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Hello there Ms. Guertin! This is Susan. Um.. Oldfield, from your 8th grade History class. I'm afraid I haven't left you a comment in an awfully long time, but I have in fact been keeping up with this very consistantly.
My life in short from eighth grade to present:
I went to Monta Vista, away from all my middleschool friends. I was briefly very lonely, then quickly became part of the Theatre department, as I knew I would. I have had bright green hair on and off for the past year or so. My grades have been steadily decreasing as classes got harder, going from straight As, to one B, to last semester where I had three Bs. (Okay, not so bad, I know, but this is me we're talking about...) I am hoping sincerely that this trend will end, but I'm thinking this semester might land me with all As except for my first ever C (Gasp! I am learning to despise math these days). I have a rather fantastic history teacher, however, who I think you would get along with excelently, named Bonnie Belshie. She's a bouncer in a night club on weekends. Anyway, theatre owns my life, I'm currently in a production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It's sort of amazing, and I'm having a splendid time (as I should, seeing as I'm at rehearsal until ten every night, then have to do my homework). I'm still Brittish enough for everyone to be astounded, and still talkative and frequently the only person in class who answers questions. I'm more feminine these days (though I seem to end up in drag a suprising amount), though in character I'm pretty much who I was but more so.
I'm glad that law school seems to be working out alright for you, though I realize that it's enough to make you lose your mind sometimes. I should really leave more comments... but regardless, I continue to live and thrive.
Yeah! I am glad to know you are doing well, having fun, and not being tormented by those over-achievers at Monta Vista. Life is too short to freak out about B's. I've gotten more than my share, Oh, and my 2 lowest grades in HS were in math, same teacher both times, a D in geometry and a D in trig. Bastard. But really it's because I hated him and didn't know what he was talking about so I stopped trying as opposed to finding some other way to learn. I wouldn't recommend that route, but it didn't exactly destroy my future either
When is your show on? I'm gonna be in town in two weeks, and I'd love to watch, even just practice.
Well, we just finished the second showing. We have two more shows- Friday at 7:30 and Saturday at 7:30. I reccommend the Saturday if you can come, because a) I play a funnier and larger role, and b) I have a rather graphic make-out scene as the other character and I don't suppose you want to see that. But then two weeks is probably after we've finished anyway, which is a shame... Oh well-I appreciate the thought.
The over-achievers have been getting me down somewhat-I'm sort of deturmined not to take math next year, though that might be a really bad idea. But no matter how hard the subject matter, or how bad the teacher, or how rediculous the test someone will get a 100% on it, and I just can't take it anymore. The average grade on the last math test we took was a C, I failed it, but, of course, someone aced it. We were lucky for a six point curve. I still failed. *meladramatic sigh* Regardless, however, I'm sure I'll survive. It's great to hear from you.
-Susan
The way I look at it, here is law school we have those crazy kids too, who ace everything, study all day long, never sleep, apply for all the internships fist, AND make it on Law Review. But I mostly just stare at them in wonder because in the end, they're working really hard for jobs I don't even want, and I am just as qualified to do the work I'll end up doing, maybe more so. And I am having more fun!
If you can get though calculus in HS, I don't think you have to take more math in college, at least this was the case when I was in school. That might be a good incentive. You should ask a counselor. Otherwise, unless you're planing a career in the math and sciences, I wouldn't fret much. And even then, Monta Vista is a weird bubble of overpreparedness. I'm pretty sure you'll find you're more equipped to do math than the vast majority of kids once you get out of that environment. As my law school mentor would say, "Don't let the turkeys get you down!!!"
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