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School sucks? Ok, man. I get where you're coming from. It did "suck" a lot for me earlier on. I got mostly D's, was considered a troubled/misfit student, and the teachers hated me. After fifth grade I dropped out when we moved and didn't touch a book for 2 1/2 years. You don't know what that feels like until you "experience" it. The only options available to me at that point were Dairy Queen and the sentence "Do you want fries with that?" So I became determined to get my life back at 13 and entered 8th grade with a fifth grade education. Many countries don't have schooling. Be thankful that you live somewhere where they have education almost as a preparatory prerequisite for life. This isn't a hindrance, no matter how difficult it may seem. Matured adults are not wrong when they regret choices, not going back. These are the worst and best years of your life. No one ever said they would be easy. But they lay out the blueprint of where you’re going in life I'm a straight A student now, and I can't impress how hard it was going back into school three years ago… in algebra classes when I was rusty on basic multiplication and division. I’d get upset and frustrated, pull all nighters, drill the material through my head over and over almost abusively, get close to tears when I didn’t get it; telling myself that I was worthless and stupid and I should just give up. I learned a valuable lesson at 11 years of age…and learned to appreciate and stick with my education. It was hard, but I will never regret my choice. I will admit I almost ruined my life, and if I wasn’t so disgusted and disappointed in myself at the time to do something about it, I would be swigging alcohol and moving from adolescent safe house to adolescent safe house. It’s hard to correct a mistake like that. And I’m telling you, it’s worth it. I get close to draining myself everyday, almost sometimes, I will admit to just wanting to quit—but I won’t. It’s just as stimulating as it is painful. I’m lucky I’m able to go to college, I’m lucky I have the resources and life that allows me to have a high school education. Learning is an amazing thing…so is college, there are so many things you can get into and enjoy. It’s refreshing just learning something new everyday. So yes, school can suck, but it’s worth the tears, effort, and pain to get through it.
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