Summer Education

I know. You read that title and the first thing you think is "nerd." Despite the fact that nerds are awesome, and that's not even close to an insult, I feel like some corrections are in order. This gets misunderstood far too much.

There are generally 3 circumstances that involve going to school in the summer. It's either

A) stupid tool who failed a class and has to retake it to succeed <- not me.

B) Student who did poorly and takes the 2 week upgrade to boost their mark up in a class <- also not me.

C) Student who takes a higher level class to get ahead <- me.

Alright, of those three the latter is definitely the most nerdy. But I assure you that my intentions are far from scholarly. You see, I'm taking grade 12 english this summer because I took grade 11 english last summer.

English, in summer school, at the school I went to is what many would refer to as "slack." Very little work was done, a good portion of the time was spent goofing off, and yet I managed a 94 in that class. Imagine my shock when my friends taking grade 11 english in actual school write essays and do analyses and tests and all sorts of nonsense- always under the guise of "preparing for 12 english."

I am supremely confident that if grade 12 english is much the same as grade 11, there is no way I would be able to get above an 80, if only because I haven't done any of the preparation necessary. The only way to keep up my average would be to, again, take english over the summer. I really don't like english classes, and getting it out of the way seems like a good idea.

Of course there are drawbacks-

i) if I want to go to university, shouldn't I be prepared? It's not like I can do "summer school university english." I've yet to do much essay writing or other literature studies, so it's entirely possible that come uni I will crash.

ii) I have to give up my july of freedom. /SADFACE

And yet, I get to take another course next year- or a spare, perhaps. But I doubt it will be a spare because I just have way too many courses to take. And, all the friends I made last year at summer school are again taking it this year; if we are in the same class, needless to say I will be very very happy.

:. pros > cons. It's proven by math!