Monday, May 11, 2009

the limit does not exist!

soooo in precalc today we started going over limits, since apparently that is all calculus is about.
and of course whenever limits was mentioned by anyone, you were required to quote Mean Girls
of course that was probably the only thing learned today.
god AP's make school pointless,
Chinese= FINALLY watch Mulan (that was the only plus)
obviously nothing in history, as the brutal uphill struggle peaked on Friday, although we did find out we will be having quizzes on world history, for the few who have chosen to take the SAT II, me not being one of them.
and english stil nothing.
yes today was very painful.
especially just the feeling of it being over, even though i have APES tmrw.
i mean its something that you've been dreading yet wanting to come since basically school started, so now what?
life still goes on, and you almost feel like you regret it.
you kind of realized you liked the adraniline, the meaningness in life.
the ability to have a full proof excuse for everything "I'm studying," and the connecting you have with your peers as they all are expreienceing this too.
beofre we went into where we were taking our test, the head haunco lady got us all together and talked to us, and once she was done, Riley and Nic came up and were like everyone bring it together, Nic explained what was about to occur, and he yelled "What are we gonna do?" and we all screeched back "GET INTENSE!" of couuse they thought it was hilarious becuase they usd it for it's punny quality of " GET IN TENTS" and i'll admit it was a stupid thing to yell, but the adranaline and the prep that you've been putting in for what is about to transpire, it felt exactly like the big game of the year, and you just wanted some form of outlet.
what i loved was not only are we nerdy enough to come up with this, but that our PACE class is so unfied that we al would do it, because we were all on the same page in one way or another.
we have a bond that I really dont think any other group of high schoolers have, in that in one way or another we all accept each other.
we donot have to like each other, and we definately dont try and conform to each other (we sure as hell dont look alike) but somehow we all just get IT.
I will admit that we aren't all geniuses, but the fact that each and every one of us wasn't too shallow to do this cheer, and the majority probably didnt even feel nerdy, shows that we are all smarter then your typical high school kid.
& in some ways I'm happy, because we live more in the real world than other high schoolers, and in some ways I'm sad, because I know that the real world isn't as perfect as we wish it was, and sometimes it almost is just like high school.
But I love that we all accept each other for who we are, and although we all view the world differently, and we're all hormonal and ansty ( we are still teenagers), we all have some form of love for each other, just because we're human beings.
& thats something that the world needs to be more like, and its something that I think alot of us who are in PACE forget about, and don't really see that as a benefit to being in PACE, and all we think is that school = life, and that our worth is judged on the grade we get, the scores we achieve and the colleges that think were worthy enough to pay them thousands of dollars, of course the good grades and test scores could eliminate the fee but thats not the point.
And the point isn't that school isn't important, its the knowledge that is. & alot of it is gained from the classes, and the better colleges might well give you more knowledge than you ever thought possible, but what the most valuable knowledge we gain from PACE is learning to love thy neighbor and love thy self. Im not religous by any means, but even the golden rule " treat others the way you wished to be treated," is something they don't teach in high school.
I think in Mean Girls, the "resolution" is unrealistic in many high schools (although the drama isn't) but the dynamic at the very end of the movie is exactly what poly PACE is like, and that is the sole reason, above all other reasons, why I love it, and why in some ways, I don't ever want to leave.

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