Its funny, when your little all you can think about when a hurricane comes is Yes, I’m missing school, going on vacation, and all because of a little rain and a little wind. I guess my state of mind was little, because before “The Storm” that’s what I thought. \r\n\r\nHere I am, a senior in high school, this is supposed to be the best year ever! Was I in for a surprise. I’m supposed to get my senior sweater, my senior ring, and my senior apparition day. These are things an Archbishop Chapelle High School senior looks forward to every year, and so did the class of 2006. \r\n\r\nThe time immediately following “The Storm”, I am freaking out. My dad is still at home in Metairie, and he’s actually scared. My sisters and I are going to public school; this was a total culture shock to us. We have always gone to parochial school all our lives, and this public school thing was just not us. Not that we’re stuck up or anything, it is just not what we’re used to. I mean we actually had to pick out what we wore everyday, which is something we have never done before. My whole family is in each other’s way all the time, because we were living in a trailer. This situation is not working out. \r\n\r\nMy family came back home to meet up with my dad, and things very slowly started to kind of get back to normal. In a city that had no fast food restaurants, not a whole lot of grocery stores open, and maybe a restaurant or two were open. \r\n\r\nI have learned so much from this experience. For once I’m not excited at the fact of a hurricane. I believe my state of mind as grow up -- a lot. As much as I hated high school, when I was away from Chapelle I realized how much of an impact and a part of my life it really was and still is today. I learned that public school is not as bad as people make it out to be. It’s actually pretty fun, and an easy way to express your personality. I learned a deeper meaning of family. The way people come together for their family and love each other, and it doesn’t matter if you sister kicks you head every night. \r\n\r\nAnd I would not want to learn or experience “ The Storm” any other way\r\n\r\n Claire Faia