The Overachievers
I just finished reading this book , and it really felt that I was reading about my senior year. It is all about college admissions and kids over-stressng themselves with school work and activities. I just kept thinking back to January of my senior year when I was breaking down to my mom every night about all the stuff I had to do and about how I would never finish. (This is when I was in tech week for a professional production of "Suessical", had mock-trial practice daily, even when I was missing school for practice, had auditions for my school musical, and had mid-terms all in a two week span.) The kids in the book were doing even more than me, though, and staying up until 2 AM doing home work, something I still cannot get myself to do. It made me sad for kids today, though, and also really happy that I'm not in high school anymore. It was a really interesting book though. Did you know that 40% of elementary schools don't have recess anymore? I think that's kind of crap. The book is by the woman who wrote "Pledged," which I found partly amusing and party annoying. I liked this one better.
Anyway, now I'm on to reading "The Time Traveler's Wife," which Stephanie said is really good. Even though I really want to be at school right now, it is nice that I can just sit and read for hours at a time just because I feel like it. Tomorrow, my mom is making me get up at 7 to go work out with her at my dad's offices' gym. That should be fun.
Anyway, now I'm on to reading "The Time Traveler's Wife," which Stephanie said is really good. Even though I really want to be at school right now, it is nice that I can just sit and read for hours at a time just because I feel like it. Tomorrow, my mom is making me get up at 7 to go work out with her at my dad's offices' gym. That should be fun.