSM community to be a safe place apart from most U.S. high schools. Time will tell. If you read this and you end up at MSSM, don't be afraid to call these types of people out. Like seriously.
Okay no more politics. Time to talk about the holidays and what comes after them here at MSSM!
Holidays are great. Wing nights involve cookies and movies and gift exchanges. I would warn any potential student that the celebrations tend to be fairly Christmas-central, but I wouldn't worry too much. From my experience with the staff and the students, you should have no problem celebrating anything other than Christmas, or even not celebrating at all.
Lots of teachers are hanging up Mistletoe for the holidays, not as a "kiss under the mistletoe" thing, more as a "Look, a holiday decoration that is allowed in public high schools!" thing. Everyone's looking forward to Holiday Break, coming up right after midterms/finals.
Ahhh Finals. I should probably describe them to anyone unfamiliar with MSSM.
Everyone's stressed. Some schools have things where you can get out of finals. MSSM does not. Because we are a boarding school, we can have our current set-up. Finals Week is the last week before break. Three to four days of it is spent doing finals. There are several blocks of finals, and the finals range from presentations to writing portfolios to traditional tests. On the last day, everyone takes their Math finals all at once. This final starts at 8:30 and ends at 11:30 with a couple breaks in between. (Most finals are only two hours don't freak) The buses then leave at 1:00 that day, and break begins! This year I have no morning finals except for the Math one, which is so incredibly nice. I can sleep in!!! You do need to study for these finals though. I don't care if you've never studied for anything in your life and still gotten 100s on everything, you WILL have to study for these finals.
After break is J-Term, two weeks where you only do one specific class (or trip or internship). Then it's another three weeks, then February break.
I'll be honest with you. This time sucks. It's five weeks of being at school during dark, cold days. This stretch will leave you burned out and tired of everything. If last year the people were any less epic, it would have been absolute horror. Luckily the community was great, and we all pulled through together. Fingers crossed for this year!
That's all. I think this post was a little more pessimistic than the previous ones, huh.
Aw well.
Don't let it scare you off. This place is actually really great.
See ya!
~Samantha Williams
Monday, December 4, 2017
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Back At School
Hello all!
MSSM is back in session, which means I actually have things to write about on here again. School started about five days ago, and classes started yesterday. There are a bunch of new teachers this year and I have them teaching three out of my four core classes.
I don't think I've explained "core classes" yet, so I'll do that here. Basically a core class is any regular intensity to high intensity class. The minimum you can take (I think) is four. (I know I'm such a slacker. I'm trying to add astronomy though, for the right amount of stress to keep me motivated). The maximum you can take without an overload form is five. Six seven or even *shudder* eight core classes require you to fill out an overload form, which is basically, if this is too much and you start struggling, what class are you going to drop? Most sane people have either five or six core classes, but there are always those couple kids who decide their life isn't complete without the maximum amount of work. Honestly I applaud these people. They have a much better work ethic and stress tolerance than I could ever hope to have.
Getting back to school was an interesting feeling. It's an 'almost the same' feeling. I'm back were I belong though, and interacting with close friends and new students has been a lot of fun.
The solar eclipse was epic! The school provided each of us with eclipse glasses so we could watch it. I was outside for almost a half hour alternating between staring at it and glancing away so I didn't damage my eyes. (The glasses could supposedly keep your eyes from harm for only 2-3 minutes at a time). One of the RIs got my picture while I was ogling at the sun, and asked if she could give the picture to a person for the school page. I said yes, so my picture might be on the school page...Both an 'Oops' and an "Epic!' moment.
Breakfast calls. Talk to you soon
~Samantha Williams
MSSM is back in session, which means I actually have things to write about on here again. School started about five days ago, and classes started yesterday. There are a bunch of new teachers this year and I have them teaching three out of my four core classes.
