Today is a new day, but I still don’t like school. Why? Lots of reasons.

Sometimes I am surprised myself, in hopes that it will be different, but the truth is I

don’t like school. Time management is a must, the pressure is constant and the

expectations are real.

In order for me to manage my time, I have to be organized, efficient and

interested. It takes perseverance to make it happen. Without a calendar, a journal

and the interest to fill them out daily, task by task, project by project it will never

happen. I have to be interested in what I am working on and interested in the

outcome to get the results I want. If I am efficient, it’s easier to achieve maximum

productivity with minimum wasted efforts. Working in a well-organized and

competent manner is the key to success. Trying to get my ducks in a row to deal

with them in a systematic way on a large or small scale is especially hard when it

comes to school work. I not only have to be an organizational guru, but I need to be

learning all the while. I have to take responsibility, make arrangements and be

prepared. I need to be able to go to class, do my homework, keep in touch with

friends and manage my extra-curricular activities all at the same time. While I may

be able to make it happen, the pressure is crazy.

Pressure is such a stressful feeling of urgency. Trying to accomplish the

results I am looking for with limited time is hard to do. With so many things on my

plate, schoolwork and academic productivity is more than stressful. Mental and

emotional strain can result from the pressures of schoolwork and these very

demanding circumstances usually leave time not on your side. Trying to study for a

test, meet my deadlines, and practice a sport and not to mention enjoy life a little

causes a very stressful mix of circumstances that mounts in pressures unneeded for

the expectations of a student.

Expectations are real and unnecessary. They usually get me in trouble. It’s

not uncommon to expect one thing and get another. It’s hard to lower my

expectations, especially when I have needs, wants and desires to do good, if not

great, in my schoolwork as well as my social life as a student. In the end, I want to

exceed those expectations on a daily basis and the pressure becomes real and the

expectations insurmountable. It’s a very hard place to be. It’s lonely, aggravating and

depressing when my expectations gets the best of me.

In all, school is hard. It’s stressful. The pressure is difficult and the

expectations are extreme. As a result, I don’t like school. Not today, not tomorrow,

but hopefully in the end. I “expect” my opinion to change over time. And hopefully

in, I will be saying I loved every minute of my experience rather than stating “I don’t

like school” I will be telling you I loved every minute of my experience as a student.