Loss
A piece of me is being torn away. I don’t need it, they say It was temporary anyways. But I want it back. Have I no longer right to declare that It was mine for some time And it has become a part of me, As essential to me as my heart and my…
Why Study When You Can Procrastinate?
Exams are just around the corner. Or they may already be done for you, I don’t know. You could pretend that this year you’re actually going to study hard every day for a month in advance, or you could read this list and get more ideas on how to procrastinate. Organize your work space. You…
Failure
They say not to dwell on your failures Look forwards, not backwards, And learn from you mistakes. But how can you look to the future When the past is all you know? When what you thought you knew, And what you were good at Are suddenly crumbling at your fingertips And you no longer…
Impending Doom… Or, Exams
Are you beginning to feel it? It’s like there’s something always there, watching you, waiting for you to notice it’s presence. Ready to hit you in the face if you try to ignore it, and prepared to offer you both success and failure at the same time. Cruel and kind in its own right. Extremely…
Senioritis
It’s real. I used to laugh at upper years who had told me that after you get accepted into university, and shortly before IB exams/ diplomas and impending doom, high school seniors will lose their motivation. I will find I cannot study as well as I used to, they said, and I will also be…
Practice Makes Perfect
I have recently come to the very obvious realization that practice is essential in order to improve. Now, it’s not like I didn’t know this before. It’s just that I realized how important practice is. I was stressed about math when I remembered an episode of Grey’s Anatomy in which Burke explained to Cristina that…
10 Sad Songs
A list of 10 sad songs to listen to when you’re feeling down.
Ramblings About the Future
Do you ever get freaked out about how much you have to do? You spend hours of your day at school, maybe six hours, maybe eleven. Then you’ve got all your extracurriculars or work or whatnot that you attend. Then you probably have some sort of chores or help around the house somehow. Then, you…
Start Semester Two Right With These Tips!
One down, one more to go! At least for this school year. Now I know all of our mentalities going into semester two. “I’m going to do better than last semester!” “I’m going to work harder and get better grades” Quite frankly, what I’ve realized is that each new semester is treated like a whole…
Not Good Enough
A poem about averageness.
The Struggles and Perks of Exam Break
As told by a pessimist and an optimist.
Should We Continue Funding Space Exploration?
For thousands of years, mankind has stared up into the heavens and seen the stars. Now the dream of reaching them has never been closer. To say that we should halt our operations here, when we have so much more potential, would be preposterous. The space program has achieved things that we had never seen…
Avoiding Senioritis: Tips for a “Fresh Start” In Semester 2
First semester is done, and you’re free! Or… maybe not quite yet.
Standardized Testing
As the most common method of determining an individual’s aptitude or skill, standardized tests are nothing new. This simple method of choosing the best from the worst has been used for generations, and despite some flaws, the method is sound enough to have been used for this long. But lately, there have been doubts expressed…
On academically competitive culture… and why it’s unnecessary
Being in grade 9 at the moment, I’m going through one of the more important processes 14 year olds have to undergo: high school applications. The wonderful time where one decides where, and how they’re going to suffer through their high school years. It’s a pretty big decision, especially with all the special education programs…