I don't think I've explained "core classes" yet, so I'll do that here. Basically a core class is any regular intensity to high intensity class. The minimum you can take (I think) is four. (I know I'm such a slacker. I'm trying to add astronomy though, for the right amount of stress to keep me motivated). The maximum you can take without an overload form is five. Six seven or even *shudder* eight core classes require you to fill out an overload form, which is basically, if this is too much and you start struggling, what class are you going to drop? Most sane people have either five or six core classes, but there are always those couple kids who decide their life isn't complete without the maximum amount of work. Honestly I applaud these people. They have a much better work ethic and stress tolerance than I could ever hope to have.
Getting back to school was an interesting feeling. It's an 'almost the same' feeling. I'm back were I belong though, and interacting with close friends and new students has been a lot of fun.
The solar eclipse was epic! The school provided each of us with eclipse glasses so we could watch it. I was outside for almost a half hour alternating between staring at it and glancing away so I didn't damage my eyes. (The glasses could supposedly keep your eyes from harm for only 2-3 minutes at a time). One of the RIs got my picture while I was ogling at the sun, and asked if she could give the picture to a person for the school page. I said yes, so my picture might be on the school page...Both an 'Oops' and an "Epic!' moment.
Breakfast calls. Talk to you soon
~Samantha Williams
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Guess Who Got Blocked
Hello all!
Sorry I haven't posted since February (Looking back, my last post was exited with a "See you soon. Oops). I do have an excuse, even though it's a shoddy one. The school blocked My MSSM Adventures! Not explicitly, like, being called down to the principle's office 'This is inappropriate" blocked. More of a "Our school's blocking system works off of code words, so anything with words that relate to anything inappropriate is auto blocked and guess who wrote about gambling?!" So yea, I can no longer see the actual blog blog on the school's internet because I wrote about a school event. That takes away a little bit of motivation for me, just because I always want to see the finished product. I may do better, I may not. Senior year is this year, so I'm either going to have all of the free time or none of it. Time will tell.
Okay so quick update on what's going on with the school. The Manor broke. Like a lot. In my last post about cesspools and snowflakery I mentioned the Manor in passing. Basically it was a really epic housing building that was a short walk from campus. I say epic because of the people there, not because the building itself was actually any good. It used to be a nursing home, and it was OLD. Near the end of the year (like REALLY near the end of the year. Weeks before room draw) the students were told that the Manor was no longer safe and would not be there the upcoming year. A lot of the guys were angrier about this than the girls, because only the guys had a chance to live at the manor anyway, but it's still upsetting that they waited so long to let us know. Also everyone lost a great place for events. All the Shadowrun and Magic Drafts took place down there, and their kitchen was much bigger than the dorm kitchen. Anyway, much griping and planning later, the final plan looked like the boys getting Upper A and C, and girls getting B and Lower A and C. I got on Lower A, which looks like it's going to be an upperclassman wing, so score!
Graduation happened and I said good-bye to a couple of really good friends. LARP Club (the club I founded at the beginning of the year) ran it's last LARP of the year with only 4 PCs and 4 NPCs (Including GMS). It was amazing. My college search is full-steam, and scholarships are a pain. I've joined a summer RPG. I'm hosting a Meet my Mom party because 1) My Mom is epic and 2) I really miss all my friends. School starts back up mid-August, and I'm honestly really looking forward to it.
Talk to you eventually.
~Samantha Williams
Sorry I haven't posted since February (Looking back, my last post was exited with a "See you soon. Oops). I do have an excuse, even though it's a shoddy one. The school blocked My MSSM Adventures! Not explicitly, like, being called down to the principle's office 'This is inappropriate" blocked. More of a "Our school's blocking system works off of code words, so anything with words that relate to anything inappropriate is auto blocked and guess who wrote about gambling?!" So yea, I can no longer see the actual blog blog on the school's internet because I wrote about a school event. That takes away a little bit of motivation for me, just because I always want to see the finished product. I may do better, I may not. Senior year is this year, so I'm either going to have all of the free time or none of it. Time will tell.
