Cammy

All summer, I’ve been super frazzled about what English class I’m gonna be in. Last year, I took honors English. I was really good at it, but I only did half the work. I still got a B in the class, though, and since honors is weighted, it counted as an A in my GPA. My teacher told me that he doesn’t want to put me through to honors because I’m too unreliable. But the teachers that teach unweighted college prep English at my school are REALLY bad, and I like English so I don’t want to be in a bad class and start hating it. So, even though my teacher told me I was gonna be in College Prep English Four, I decided I would just do the Honors summer assignment. Since school starts in two weeks, though, I’ve been really nervous, wondering if it’s the best idea to rebel and do the wrong assignment, because what if I do get College Prep English? Then, not only will I have done the wrong assignment, but I won’t have the right assignment for when school starts.

A couple of nights ago I started complaining to my mom about it, because this really REALLY has been stressing me out. She gave me a whole lecture saying that I should have tried harder and my English teacher believed in me and I had so much potential and blah blah blah. I started getting annoyed and said, “I don’t know what English class I’m gonna be in this year,” since I don’t get my schedule until registration mid-August. But that set off off a lightbulb in my mom’s head: “I already have your schedule I could have told you what class you’re in,” she said.

And at this point, I’m super confused and, like, angry at myself for being so worried, and angry at her for not telling me all summer. It’s not normal to have your schedule before registration at all, but it turns out my mom went and talked to my counselor and they shaped out my year for me based on my transcript and my A-G requirements. My mom got my schedule and guess what?! I have honors English! I’m happy because I got what I wanted, but I’m mad because if I hadn’t decided to do the honors assignment, I wouldn’t have known and I would have done the wrong thing. I guess sometimes there are advantages to doing the wrong thing. ♦