<p>Lol, @AIA, the juniors in IB HL English read those exact same books first semester.</p>
<p>You know you’re obsessed with college admissions when you’ve started reading the word “act” as A-C-T. </p>
<p>Apandia, lucky! I really want to read The Great Gatsby!!! All the Honors English 11 classes are reading it but I took AP Lang like the good Indian overachiever I am. :</p>
<p>Well, this is a nice summary of my life. Hahahahah</p>
<p>Welcome, candyxpandaaa. State the language you speak at home and where your family is from.</p>
<p>I keep forgetting to ask this, but what do you guys think about the Devyani Khobragade case?</p>
<p>Agreed. Did you hear that in response to the US kicking Khobragade from the country, India kicked out a US diplomat. Sigh.</p>
<p>Meeeee! :)</p>
<p>Hi, Funshine! :D</p>
<p>Hiiiii 
nice to meet cha!</p>
<p>@AIA, This thread keeps dying haha, thanks for keeping it alive. 
In response to your discerning question, yes, I have. She definitely should not have been strip-searched and detained next to her son/daughter-'s school. As I have just learned thanks to you, India went overboard by kicking out a US Diplomat. Doing such an act simply absurd.</p>
<p>Funshine, what part of India is your family from?</p>
<p>apandia, ahahahahaha no problem. Actually this time it was Funshine who brought it back. I’m not sure what I think of the strip-search (I’d have to look into it to form an opinion) and I guess the detaining near her kid’s school was a little much, but she’s a terrible person and I think she deserved the punishment she got. I just feel bad for her husband and kids. And India was trying to be a big shot by kicking out the US diplomat. India needs to grow up, tbh.</p>
<p>Both of my parents are from Jamshedpur(: and yours?</p>
<p>I’m from Chennai. A wonderous city.</p>
<p>Coolio! How often do you visit?</p>
<p>Like, every 2 years. Last time I went was summer before sophomore year, so I’m supposed to go summer before senior year, except I can’t because I’ll (hopefully) be doing some summer programs and stuff. So I’ll probably visit before I go off to college. </p>
<p>Wbu?</p>
<p>Yo I’m Indian! I got dat curry swag walk down. I go every two years, yeah.</p>
<p>Hey there, sirswish! Where’s your family from?</p>
<p>I know exactly how you guys feel. I am a freshman and my parents are making me take as many math, science, computer and business classes as possible. They want me to be a doctor, engineer or business man. They are even making me waste my summer to take extra courses at our local community college</p>
<p>Tigerman, join the club. My parents told me I could be whatever I wanted as long as I was really good at that thing. I decided on engineering because of the job security and high salaries but also I’d really like to program stuff. I think they were relieved when I told them, ha ha.</p>
<p>I’d love to take classes at the community college over the summer! If only it wasn’t so expensive. :C I applied to governors school so hopefully I can go there and take some cool classes.</p>
<p>The last time I went was 2009, and I’ve only been to India three times in my whole life. 
I’m hoping to visit after my senior year, though. I wanna go to the more tourist-y places cuz so far, I’ve only visited family.</p>