Okay so quick update on what's going on with the school. The Manor broke. Like a lot. In my last post about cesspools and snowflakery I mentioned the Manor in passing. Basically it was a really epic housing building that was a short walk from campus. I say epic because of the people there, not because the building itself was actually any good. It used to be a nursing home, and it was OLD. Near the end of the year (like REALLY near the end of the year. Weeks before room draw) the students were told that the Manor was no longer safe and would not be there the upcoming year. A lot of the guys were angrier about this than the girls, because only the guys had a chance to live at the manor anyway, but it's still upsetting that they waited so long to let us know. Also everyone lost a great place for events. All the Shadowrun and Magic Drafts took place down there, and their kitchen was much bigger than the dorm kitchen. Anyway, much griping and planning later, the final plan looked like the boys getting Upper A and C, and girls getting B and Lower A and C. I got on Lower A, which looks like it's going to be an upperclassman wing, so score!
Graduation happened and I said good-bye to a couple of really good friends. LARP Club (the club I founded at the beginning of the year) ran it's last LARP of the year with only 4 PCs and 4 NPCs (Including GMS). It was amazing. My college search is full-steam, and scholarships are a pain. I've joined a summer RPG. I'm hosting a Meet my Mom party because 1) My Mom is epic and 2) I really miss all my friends. School starts back up mid-August, and I'm honestly really looking forward to it.
Talk to you eventually.
~Samantha Williams
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
A Cesspool of Political Correctness and Special Snowflakery
Hello!
Somewhat recently, while in an argument with one of my friends, this friend's parent called MSSM "a cesspool of political correctness and special snowflakery." And the thing is, she's not entirely wrong. Even just MSSM's sexuality demographic is probably enough to make any normal person's head spin. However, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Most of the time it just makes this school ten thousand times more awesome.
I'm going to give examples in chronological order. First up: The List. I believe that at some point, every school has had someone who feels the need to rank their classmates, based on popularity or looks or whatever. A the beginning of this year, such a list was formed by a couple of boys on Upper A.
For those who don't know, (read: probably everyone who is ever going to read this) MSSM dorms are split into wings. The girl's wings are Upper C, Lower A, and B-Wing (there's only one, so there's no need for 'Upper' or 'Lower'). The boy's wings are Upper A, Lower C, and the Manor, a old building down the road from the school. Generally, the largest/least cool wings go mostly to underclassmen. That means B-Wing and Upper A. By default, these wings have the most people, as well as the youngest average age, so they tend to be more chaotic. Upper A has a particularly meh reputation.
Anyway, this particular list ranked all the girls in the school with some number, 1-10. News eventually got around to everybody except the RAs and RIs (Residential Assistants, senior students who help supervise the wings, and Residential Instructors, the live-in overseers of the students and various events for the students). It took about two months, but eventually word got to an RA, who told an RI, who told Mr. Grillo. The next weekend the entire Upper A wing got a talk about misogyny form Mr. Grillo.
Next: Anxiety here at MSSM. There are a lot of students here at MSSM who have anxiety, and with the high workload even students who don't have mental breakdowns from time to time. I know at my sending school the understanding of anxiety was horrible. A lot of my friends had anxiety attacks in the middle of class, and their teachers wouldn't let them leave the classroom. Also, you could only really call out sick if you were physically sick. There was no such thing as a Mental Health day. Here though, it's a lot different. Students are encouraged to take mental health days when they need it, and, I didn't know this until recently, teachers understand anxiety, at least a tad bit better than they understood it at my sending school.
Story time! No worries, the story is brief. A little over a week ago I was in Math class. It's a large class, and it can go really fast sometimes. In the middle of notes, one of my friends who has anxiety raised her hand. Mr. Pederson called on her, and she told him she was having anxiety and asked to be excused to see the Nurse. He told her absolutely, and that she doesn't need to ask, she can just get up and go when that happens. Compared to the horror stories some of my friends at my sending school had, it was quick, simple, and understanding. I don't know if this is a constant throughout the school, but I really wouldn't be surprised.
