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"ATTENTION HAMPTON STUDENTS:
We hereby wish to draw unnecessary attention to two of our students for their long-past and long-forgotten performance on the PSAT tests. These two are now Semi-Finalists for the National Merit Scholarship, which is rated in the top ten for bullshit resume fillers looked for by colleges. Rather than discretely informing these students of their achievement, we here at the office figured, what the hell, let's tell the whole school. Discression is for pussies.
Our semifinalists are Christy Crum and Benjamin Ely. That is all."
A paraphrased account of what happened today at roughly 1:30. So apparently the 16000 highest PSAT scorers make semifinals, then the ones who bother to do the paperwork make finals, then most of them get nothing while a few who tell the judges just what they want to hear in essays get some money. I guess I'll go through with it and see where it takes me.
However, on the way out the door, my Anatomy teacher stops me to congradulate me. I can see it coming a mile away. The same sequence I've been having with biology teachers throughout high-school. I brace myself.
Mr. P: "Congradulations, Ely! [small talk occurs] So, what do you want to do as a career?"
Me: ...*Shit* "Theoretical Physics"
Mr. P: .....Well, don't give up of medicine. [he tries to convince me of why for a bit]
Me: Yeah, well, I'll see..
Mr. P: You'd make a great surgeon
For some reason, this strikes a chord with me. I mean, for about 10 years now I've been all about the physics. But now that I'm approaching the point that college starts and I'm beginning to realize how vast these fields are, and how much work there is involved, and what life might be like once I graduate.. I just don't know. And I mean.. surgeon would be.. fucking cool. I've never wanted to be, say, a doctor, but a surgeon is different. That's saving lives or fixing injuries, not dealing with people on a person to person basis.
I dunno. I'm getting to the point of no return with some of these choices, but I'm not there yet, and this is something I want to consider while I still have the chance.
We hereby wish to draw unnecessary attention to two of our students for their long-past and long-forgotten performance on the PSAT tests. These two are now Semi-Finalists for the National Merit Scholarship, which is rated in the top ten for bullshit resume fillers looked for by colleges. Rather than discretely informing these students of their achievement, we here at the office figured, what the hell, let's tell the whole school. Discression is for pussies.
Our semifinalists are Christy Crum and Benjamin Ely. That is all."
A paraphrased account of what happened today at roughly 1:30. So apparently the 16000 highest PSAT scorers make semifinals, then the ones who bother to do the paperwork make finals, then most of them get nothing while a few who tell the judges just what they want to hear in essays get some money. I guess I'll go through with it and see where it takes me.
However, on the way out the door, my Anatomy teacher stops me to congradulate me. I can see it coming a mile away. The same sequence I've been having with biology teachers throughout high-school. I brace myself.
Mr. P: "Congradulations, Ely! [small talk occurs] So, what do you want to do as a career?"
Me: ...*Shit* "Theoretical Physics"
Mr. P: .....Well, don't give up of medicine. [he tries to convince me of why for a bit]
Me: Yeah, well, I'll see..
Mr. P: You'd make a great surgeon
For some reason, this strikes a chord with me. I mean, for about 10 years now I've been all about the physics. But now that I'm approaching the point that college starts and I'm beginning to realize how vast these fields are, and how much work there is involved, and what life might be like once I graduate.. I just don't know. And I mean.. surgeon would be.. fucking cool. I've never wanted to be, say, a doctor, but a surgeon is different. That's saving lives or fixing injuries, not dealing with people on a person to person basis.
I dunno. I'm getting to the point of no return with some of these choices, but I'm not there yet, and this is something I want to consider while I still have the chance.