Decisions.

Be careful of others; people can tear you down just as quickly as they can lift you up. As childish as it is to choose big life decisions based on others' opinion, it is something that we often do. Some people just want to yield to their rebellious voice inside. There's something about going the way that everyone expected you to that drives people insane. I can understand that. Feeling like you have allowed people who hardly know you to speak on your future can leave an impression of weakness. It can make you feel as if you gave in to the pressure of their opinion. In a perfect world, people outside of your loved ones would attend to their own business and keep their comments to themselves. But, in reality, we must learn to isolate the non-sense from the necessary and listen only to the voices that matter. We can't forget to listen to our own voice - after all it is YOUR life to come. We have to use our discernment to filter through the voices. It's not like there aren't good voices to hear, we just need to take the time to discriminate against the negatives.

3rd Quarter Blues.

Blogging is hard when there's a deadline and no inspiration. When there's nothing to say there's nothing to say! (To which a teacher will probably reply, "There's always something to say Qieara.") No. Not this time. Isn't it bad enough that there's a butt-ton of work to do in this seemingly endless third quarter of school that's super busy and under-cared for? I guess that's something to talk about, so let's keep this word count rolling people! Each class has like six tests that these teachers are trying to crank out during this quarter so that you can "keep learning the material". Bleh. These teachers and I both know that us students do NOT care nor do we desire to learn this stuff, unless you teach an elective... a fun elective at that (sorry gen eds). And why should I care to learn about British Literature? Any writing that I'd ever be doing or want to do is strictly American. If anything I'd rather learn to be a little more Italian or Parisian, but whatever. And what's up with teachers being all strict on paying attention? I mean the way I see it, so long as we are being quiet enough for you to hear yourself teach or to pretend that we hear you, then I don't see the harm in letting us doodle or roam the Internet (which is safely guarded by The Academy's tech wardens so no worries). I guess this is why I have teacher relationship issues. But whatever.

The Beginning of the Rest of This.

Trying to begin building the "rest of your life" is not only a bit intimidating, but it is also really really hard. Having a plan in the first place is a big step that many are starting to take right out of high school, and even during. This means that the competition in every field is becoming more and more fierocious. Everyone keeps saying you need to have that one thing or experience that makes you "stand out". UGH! If I hear that one more time I'm going to skip screaming and just go straight to crying. If you knew what they meant by "standing out" wouldn't you be doing it?! They (being the college, business, or whoever you're marketing towards) would have picked you out themselves already. The whole thing is just frustrating, trying to be what these businesses and schools want and need. And then there's the thought of getting into something and its not at all what you thought it would be, or it's exactly what you were thinking but you hate it. The entire thing is a big risk. But of course - without a way to avoid this cliché - that's life. And I apologize if while you were reading this post you thought there'd be an inspiring ending with all of the answers. I'm just a lazy senior, go away.