Example 3: The LCS Students. MSSM shares a school building with Limestone Community School, a kindergarten, grade school, and high school all smooshed into one wing of the school. There aren't that many students, so they all fit, but we do share their halls. Every so often one of the LCS boys will catcall a girl in the hall. I'm lucky, as I'm rarely the target, but it's still an uncomfortable situation. Apparently, it came to Mr. Grillo's attention. He announced that he was working with LCS so that it would stop happening, and to please support each other and report it when it does happen. I was a bit surprised. I had gotten to the point where I forgot that that's not supposed to be 'normal' teenage boy behavior.
I guess MSSM is the type of cesspool I enjoy being a part of.
See you soon.
~Samantha Williams
Somewhat recently, while in an argument with one of my friends, this friend's parent called MSSM "a cesspool of political correctness and special snowflakery." And the thing is, she's not entirely wrong. Even just MSSM's sexuality demographic is probably enough to make any normal person's head spin. However, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Most of the time it just makes this school ten thousand times more awesome.
I'm going to give examples in chronological order. First up: The List. I believe that at some point, every school has had someone who feels the need to rank their classmates, based on popularity or looks or whatever. A the beginning of this year, such a list was formed by a couple of boys on Upper A.
For those who don't know, (read: probably everyone who is ever going to read this) MSSM dorms are split into wings. The girl's wings are Upper C, Lower A, and B-Wing (there's only one, so there's no need for 'Upper' or 'Lower'). The boy's wings are Upper A, Lower C, and the Manor, a old building down the road from the school. Generally, the largest/least cool wings go mostly to underclassmen. That means B-Wing and Upper A. By default, these wings have the most people, as well as the youngest average age, so they tend to be more chaotic. Upper A has a particularly meh reputation.
Anyway, this particular list ranked all the girls in the school with some number, 1-10. News eventually got around to everybody except the RAs and RIs (Residential Assistants, senior students who help supervise the wings, and Residential Instructors, the live-in overseers of the students and various events for the students). It took about two months, but eventually word got to an RA, who told an RI, who told Mr. Grillo. The next weekend the entire Upper A wing got a talk about misogyny form Mr. Grillo.
Next: Anxiety here at MSSM. There are a lot of students here at MSSM who have anxiety, and with the high workload even students who don't have mental breakdowns from time to time. I know at my sending school the understanding of anxiety was horrible. A lot of my friends had anxiety attacks in the middle of class, and their teachers wouldn't let them leave the classroom. Also, you could only really call out sick if you were physically sick. There was no such thing as a Mental Health day. Here though, it's a lot different. Students are encouraged to take mental health days when they need it, and, I didn't know this until recently, teachers understand anxiety, at least a tad bit better than they understood it at my sending school.
Story time! No worries, the story is brief. A little over a week ago I was in Math class. It's a large class, and it can go really fast sometimes. In the middle of notes, one of my friends who has anxiety raised her hand. Mr. Pederson called on her, and she told him she was having anxiety and asked to be excused to see the Nurse. He told her absolutely, and that she doesn't need to ask, she can just get up and go when that happens. Compared to the horror stories some of my friends at my sending school had, it was quick, simple, and understanding. I don't know if this is a constant throughout the school, but I really wouldn't be surprised.
Example 3: The LCS Students. MSSM shares a school building with Limestone Community School, a kindergarten, grade school, and high school all smooshed into one wing of the school. There aren't that many students, so they all fit, but we do share their halls. Every so often one of the LCS boys will catcall a girl in the hall. I'm lucky, as I'm rarely the target, but it's still an uncomfortable situation. Apparently, it came to Mr. Grillo's attention. He announced that he was working with LCS so that it would stop happening, and to please support each other and report it when it does happen. I was a bit surprised. I had gotten to the point where I forgot that that's not supposed to be 'normal' teenage boy behavior.
