Society's Mind: Classes, Classes, Classes

Everyone takes classes, from the very beginning, and even to the very end. It’s the same thing, constantly every day, every week, every month, every year. Trust me, the routine get olds. Once you get thrown into the new grade or new kind of “school” as I prefer, it’s quite easy to adjust.

Usually as you move your way through these times, you make friends. Well, at least you’d hope so. Some people are social butterflies, some aren’t. Take me for example, I’m what I would call myself, a floater. I have my certain small group of friends, but at times I feel alienated like a lot of other people. I tend to float around from social group or social group.

As children from movies and TVs we assumed there’d be different types of people like Jocks and Geeks, Nerds, and the Popular kids. Sad truth is, that’s not how the real world works. People are much more complex and don’t just fit one label. For me, I’m pretty mild. I do not get into drastic fights and I don’t hang around Drama people, or Politicians. (Literally there are thousands upon thousands of labels. We all get lost in there). I just play nice and float between these certain groups. Not labeled groups, but groups none the less.

Personally, I tend to hang out with people who do well in classes and are considered overachievers or the Smart people. In reality though, most of just are lazy, slackers, and scrape by. So in short, I hang out with the bad kids. We just don’t get caught. With our bad (even vulgar) jokes, as well as not doing anything we weren’t the typical TV kind of nerds. Trust me, if you ask me for help I won’t be able to help. I just did the bare minimum.

Most of the time I never studied for tests, well that was until this year. This year, my sophomore year, I transferred to a whole new school. I was thrown into the deep end of the pool. In my case, a real high school. That usually happens in the 9th grade year, when we are fishes.

But I was never a fish, my previous school wasn’t like regular high school. My school was a middle through high school (otherwise, 6th through 12th) So, I grew used to how that school preformed. My transition from middle school and high school was just like every other year. The work didn’t grow harder, it was just work to me. Yeah, I definitely grew accustomed to that type of school.

Now the reason for my transfer? Why mess up what was pretty good? AP Classes. Yeah, I needed, or well wanted AP. (Well my Mom wanted them more…) my previous school only offered AP Spanish, and for me, I wasn’t a native Spanish speaker. (Well I am Half Mexican, but that’s another time and place on the why I don’t know Spanish.)

So, at the end of the year we started our quest for a new school. There were two schools to choose from. In the end, I chose (or well forced) to go to an Early College high school. This was more drowning in the deep end then learning to adjust to it in my point of view. The classes were harder, well some.

Actually, not were, they are harder. My first semester report card, just… it freaked me out. My lowest grade was a 78. Seem normal? Alright? I hate to get B’s. Getting a C shocked me into reality. So did my tests on certain grades.

At the beginning, I was messing up a bit, I’ve gotten better now, but it’s still pretty bad. Trust me, Teenagers today, we want to change, lots of us just don’t have the willpower to. I’ve pondered that, questioning myself if I really do want to change. I’ve figured that I do, I’m just used to not doing anything though. It’s a bad cycle really, telling myself in denial that I will change eventually. Maybe we all will one day, we just need the kick start to get it done.

What was I talking about again? Oh right, classes. Well, my point is. Classes are the same, they can get harder or easier, you need to change certain things sometimes. But at every school, we take these classes that teach us things that we are told that we “need” to know.

But come on, teachers have told you already, that’s a lie. Pythagorean and chemical equations don’t help in everyday life Sure for some people, but for average ones, not so much. There’s a reason for this though, for Elementary, Middle, and High school, even College and its various degrees. It’s just to help you get ready for life. To know the basis and of and how to adjust for the real world. Things are ever changing, you get used to a routine and then you need to switch.

— Plus it doesn’t hurt that we want quality specialists knowing what they are doing in important jobs. (Like doctors, architects, tech guys, literally a lot of jobs).

—— Keep studying, Society.