Back to the books...

I was starting my second year of high school after a well deserved vacation way from all the headache driven homework and assignments. The feeling of high school and all its mysteries were gone and now I was stuck with the feeling of being trapped in this place called school where I was told I need to learn to succeed. In reality they were right, but for the time being we as unruly teenagers were going to make the worst of every situation. As always we had a certain course of classes we were forced to take as a part of the government enforced curriculum. 

It was our job as students to make the best of the knowledge we were forced to learn, but whether or not we applied that learning towards our test and quiz would prove whether or not we had truly learned the material. For the most part it came very easy in fact it was as difficult as we thought it would be. That is if you kept up on your homework and didn't procrastinate everything.For me that was difficult because I always found myself doing things I thought to be more enjoyable and caused myself greater enjoyment. In the end it resulted in a lot of cramming and not the best grades I could have possibly gotten. This in fact didn't get any better the older I got either. 

Throughout all my experience I have learned one valuable piece of information about myself and that is my total and complete dislike for the education field. This would play a role in my future to come and alter the way I perceive things involving education. People always ask what you would like to be when you grow-up and for me my answer was always changing, but I know for sure that I was determined never to end up with a career that would force me to be restrained to a desk. Which eliminates the thought of being a teacher completely because I couldn't handle teaching students that would be unwilling to learn. As you can tell I have still many years to grow and shape the outcome of what I will be.

Getting the hang of things...

As I started to understand things better the end of the year was right around the corner and it was about to be summer. "Oh, was I excited to get away from school and finally have a break!" Though like many of the teachers were right about we're going to forget everything because who really wants to think about school while they are enjoying the beach, freedom, or whatever they find more enjoyable.

My summer started out quite boring and a bit upsetting to be honest, though I was determined to turn it around and have a lot of fun. In my opinion things started slow and progressively became a non-stop roller coaster of fun. It started with my family going to Mackinaw Island for an entire day of just relaxation and enjoying the sites. This was pretty interesting and satisfying because they have some of the best fudge.

Though this was just the beginning to my summer and was far from being complete. Next in store was a big leap for my parents who are both afraid of flying. It was the decision of the entire family to visit my sister who was staying with a friend in Florida. At first I thought it was just another family vacation that was only meant to get to know what had been going on in each other’s life, but I was far from right. When we were there we visited many interest places, for instance we visit Walt Disney World which was amazing because we went to two parks for entire days each. I saw almost everything thanks to my mom’s constant pushing us to see other things instead of staying at the same ride all day. 

That was just a small glimpse of my enjoyable summer, but like all enjoyable things they had to come to an end and this one ended with my return to high school. Its an awful ending to anyone summer, but fortunately we need an education to further are fun and enjoyable pleasures in life.

A New Chapter...

How the experiences begins for all those entering high school. There is orientation and then we're shown all our classes in an attempt to help us feel a little more comfortable about going to school and class. Regardless how much explaining they do were teenagers were bound to forget what we were told and blame them for our forgetfulness. It's the easiest way to get away from getting in trouble and I know I'm not the only one that has done that. 

High school was starting off to be a great experience. I already knew some of the upper class man so I wasn't a completely new freshmen. Besides all the school and homework there was a lot that went on outside of school that was much more enjoyable. For instance sports like, Basketball and Track were the ones that I took high interest in during school.

The best part of my life had really barely begun because I still lacked a crucial part of making things possible. A drivers license and a car to get places. Oh, how much I wanted my license when I was young, to be completely free to enjoy the life many talked about. Once I got that all ties are off and the road became my new best friend. It has become one of my favorite hobbies to watch and try and learn as much as I can about cars. I never really understood wanting a car and drivers license could cause such a high interest in their performance. It's also sad to note that my school didn't have an automotive class anymore though they use to. Which was a real bummer to find that hard fact out. For now though all I could do was wait.

In the beginning...

It started with my birth! To boring..... Hmm.....How about when my life truly started to the present, Perfect! My name is James and I went to St. Charles high school. People ask where is that? I never realized, that this place I call home was that unknown to others. In fact St. Charles isn't a town it is a village even smaller. Regardless, to me its a place full of fun and enjoyable memories, but lets rewind time for a bit.

St. Charles Bulldogs

I'm 14years old and I have just started high school. I am surrounded by all my middle school friends and a few new faces that have transferred. There also the upper class man that all of us fresh are afraid of. To me it wasn't the first time I had class in this part of the school. I was offered the opportunity, like a few other to take an advance math class. Which surprisingly many of those offered this took it without hesitation. Myself I want to take this class because I always enjoyed math and was interest in see how high school life was before I got there. To most of us it was frightening, but rewarding in the end. This all occurred in eighth grade, but now its high school there no escape once the class bell rings were still in the high school surrounded by older kids again, like middle school wasn't bad enough! Just like kinder gardeners we were a little optimistic about how high school was going to be. 

For now that's an opening glimpse on my life. For sure there is going to be more interesting things occurring in "the Life of James."