Alright, so the homework load is still absolutely killing me, but since I ranted about that last night, I'll digress to something more interesting I suppose. Today was a neat day in English class. We just went out into the quad and talked about how much our school's campus has changed and my teacher told a bunch of old myths/ghost stories from the 1800s about people that went to the school then. It was really fun actually. Plus I think my teacher is starting to like me more - I told him that this girl he taught two years ago was one of my best friends (she's in college now) and that seemed to help a lot. I guess she made a good impression...
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Anyway, this morning I got up and did homework for about two hours before school (10:00 start) at a coffee place that looks out over the river. It was really nice actually. I ate breakfast and no one bothered me. I'm going there more and more often though, which is also bad - I'm already broke and $4.00 for a cup of coffee is a little steep for me. Somehow I always manage to scrape it up though. Oh how I love my coffee.
On to more serious things...
Today when I got home, there was a letter for me from The University of Southern California. Inviting me to go there. Next year. I am a Junior. Apparently they have some program where you can basicly just skip your senior year and jump right into Freshman year there. I'm seriously considering going. After all, it's a good, well-known college and hello, it's in California... aka the love of my life!! I've been wanting to go to boarding school so badly, but only because college wasn't an option for me yet. I am really excited, but I have a LOT of thinking to do. Giving up senior year? I don't know if that's a good idea, I mean it's supposed to be the best year, right? Then again, all the seniors I know are pretty much worthless. They don't want to be in high school anymore, especially second semester, and they feel like it's just a waste of their time. Plus going to college would be amazing. Less busy work and more of studying things that actually matter - I know what I want to major in (well I think I do, but I can always change it). Plus my friend situation is still sorta weird. I have my close friends, but there's really no one else I hang out with because most of my friends from before have already graduated or live 1000 miles away. I feel like I need to branch out more, but I can't do it at my school because I already know all the people who go there. I want more friends that really matter - I want more. For now I'm just going to spend time with my existing friends because I see no point in hanging out with people where I've "already been down that road - " a road that leads to absolutely nothing but stupid girls who focus only on their boyfriends, what kind of car they drive, how drunk they can get or what they'll be doing this weekend. Who knows. There's a lot more to think about with that. I'm just shocked at the whole thing. I guess the idea of simply going to college a year early never even began to cross my mind.
Give me some opinions on that PLEASE!!! Was senior year totally overrated?? Is it amazing or just an aggravating wait for college? If you were in my situation, would you do it? Anything else you can think of? Thank you all so much!
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I want to do homework outside! I would... If it wasn't raining. I'd just go to some coffee place, get some hot chocolate and enjoy the smell of everyone else's coffee because I don't drink it. :p
But enough about my drinking preferences. USC sounds like a cool place to go and like you, I can't wait for college either. But I'm enjoying junior year (british year 12) and I have a lot of things I want to get done over my last two years in school. Personally, I wouldn't go to college early. But that's just me, I have a lot of fun in school and I have a lot of things to keep me busy. I'm finding A-levels (students in the British system take them in junior and senior year) pretty hard so far; I'm taking chem, bio, art and math. The amount of work is insane but I love my classes. The only regret I have is not being able to take English unless I drop bio after this year. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Some kids graduate early because "the school can no longer challenge them", blah blah. Maybe you could ask yourself that? Maybe if you're getting bored in classes and feel like you'd be more challenged and therefore have more fun in college classes, you should probably consider going a year early. I don't know you that well, so I can't really give amazing advice, but do what feels right. =)
ps. I love Jack's Mannequin! I like listening to them (or rather, him) while I'm drawing. And just, you know, generally. :p
i second the jack's mannequin thing.
i wouldn't go early. i'm glad i didn't (we could graduate in three years at my high school if we wanted). academically, senior year almost killed me. it was the most stressful experience of my life. and people were always telling me to enjoy it, and i just thought they were crazy. but looking back, it was so fun. i was with my friends just one last year. there's something cool about knowing you're the oldest in the school, that you've survived high school in its entirety. i really liked senior year in that respect. it just had this aura.
i guess though if you don't have a lot of friends at your school then you could consider it. but really, your life is kind of finite. i mean, you have one chance to be a senior in high school. that opportunity will never come back. if you skip it then you're just trying to get yourself forward for nothing really. college is great, but so is high school.
just my opinion. i don't really know you though, so it really depends on a ton of factors of your situation.
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