Monday, January 12, 2009

School Momentum -Stop Whining

I woke up in the morning, feeling surprisingly at the top of my game, or physical and mental health. I never felt so ready to wake up and get moving ever before...well except when it's holidays, but today was a school day... Yeah, this is a rant about school, but not necessarily about marks and all the regular low percentage whines that I've become accustomed to hearing and witnessing. As a matter a fact, I actually recieved an amazing mark in my math exam and report card which I thought then that nothing could ruin that moment the whole day. Obviously this rant shows the success in that assumption... which I thought then was a law, and at worst a theory. I also did surprisingly well in English class by actually (finally) understanding concepts which were a complete mystery to me. Lunch was tasty and a really (really) great time, filled with laughter and maybe even some talent presentation... not official, but just friendly. Physics and Chemistry were FULL of slack and hilarity. I gave myself then the right to believe nothing could ruin this perfect day. But then school ended, and the tortures of school that I had believed had disappeared... had reappeared, ironically when school ended.

I'm part of the International Baccaulerate (I guarantee I spelt that wrong) program, which demands a high work ethic and a lot of "smartness". At the end of the school day, I had to attend a IB meeting that explained a HUGE IB group project. We created our groups, at first I thought I was set when I realized our group rocked! Had everything thought of and figured out about every aspect of this project. But then school's momentum shot back at me, and I got pulled out of my Awesome (Genius) group and got thrown into a ....laughable... group. I sound really shallow at this moment, but don't get me wrong. It's not a complete loss of hope, but I sure whined and acted that way as soon as the meeting was over. Friends supported me and tried to cheer me up, and for that I always owe my life to them, but I refused to leave my shallow and childishly whiny thoughts. I've realized NOW; as I sit calmly with my thoughts conducting uniformly again, that as long as there's a possibility (success in this case), I will somehow definetly strive and reach it. I know I sound really in over my head and possibly even philosophical, but I realize that if I continue to whine I'll become similarily like those who whine for those small percents around me... thus angering more people than only myself. This is a definite momentum that I will not pass on.

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