14 April 2005
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Does high school prepare you for college? - 9:41 a.m.
Today is 14 April 2005. I graduate from high school in roughly six weeks. I'm not one of those kids who counts down the days on the calendar [even though I am counting down the days until the end of term]. Graduation, though, just feels like another event in life right now.
The packet that describes the senior project says that we students supposedly feel accomplished when we finish the senior project because we feel like we've earned the diplomas.
Go on. Laugh. I had a field day when I read that.
To be honest, these people probably mean well. However, this isn't preparing me for college at all. The best preparation I received for college was actually going. Even with three years of honors and AP classes and some of the hardest classes that the school offered, I was bored. I finally got unbored by leaving. College prepared me for college, as paradoxical as that sounds.
Let me tell you the story of Rebecca. She goes to my church. She completed the senior project last year. After writing only MLA papers through high school, she goes to nursing school. Guess what. MLA format didn't help her a bit there. It was all APA over there.
Let that show you that MLA is not the god of formatting, nor is APA the only other.
I will be studying French through college, so MLA might do me some good. Other people, though, aren't so lucky. I'll probably also have to learn other formatting styles for one or two classes.
My point? If high school really wants to prepare students for college, it should aim to be more well-rounded.
Education is going down the drain every day, and the high school I attend(ed?) is a prime example.
To Do:
1. Edit English paper
2. Write history paper
3. Calculus homework
4. Senior project
5. Plan senior presentation
6. Good, bad, and worse
7. Spanish project
8. Spanish homework
8. Start studying for final exams