Week 11- Eleventh Grade and the Year Ahead (Last blog peeps)

Ben Heller

4/5/2022

 I have to be honest, I was reading through other people’s blogs because I couldn’t come up with a topic for my own, and Leah’s struck me as especially important. Leah gets credit for this one because I altered her topic for my own. Guys, this year has been crazy -a whirlwind- you might say. Somehow we’ve managed to keep our heads above water and are nearing the end of the scary eleventh grade. 

I feel like everything we’ve done throughout high school up to this point has been leading to this moment. We’re finally starting the process of selecting colleges; and in six months, we’ll be applying to them with our finished essays. For me, this is an especially mind-boggling fact, because ever since 5th grade, I’ve had a plan for getting myself to my dream college (think: yale). This 7 year plan (as I called it) would help me set myself up for success. It started by becoming SGA president in middle school, then being a member in NHS and maintaining top notch grades for high school so that I could get the scholarship. Later when I got started high school, I would make sure to maintain grades of at least 90% or above, I’d make sure to listen and behave in class so teachers would like me, and I’d join as many honor societies and clubs as I could. By 9th grade though, things kind of went in another direction. I discovered that my passion was performing and I realized that there’s more to life than having good grades and looking good for a high school resume. I’d decided that I would (at the same time as accomplishing my goals) enjoy high school. I would only join clubs and honor societies that I loved. I would only continue doing extracurricular activities that brought my joy. In that way, I was able to find my happy medium. 

Overall I’d say this year I tried my best at all that. We’d been struck with a world pandemic and we’ve all had to adjust to how things were beforehand. I look forward to applying to a whole bunch of schools like Yale, Columbia, Brown, UF, NYU, and others. The important thing to remember, my friends, is that we still have our whole lives ahead of us. Savor every moment, and suck out all the juice you possibly can from the fruit of life. Bye bye blog.


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  1. Michael HakimApr 5, 2022, 6:39:00 PM

    Well said, Ben. This has been one crazy, spontaneous year, and one filled with many surprises. I wish you luck in applying to those prestigious schools, I'm sure you will do great.

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