2) Education

I was never a fabulous student. I got along well with the teachers, but I was just extra ordinary. I never understood why people thought I was a teacher’s pet. I remember getting some B grades and C grades, but I also got a couple D’s. Other students didn’t come to me with questions to be answered, so I never understood why I was considered a teacher’s pet.

Perhaps I didn’t attempt to be the best student. In fact, I did precisely the opposite. I was the epitome of procrastination and laziness. I was homeschooled, but I took the occasional private school class or sometimes all the homeschool students in my area would gather once a week. This one day a week, we would get parents who had been chemists to teach Chemistry, physicists taught Physics, etc. You get the point. It wasn’t too shabby.

I had one class called KONOS, and it was a mash-up of History, English, and Writing. It was a 3-hour class and was expected to require approximately 25 hours of homework each week. The first couple of weeks I was an ideal student. I did all the assignments, took notes, paid attention, and turned everything in on time. However, I developed a nasty habit of procrastination. I enjoyed 3 things the year I took this class: sleep, video games (classic 14-year old boy), and spending time with friends. I enjoyed having weekends during which I did next-to-no homework. In fact, I enjoyed having a WHOLE 6 days of free time, it was an absolutely joyful time! Until Monday… because, of course, everything was due Tuesday. I can literally remember a dozen or more times where I waited until 10 p.m. Monday night to begin homework for a class that started a mere 10 hours later. Now THAT was super sucky. I stayed up all night cramming out the papers, biographical reviews, projects, and art sketches. Whatever it was, I did, just in a horrifically, barely-passing-grade kind-of way. I did that for 8 months straight. I mean, I passed the class so yay… But I was 2 points above failing. That habit formed the rest of my high school years. I did everything last minute. I tended to procrastinate my Math and English classes while excelling much more in History and Science. I got a few overall A’s and some B’s and C’s. I’m proud that I’ve never failed a class. Unfortunately, I was the average student. I just existed.

And that, my peers, is how I was an extra ordinary student. If you ever want to be an average, extra ordinary student just procrastinate the heck out of all your assignments, and you will be well on your way.