I guess MSSM is the type of cesspool I enjoy being a part of.
See you soon.
~Samantha Williams
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Weekend Events 1
Hello all!
SO MUCH happened this weekend! Well, SO MUCH happens every weekend, but this weekend I actually participated, so it seemed like more than usual.
First up was Casino Night, which was so incredibly fun. Each student got a bag of chips and some 'money' to buy drinks with. Teachers were running various betting games. Mr. McCartney was running the Roulette table, and Mr. Pederson was running Craps. A bunch of other teachers were running a bunch of card games that I don't know how to play, so I can't really tell you what was being played. Best guess is various forms of poker. Also a couple students ran a Blackjack game of their own. I killed at Craps, and ended up almost taking all of the chips the RIs had given Mr. Pederson. Then I went to the roulette table until it closed and handed off my remaining chips to a friend. Over the course of the night George and Mia got bored and handed me their 'money', so I got a bunch of extra drinks (read: 1 extra). If they have the same drinks next year I suggest 1) the Long Island something, because that was really good, and 2) if you want to try the Crazy Eyes do it fast, because that was the first drink to run out. Also, some people dressed up! Mostly just a couple of nice dresses, but Anna had a full-length velvet dress, and I would have looked like a high-class prostitute if not for my mesh shawl. So oops.
Then people hung out until In-Wing. At that point Wing Night happened. Everyone lives either on one of the wings in the dorms or at the Manor. Each wing gets one night a month that they get extended lights out and something special to do together as a wing. Lower A's Wing Nights normally consist of food and a movie. This time was Lion King and a bunch of awesome food including Oreo Balls, Chicken Nuggets, and cake. I stayed up much later than I intended, and slept waaay in the next morning.
Saturday consisted of clubs, cookies, and disemboweled stuffed animals. Frankenstein's Petshop ran from 11:30 to 4 o'clock. A bunch of people (mostly the friend group) cut up stuffed animals and sewed them back together. Here's mine:
I named him Paul.
Also this weekend, a ton of parents came up and made cookies for the school. There was a cookie decoration contest with four categories: Best Penguin Cookie, Best Scientific Cookie, Most Mr. Burs Themed Cookie, and Ugliest cookie. I made one for the penguin themed competition.
SO MUCH happened this weekend! Well, SO MUCH happens every weekend, but this weekend I actually participated, so it seemed like more than usual.
First up was Casino Night, which was so incredibly fun. Each student got a bag of chips and some 'money' to buy drinks with. Teachers were running various betting games. Mr. McCartney was running the Roulette table, and Mr. Pederson was running Craps. A bunch of other teachers were running a bunch of card games that I don't know how to play, so I can't really tell you what was being played. Best guess is various forms of poker. Also a couple students ran a Blackjack game of their own. I killed at Craps, and ended up almost taking all of the chips the RIs had given Mr. Pederson. Then I went to the roulette table until it closed and handed off my remaining chips to a friend. Over the course of the night George and Mia got bored and handed me their 'money', so I got a bunch of extra drinks (read: 1 extra). If they have the same drinks next year I suggest 1) the Long Island something, because that was really good, and 2) if you want to try the Crazy Eyes do it fast, because that was the first drink to run out. Also, some people dressed up! Mostly just a couple of nice dresses, but Anna had a full-length velvet dress, and I would have looked like a high-class prostitute if not for my mesh shawl. So oops.
Then people hung out until In-Wing. At that point Wing Night happened. Everyone lives either on one of the wings in the dorms or at the Manor. Each wing gets one night a month that they get extended lights out and something special to do together as a wing. Lower A's Wing Nights normally consist of food and a movie. This time was Lion King and a bunch of awesome food including Oreo Balls, Chicken Nuggets, and cake. I stayed up much later than I intended, and slept waaay in the next morning.
