It doesn't get better senior year. No, really it doesn't.
But that isn't necessarily a bad thing. It just means that everything I've heard been told about it "Senior year's a blow off year!" or "You'll stop stressing out so much once you become a senior" isn't true. Maybe it's true for some who want it to be so and make it that way. But not for me. The surprising thing is, I want senior year to be challenging. I want to push myself and become better at reading, writing, science, math all of it. Heck, I enjoy the work, the stress, the satisfaction! Is that a bad thing? I remember last year being reduced to tears by all the work pushed on me by my teachers. I felt bombarded and overwhelmed with homework- especially homework on difficult topics that I just learned earlier that day. And it's not as if my school situation has changed. This year, I am taking classes that are just as difficult, if not more. But my attitude has been altered. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, I simply think, "It's time to get to work!" Is this growing up? My dad always reminds me that the right amount of stress is a good thing- it's a motivator against laziness. I think I've reached that stress sweet spot. I've learned to control it to livable, even enjoyable levels. This is the most surprising to me. That I can be, and am, as happy in the in the busy, hectic school months as in the do-nothing days of summer vacation. Does this make me a nerd? I hope not.
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Ben
9/13/2017 03:01:47 pm
Hey Abbie,
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