I am graduating high school in about 4 weeks, I think… wow!!! That's close. I am about to finally about to finish high school. I have been counting down to this day since I was in Year 8 watching the Year 12's graduate and thinking how far away it was!
Of course, this is the one of the most exciting moments in my teenage life as I finally get to leave a place that can only be descried as a deserted island, except the deserted island I went to has free wi-fi, air conditioning, some great food and people, great people. What I'm trying to say is that being a high school student, despite being a teenager and thinking you know everything, isn't the "real world"; you're not forced to pay rent, grocery, electricity and water bills, you live with your family and therefore are not fully independent. Up until about a month or so ago, I liked this life. But, with the end of school in sight I've never been more exciting to take up new opportunities and leave the life I've grown up with. Honestly, I'm stressed about graduating. From whenever they begin to ask you at school what you wanted to be when you were older until mid-way through Year 11 (2013) I always answered with lawyer. It wasn't until I began working at a law firm that I began to realise it just wasn't my thing and I needed to find something that I was truly passionate about. And that's where studying Secondary Education: English comes into it. I receive so many negative comments from peers regarding this area of study and the constant high school kids are obnoxious and hard to teach stories from people WHO ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL!
This wasn't really supposed to be the purpose of this post, the purpose was because I need a place to vent all of my stresses.
I'm going to end this with possibly my two all time favourite quotes:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
"Sometime you will never know the value of something, until it becomes a memory." - Dr. Seuss
- Emma xo
Of course, this is the one of the most exciting moments in my teenage life as I finally get to leave a place that can only be descried as a deserted island, except the deserted island I went to has free wi-fi, air conditioning, some great food and people, great people. What I'm trying to say is that being a high school student, despite being a teenager and thinking you know everything, isn't the "real world"; you're not forced to pay rent, grocery, electricity and water bills, you live with your family and therefore are not fully independent. Up until about a month or so ago, I liked this life. But, with the end of school in sight I've never been more exciting to take up new opportunities and leave the life I've grown up with. Honestly, I'm stressed about graduating. From whenever they begin to ask you at school what you wanted to be when you were older until mid-way through Year 11 (2013) I always answered with lawyer. It wasn't until I began working at a law firm that I began to realise it just wasn't my thing and I needed to find something that I was truly passionate about. And that's where studying Secondary Education: English comes into it. I receive so many negative comments from peers regarding this area of study and the constant high school kids are obnoxious and hard to teach stories from people WHO ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL!
This wasn't really supposed to be the purpose of this post, the purpose was because I need a place to vent all of my stresses.
- I have an English Current Affairs Proposal assignment due - relating to the portrayal of gender throughout mass media in our current society
- A Geography Social Environments assignment due - where we think would be most suitable around our school to put up covered pathways (I honestly, have no clue!!)
- A Drama Wuthering Heights responding assignment due - we all went and saw the QPAC (Queensland Performing Arts Centre) version of Wuthering Heights and we have to analyse Heathcliff as if he were auditioning for us live
- A Maths exam about mortgages and bank loans etc. - which I'm actually kind of okay at
- I have to meet a deadline for writing my book - that deadline is less than a month away and with all the stuff above, plus graduation, travelling and just regular life this is going to be difficult
I'm going to end this with possibly my two all time favourite quotes:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
"Sometime you will never know the value of something, until it becomes a memory." - Dr. Seuss
- Emma xo
