Posted 04-26-2008 at 08:50 PM by Korrye (The life of a student and computer addict)
[COLOR="Gray"][B][SIZE="1"]I am like most average teenagers. I go to school five days a week, come home every day hoping that I will be free of the burden of homework. When you get to high school you begin to realize that you're putting yourself into a false reality by thinking that you won't have homework. What makes me different from the average highschooler is that I actually do the work. I am a full time student, without even being in university. I consider going to school my job. Sure I may babysit on the side, I mean jeez, you have to have some source of income. But school is my job, it's my life. Not only are the days I spend in the classroom important but the people I am surrounded by impact who I am and what I will be.
They always say that high school shapes you into who you will be. I agree with this, others beg to differ. I've realized that even after one year of being in high school I've found out a few things about myself.
1. I am a very good writer.
2. If I don't go into a career to do with writing I'm an idiot
3. I don't handle stress and exams too well. But I know how to cope and prepare myself.
4. I am a workaholic. If I am given something, I do it whether I hate the assignment or not.
5. I am surrounded by amazing yet new friends.
According to my English teacher of the previous year, and even this year, I have a talent for writing. When I was little I always sat around writing stories, wondering why I wasn't gifted with the talent of sports. Although I knew how to draw and do artwork I knew that it wasn't something that I wanted to do for the rest of my life. When I came to high school I found my talent, writing. It took me a long time although I cannot really complain. I know a lot of other people who have yet to figure out what they are good at and what they want to do. In this way I'm lucky because I have the opportunity to learn so much and that I can also build on what skills I have now.
So, as a full-time student and now aspiring writer I get to stare down at the math quiz preparations and wonder, why the hell do I need to know this if I'll never use it? Ever heard of quadratic equations and functions? Do you think this will ever apply to writing stories? To be honest, I can find better reasons for knowing how to calculate velocity and acceleration than using this. But apparently I need to know it. So my inner work ethic nags me and soon I buckle down and look at the questions. I have two packages of questions with full answers and a practice quiz to go through, not to mention the English assignment that is also due Monday and science quiz prep for Wednesday. Now, don't look at me and think, she's lying about how much she has to do. The reality is; I do have to do this all. And it stinks. Just because I do it doesn't mean that I like it or enjoy it. But that is the joy of being a student. You learn and do things that you don't always like. And no matter how useless you may think something is, say quadratic equations and functions, you still have to do it. So I guess that I had better get going on that now, or else I'm dooming myself to endless stress and complications.
- Korrye[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]
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