Sunday, September 10, 2017

I Have Officially Survived The First Month of Junior Year

     At least I didn't wait another whole year to post? 

     Sorry for forgetti I actually am not sorry for forgetting, but I am sorry for not updating and telling you what exactly went down for my summer before junior year!

     Marvel Movie Marathon. Yep, I sat down in my bed, in the dark, with only the light coming from my laptop as I watched each Marvel movie chronologically. I have no regrets. 
     It leaves me especially pumped for the next set of Marvel movies to come out though. Extremely excited for those in general, the trailers for Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther have me squealing to the high heavens in glee. I just. Can. Not. Wait. 

     Other than my exciting Marvel-themed summer, I went on and took the next step to being kicked out of my childhood home to grow up and adult- I started my junior year of high school.  Let me just say- it can give a man migraines for days. But it's cute, I'm not a scrubby little piece of freshmeat wandering lost on the campus all starry-eyed anymore, and I can officially say that I am an independent high schooler trying to avoid newbies at least until they survive their first semester (mostly due to my introverted tendencies and hatred to socialize with people more energetic than me because I will wilt like an over-watered sunflower).
     Let's be honest. Junior year is hard. Don't misunderstand it, I love my teachers, they are simply the best I could have, supportive and dedicated in every way, but the workload is a lot, and it gets even harder since my back is in pain due to a non-existent locker (more like I stubbornly refuse to acknowledge it because it's broken, and I'm essentially carrying everything in my bag and I fear it will break, but I am too lazy/busy to approach my counselor and ask for a new locker), and it takes a lot of brainpower that leaves me knocked out in a near comatose state during my weekend. 
     But the people around me make the experience better and worthwhile. We all scream together in mental agony, cram last-minute facts into our heads before our big tests, eat lunch and complain about the latest snake or the most frustrating teacher we've encountered today, and most importantly in our high school careers: We feel like family. 
     So even though high school kinda-maybe makes me want to pull my hair out my scalp, my experiences on campus most definitely make it worthwhile. Be it either dragging ass out of bed at the crack of dawn to attend Academic Decathlon meetings an hour before school starts, staying well into the afternoon and early into the evenings for Mock Trial with my favorite Mock Trial team, or even complaining to my teachers about another teacher while asking for advice or little mock lectures about what actually went on in history- it makes my day. 

     It takes guts to walk onto a high school campus and face everyone and then face everyone else back home as a growing teenager because not everyone can really understand what a teenager goes through in these awkward stages of "adult training."

     Which is why I have decided that this little blog of mine will give advice to new freshmen, and give the world an eye-opening account into the days of a normal student experiencing the American High School Experience

From Yours Especially,
The Tiny Teenage Nerd



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