MY BAD STEPHANIE

Sorry this is so late. To be honest, I completely forgot about my computer until today. Anyways, to answer the prompt:

1) Most Beautiful Work Award: I think that the writing I am most proud of is my essay on The Scarlet Letter. Even though in-class essays have never been my strong suit, I think that I actually presented my thoughts really clearly and I used surprisingly big words for the short period of time with which I had to work. I'm proud of myself for being able to form thoughts eloquently on paper without sitting at home for hours editing them.

2) Lesson Learned: I've learned a lot about not writing from a third party perspective. I've always hated writing in first and second person however for our tragedy paper, writing in first person was very necessary. I had no problem getting through all of the "they say" paragraphs but the second I needed to say "I", I became really unhappy with how that sounded. Writing in first person has always sounded unprofessional to me and I had a hard time adjusting to doing so. However, I actually liked the way my tragedy essay turned out and I think that I managed to write in first person without it sounding childish... or like a blog :)

3) Lessons I'd Like to Learn: I should probably learn how to prepare for in class essays ahead of time. While I did well on my essays, had I actually spent time to think about what I was going to write or say before the second I walked into third period, I could have done a lot better. Oh, and I have no project ideas because I suck at being creative :)

Senioritis

This week I only went to school for two days out of five so writing about what happened is sort of escaping me. However, I did start my third book, Never Let Me Go for Stephanie's class and I've been putting off completing my common app and USC application. I suppose eventually, I'm going to have to get over the fact that college is just around the corner and actually finish applying. It feels as though if I continue to procrastinate, time will do so as well. Calculus has been really overwhelming and I think I'm really frustrated because I promise to quit any job I have if they ever ask me to solve a problem like the ones Will is trying to get me to comprehend. I plan to be an English or International Relations major. Neither of which, require the ability to be able to find the derivative of 5x^2-4x+12x^-1/2. As much as I like Will, and I see a relevance for math in the world, it is just not something I have any interest in. I think that's the only thing I'm looking forward to about college: being able to choose what I study. I love learning and there are so many things that I'm interested in, why would I want to waste my time taking tests and racking my brain over topics that I have no interest in pursuing? I guess I'm just having a severe case of senioritis and with 102 missed periods this semester alone, I am probably the worst case ever recorded. Although, I can't say that I'm proud of it or happy with what it's done to me. I used to like going to school, now I can hardly drag myself out of bed in the morning. I just hope this is a temporary thing and that I am not the only one in my class feeling this way.