Saturday consisted of clubs, cookies, and disemboweled stuffed animals. Frankenstein's Petshop ran from 11:30 to 4 o'clock. A bunch of people (mostly the friend group) cut up stuffed animals and sewed them back together. Here's mine:
Also this weekend, a ton of parents came up and made cookies for the school. There was a cookie decoration contest with four categories: Best Penguin Cookie, Best Scientific Cookie, Most Mr. Burs Themed Cookie, and Ugliest cookie. I made one for the penguin themed competition.
That was pretty much this weekend. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to finish up all the homework I've been desperately procrastinating.
Chow!
~Samantha Williams
Monday, January 23, 2017
The Maine School of Science and Mathematics
Hello!
For those who don't know and hadn't guessed by now, MSSM stands for the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, at least in reference to this blog. It stands for a couple of things that'll show up if you Google search it, and a couple more if you search it on Urban Dictionary, so I just wanted to be clear.
It may seem like there's no purpose for this blog besides my own need for attention, and while that's part of it, I mostly wanted there to be more stuff about this amazing place out there. When I was applying I was really excited about it, and I tried to get all the information about it I could via the internet. Unfortunately, unlike most things, the internet has a very finite amount of information about MSSM and the residential life experience. The blog they have students run for a work job leaves much to be desired, and there's almost zero presence on Youtube. So this is for everyone who's like me and needs more information about a potentially amazing situation.
So what is the Maine School of Science and Mathematics? If you asked my friend Tabby, she would say "Smart people school." If you asked an Admissions Ambassador, they would tell you that MSSM is a charter school, that it's the #1 school in New England, and that it's in the top 3 schools in the country. For me, MSSM is a place I can get the education I need to not be bored, and a place where I can fit in socially. There are no stupid people here. There are people who have odd interests and schools of thought, but they can all hold intelligent conversations, which is something that I crave. The friend group that adopted me is the typical 'nerd' group. It encompasses about half the school, which is beautiful in it's own right. There are so many clubs here too, and if there's a club that you want to join that isn't here yet, you can just start it yourself! That's how I became a founding member of LARP club here at MSSM. It's pretty amazing. The workload is outrageous, but necessary, and probably not going to be mentioned very much in this blog because my intent is for it to be a Residential Life blog.
So yea.
Chow for Now.
~Samantha Williams
For those who don't know and hadn't guessed by now, MSSM stands for the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, at least in reference to this blog. It stands for a couple of things that'll show up if you Google search it, and a couple more if you search it on Urban Dictionary, so I just wanted to be clear.
It may seem like there's no purpose for this blog besides my own need for attention, and while that's part of it, I mostly wanted there to be more stuff about this amazing place out there. When I was applying I was really excited about it, and I tried to get all the information about it I could via the internet. Unfortunately, unlike most things, the internet has a very finite amount of information about MSSM and the residential life experience. The blog they have students run for a work job leaves much to be desired, and there's almost zero presence on Youtube. So this is for everyone who's like me and needs more information about a potentially amazing situation.
So what is the Maine School of Science and Mathematics? If you asked my friend Tabby, she would say "Smart people school." If you asked an Admissions Ambassador, they would tell you that MSSM is a charter school, that it's the #1 school in New England, and that it's in the top 3 schools in the country. For me, MSSM is a place I can get the education I need to not be bored, and a place where I can fit in socially. There are no stupid people here. There are people who have odd interests and schools of thought, but they can all hold intelligent conversations, which is something that I crave. The friend group that adopted me is the typical 'nerd' group. It encompasses about half the school, which is beautiful in it's own right. There are so many clubs here too, and if there's a club that you want to join that isn't here yet, you can just start it yourself! That's how I became a founding member of LARP club here at MSSM. It's pretty amazing. The workload is outrageous, but necessary, and probably not going to be mentioned very much in this blog because my intent is for it to be a Residential Life blog.
So yea.
Chow for Now.
~Samantha Williams
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