Growing up, every Sunday felt ominous. Even though it was a day off, I would spend it in fear of the Monday to follow, when school would resume, homework would be due, and playtime would be drastically reduced. It got to the point where I would want Monday to come, just so I could stop worrying about its arrival and get it over with. This sort of cuts down on potential weekend happiness, but the phenomenon persists for me in a larger scope, too, to the point that my last week of winter vacation has been spent with the specter of school’s resumption looming over me. Even though I know I’m probably spending too much time worrying, the thoughts of biology labs gone awry, essays unwritten, and problem sets unfinished persist in haunting me. I guess the good side of this is that it encourages me to look forward to the start of the semester, so I can stop worrying about phantom assignments and actually start doing them.
- Will
Posts Tagged ‘school’
Apprehension
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Changes For Better
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
To meet the goals that I have set I have started making little changes in my day for better. I have been told it is a better choice than what I was doing before. I have started studying for an hour every day. Doing something school related, like homework, studying, and going over notes and stuff. I have noticed a change in grades from like C’s to B’s, for now soon to be A’s. Also working out an hour a day. Making the most out my time I have. On weekends I haven’t made many changes I’m still mostly chillin. I am even changing my eating habits. Cutting back on chips and fries and fatty food. Just chicken, meat, and milk, and vegatables. A lot of lean foods, and I am feeling leaner to. I am still kind of iffy on it but I am seeing results so I am going to stick to it.
- Jamal
Grades
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Grades are a very important part of and about school. You need to have good grades to be able to get to where you want to go in the future. I need to focus on grades, and working out. Going into high school and wanting to play football I need to up my game. I heard that I shouldn’t even have C’s. Now I have fairly good grades. A’s, B’s, and 2 C’s. I still work hard on grades but, I also started working out again and it has helped a lot. I even started eating better. For a 14 year old that’s asking a lot from. I don’t have a gym membership but, working out at home I have gotten great results. I am going to get a gym membership within the next week and it’s close to home so I know it will help, as long as I stay with it I’ll be on my way to success.
- Jamal
Labels
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Every day when I walked into the school cafeteria, I always noticed how segregated everyone was. It was always one ethnic group to each table, and then there were the outcasts. I never understood why the school was like that, it was like the color of our skin was everything. One day my best friend told me that her counselor suggested she not take advanced courses because they would be too difficult for her based on her being Hispanic. Racism still exists, and I would see it every day, especially some of the remarks I would hear. It was as if all those who looked Hispanic were categorized as Mexicans, or the blacks as the ones that were academically unfit, and the Asians being the nerds. We’re all labeled and no one ever spoke up about it. I know some people were hurt. Racism is still out there, but we can still do something about it.
- Stefannie