It has been awhile since I had a talk with my mom, or my dad, or both of them. Every time they get a chance to talk with me, they always make the conversation very long and like to give so many examples that I think aren't necessary to prove their point that I got lost somewhere in the conversation due to boredom.
I think this is one of the most important conversation I had because it really matters about my academic career. Yesterday, after classes are over, my parents had a meeting with Mister Eaton and our class teacher Eric Wong. They talked about scholarships and other things that are important for our academic success and about taking extra classes like AP Biology or AP Art. Some of the students of the class were selected to learn AP statistics. I wasn't one of them.
My mom insisted that I have to choose one of the extra courses so that I can earn 1 more credit to graduate even when the credits I earned so far are currently enough. I already have a demanding schedule but still she wants to add work for me. I really didn't appreciate what she was doing, plus I am not interested in learning neither AP biology nor AP Art. It is not subjects that I am terribly passionate about and I wouldn't choose either if I have the option to choose.
I just hope that my mom doesn't make decisions for me for once, if I failed other subjects just for trying to earn this one credit from the extra course then it would terribly not be worthy, not to mention all the more work I have to do.
I don't want to take courses that I am not interested in, and I don't want to make any mistakes anymore. I am sure that I might make mistakes in the future but I will try my best not to make that happen.
My mom wants me to take an AP course in 11th grade so she wants to talk to Mister Andy so maybe he can let me take his AP statistic class. I think I have the potentials to take that class so I was fine with her decision.
She decided to not push me to take extra class because, I think, Mister Eaton advocated for me. He gave a very good reasoning for me not to take extra class, and I really appreciated what he did for me. He said that I won't be recommended if I tell the teachers during the interview that I am not passionate about taking the class, and if I fail to do good on the subject, this may look bad on my transcript.
I talked with my mom afterwards, she said that this extra credit could be essential for me to get into a better college, but if I fail then this may look bad, so it is risk, a risk that I don't want to take because the schedule is already as demanding as it is and more work may break me.
I hope my mom understands how I feel, I don't want other people making decisions for me, on things that I should be making the choice. I really hope she understands.
By: Hasil Zhou~~~
I think this is one of the most important conversation I had because it really matters about my academic career. Yesterday, after classes are over, my parents had a meeting with Mister Eaton and our class teacher Eric Wong. They talked about scholarships and other things that are important for our academic success and about taking extra classes like AP Biology or AP Art. Some of the students of the class were selected to learn AP statistics. I wasn't one of them.
My mom insisted that I have to choose one of the extra courses so that I can earn 1 more credit to graduate even when the credits I earned so far are currently enough. I already have a demanding schedule but still she wants to add work for me. I really didn't appreciate what she was doing, plus I am not interested in learning neither AP biology nor AP Art. It is not subjects that I am terribly passionate about and I wouldn't choose either if I have the option to choose.
I just hope that my mom doesn't make decisions for me for once, if I failed other subjects just for trying to earn this one credit from the extra course then it would terribly not be worthy, not to mention all the more work I have to do.
I don't want to take courses that I am not interested in, and I don't want to make any mistakes anymore. I am sure that I might make mistakes in the future but I will try my best not to make that happen.
My mom wants me to take an AP course in 11th grade so she wants to talk to Mister Andy so maybe he can let me take his AP statistic class. I think I have the potentials to take that class so I was fine with her decision.
She decided to not push me to take extra class because, I think, Mister Eaton advocated for me. He gave a very good reasoning for me not to take extra class, and I really appreciated what he did for me. He said that I won't be recommended if I tell the teachers during the interview that I am not passionate about taking the class, and if I fail to do good on the subject, this may look bad on my transcript.
I talked with my mom afterwards, she said that this extra credit could be essential for me to get into a better college, but if I fail then this may look bad, so it is risk, a risk that I don't want to take because the schedule is already as demanding as it is and more work may break me.
I hope my mom understands how I feel, I don't want other people making decisions for me, on things that I should be making the choice. I really hope she understands.
By: Hasil Zhou~~~