From rabid overachiever in school.... to this.

This is (to me, at least), pretty hilarious. How my role in school has changed...Pretty great considering how this time last year I would have been that kid at the front of the class frantically taking notes or attacking math problems with intensity. I have no shame about this- I was a hardcore overachiever. If I got under a 90% on anything I would be disappointed. Under an 85% was unacceptable. I even went to school when I was sick because I didn't want to miss any important lessons in my classes! I spent hours outside of school studying, on top of being focused during the actual class. And now, flash forward a year later. I've become that kid everyone's envious of because I am required to do nothing in class. Ever. I've become the token slacker. In fact, when I do participate everyone is extremely surprised! (I do actually participate in Health Science and Calculus, but the rest I often find a bit tricky to follow along with as I was given no textbooks or anything.) I do try, but it's pretty hard ti concentrate when you can't follow along very easily and you aren't actually required to. And so when I'm not working on Spanish or reading, sometimes the sleepiness overtakes me and I just have to rest my head for a little while... (especially during religion class). This happened a couple weeks ago. It was Monday morning and religion, and I guess I was a tad sleepy. Next thing I knew, I jolted awake and realized it was strangely quiet in class. Usually it's obnoxiously loud, but I could hear no one. I raised my head and realized there actually was no one in the class. Completely deserted. I'd fallen asleep and they'd left me! I discovered later all the classes went to a school-wide Mass. My classmates told me later what had happened. I was only out for half an hour or so, but I guess when I wasn't responding they just figured it was easier to let me sleep in peace! A bit embarrassing. But ah well. I look at this school year as a scholarly break, before I go to university next year and cram my head full of education with renewed vigour!

Cheers
Wendy

From my lonely perspective in the back of the class, all alone on a Monday morning at school.