Wednesday, September 07, 2005
First Day Thoughts
No longer am I in the stage where I get dressed, eat breakfast, brush my teeth and get 'first day of school' pictures taken outside my house. I'm a senior. I'm the oldest in the school. I demand respect from others just because of my grade.
Big deal.
I got a call yesterday at seven in the morning (an hour and a hlaf before I had to wake up) wishing me a good first day. Too bad I wasn't a freshman...because then I'd actually be going to school. It was...a bittersweet surprise though. Funny now that I think about it.
Just like everyother year I will have to do my homework, study for tests...work for my grade. I will be with my friends while trying to manage my work schedule, the importance of Traffic and Sunday morning. The only difference seems to be is that I will be leaving the school year a week early and next year will not be like the past four.
I'm not quite sure why everyone makes such a big deal of rank in our society. Children are taught from the age for 5 that it's important to be on top...because if you're not on top, then what are you? ...On the bottom? Exactly my point. Who can prove to me that being on the bottom is so bad? What are the reasons? We can all think of the great reasons to be on top. Ironic thing is- after senior year, you're just a "lowly Freshman" again. You came twelve years for this, you think...well yea. After you graduate from college, where are you? The bottom of your job...and then after you retire from the top...where are you? The bottom of the age ladder.
So why even try to be on top when you're going to get right back to the bottom? My point exactly. The bottom is nice in my mind...and I better be happy with it- because next year, that's where I'm gonna be.
Big deal.
I got a call yesterday at seven in the morning (an hour and a hlaf before I had to wake up) wishing me a good first day. Too bad I wasn't a freshman...because then I'd actually be going to school. It was...a bittersweet surprise though. Funny now that I think about it.
Just like everyother year I will have to do my homework, study for tests...work for my grade. I will be with my friends while trying to manage my work schedule, the importance of Traffic and Sunday morning. The only difference seems to be is that I will be leaving the school year a week early and next year will not be like the past four.
I'm not quite sure why everyone makes such a big deal of rank in our society. Children are taught from the age for 5 that it's important to be on top...because if you're not on top, then what are you? ...On the bottom? Exactly my point. Who can prove to me that being on the bottom is so bad? What are the reasons? We can all think of the great reasons to be on top. Ironic thing is- after senior year, you're just a "lowly Freshman" again. You came twelve years for this, you think...well yea. After you graduate from college, where are you? The bottom of your job...and then after you retire from the top...where are you? The bottom of the age ladder.
So why even try to be on top when you're going to get right back to the bottom? My point exactly. The bottom is nice in my mind...and I better be happy with it- because next year, that's where I'm gonna be.
