Tales of Tenth Grade

Its February and as you all probably know, the topic of the month is “Anything Goes.” That means it is time to flex our full creativity, no restraining topics or guidelines to prevent you from writing your heart out about your purest passions and deepest desires. Absolute. Unmitigated. Freedom. And yet, I have absolutely no idea what to write. After spending approximately thirty minutes of my life rephrasing the ways to look up “what to blog about” I finally came up with an idea (no thanks to any of the repetitive sources on the internet telling me to post cooking recipes and how-to guides as if I’m qualified to do anything that involves a hot oven or general life skills). As evident in my title, the topic of my blog is the acceptability of being unprepared for the future, a post near and dear to my hyper-organizer, planning-centered self.  The guidance counselors are probably having a seizure reading this essay, especially with their recent discussion about our c...

          Grades are one of the most important things for me. If I were to rank the top 5 most important things to me, it would go as(in no order) grades, family, friends, health, and the Jets/football. Since kindergarten, my mom instilled a work ethic in me when it came to school. I'll never forget it. It's the origins of why grades are important to me. I've always been a good student when it came to grades, and I plan on keeping like that throughout the rest of my academic career.           On every assignment or test that goes into the grade book, I always aim for at least a 90. A 90 is like the line between an A and B+. I don't like getting anything less than an A- because I want to be able to understand whatever I'm learning and demonstrating skills and knowledge that go above the requirements. Getting a 90 or better proves you can do that.          College along with grades is important for me. I want to ...