Monday, April 25, 2011

Top 10 Most Thrilling Academic Moments of My High School Career

10. When I mastered the art of the A- in my sophomore year– I ended with four grades between a 92.1 and a 93. The opening of my report card was "a mighty awesome sight" (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).

9. My passage of the AP Chemistry exam after a year of utter confusion. "It's still hard for me to have a clear mind thinking on it" (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).

8. Never feeling a sense of rejection– after each thrilling opening of my college decision letters. I was lucky enough to go 4/4 and, after each one, I let out a blood-curtling shout because "I been silent so long now it's going to roar out of me like floodwaters" (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).

7. My first 7- on an essay. Bottom line, it opened a new realm of possibility for my writing career: "They're out there" (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).

6. When I participated in the terribly over-emphasized and overly important ACT. I received a 33 (that happens to be my favorite number which was thrilling in its own right) and possessed the ability to coast through the rest of high school because these tests are taken into way too much consideration for college... although I'm not complaining. I guess it's true what they say that "everything matters!" (Everything Matters).

5. It was pretty cool when I received Rotary Student of the Month because the recognition from my teachers means a lot to me. Throughout my high school career I have always "bear in mind that every choice will have consequences" and this award exemplifies that my decisions have been decent ones (Everything Matters).

4. When I realized the only class that required actual "home" work was AP English, that was pretty thrilling. My nights became a lot more relaxing because doing homework at school is "infinitely preferable to the one dreadful alternative" (Everything Matters).

3. The last multiple choice bubble I filled in on my AP Calculus exam was definitely one of my most thrilling academic experiences, because I knew I had 3 months of pure bliss and eating "delicate exotic fruit" (The Importance of Being Earnest).

2. When I receive a 5 on this year's AP English Literature exam. That's right. I'm calling it right now. "I may not write accurately... but I write with wonderful expression" (The Importance of Being Earnest).

1. I got into Duke. That was pretty thrilling. Thomas and Alex are both attending. That is also pretty thrilling. "The good ended happily" (The Importance of Being Earnest).




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