Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Why I Love/Hate School

          I finally figured out what makes me despise my A days and love my B days.  My interests.
          Yeah, yeah, it seems obvious.  But it didn't really seem to hit me until today.  I had an awesome day (B day) and wondered what made me like my classes, my classmates, and my teachers more on B days than A days.  Interests.
          I really hate my A days.  AP Physics -- no interest at all, difficult, and I don't like the teacher.  Spanish -- interest, but I don't adore my classmates, which is bad in a foreign language class.  AP Calculus -- no interest at all, difficult, even though I like my teacher.  English -- some interest, lots of pointless work.  And I just hate it all.  Because I don't love or even like any of it.
          However, I really really like, and sometimes love, my B days!  Philosophy -- interesting, good teacher, good classmates.  AP U.S. History -- interesting, usually good teacher, even though I hate the work (because I'm a super procrastinator).  Literary magazine -- interesting, fun, good teacher, awesome classmates.  Creative Writing 2 -- interesting, sometimes fun, good teacher, good classmates, good music.   I just... my B days are what I want to do forever.
          And if I have B days for the rest of my life, I will be:
                  a) a writer (probably poet)
                  b) starving
                  c) a philosopher
                  d) a teacher
                  or e) an etymologist
          And this might not worry me so much if I could possibly be a, c, or e without simultaneously being b.  So... looks more and more likely that I will grow up to be a teacher. o.O  Whaat??  If the pay wasn't so bad, I would maybe like it.  And if teachers got great benefits... it might be okay.  Foolish Utah (and U.S. in general) -- you don't value your teachers enough.

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