Brettia

I went to the Louvre Museum while in Paris. I saw the Venus de Milo, the Mona Lisa, and all that good, fun stuff. When pronounced phonetically, Louvre sounds like the name of a vacuum company. And so the Louvre vacuum was born. It really sucks. (Did you catch that?)

Like Louvre vacuums, school sucks. Especially when you are trapped in a room of smart kids with none of your friends. And you have a lot of “smart” homework. In eleven days, I get to journey to Cactus Shadows High School for the first time. Yay. Sounds like fun. (Wink, wink.) Normally, I wouldn’t care that much. But this year, I am in only one class with either Tyler or Jim in it. And that class is PE. Furthermore, I took AP World History, a painfully hard and brutally tough class with pounds of summer homework I still haven’t done. Also, this class is the reason that I’m not in any of my friends’ classes. Tyler took the same classes as I did except for AP WH, and we would have been together in almost everything had it not been for that little gap.

Now, I’m seriously considering dropping AP WH and moving down to regular WH, in the hope of having at least a few classes with people I know. The problem is, moving down also means being in a class with a large concentration of jerk children (jerks, populars, jocks, idiots). Being with friends is worth this sacrifice, but then I also have to think about the fact that the AP course is worth college credit. One less class to take later, right?
A list of reasons to drop and keep AP WH:
Keep:

Drop:

1. Less homework
2. No need to finish summer homework
3. Might be with best friends
4. More free time
5. Easier means I can focus on other classes like Spanish 3/4 and Honors English
6. Taking 3 other advanced classes…why need 4?
7. More time for clubs and sports (!)
8. More time for Brettia
9. Less chance of burnout/breakdown
10. Really hate WH at this point
11. Tired of being the smart kid
12. Not all about grades…be well-rounded
13. Much more confident with less to worry about

There seem to be good points on both sides of the issue, but I’m leaning toward dropping it. I am one of the few kids who had a good enough relationship with their parents to be able to talk over things like this, so I guess I’ll see what they think first. I think Mom would see it my way, but my dad might be a little disappointed. I just…don’t think it’s worth killing myself socially and mentally over a single class. I know I probably won’t see any of my friends again after high school, but it really helps to have them with you during school to give you a boost and keep you from falling over the edge. So I’ll ask Mom first, and then we’ll ask Dad, and I’ll see what happens. I just don’t know what else I can do. I don’t even know if I can switch out of AP WH. Perhps not. Oh well, though. I’ll tell you the result of my lobbying tomorrow.