Goodbye Saugus, hello college (maybe)
So I've been really considering going to AOC lately. I still need more information, but from what I know as of yet, I'd say it is my top choice for next year. If I stay at Saugus, my schedule will likely be: Honors American Lit, US History, Honors Anatomy & Physiology, Spanish III, Pre-calculus, Health for fall semester, and Cinema at COC for spring semester. Honestly, the only class that sounds interesting to me in that bunch is Spanish. I'm also getting sick of the atmosphere of Saugus. It's not like I hate high school, but I feel ready to leave it. It's a very immature and unmotivated learning environment, which isn't something I'm interested in.
People say that I might miss out on "the high school experience" if I end up going to AOC. The way I see it, I've already done the high school thing and am ready to move on. A college campus is a much more desirable location than a high school campus for me.
The classes at AOC seem really interesting. I was looking at their elective offerings and there was like Contemporary American Problems and another one called Human Rights, amongst others. Come on! That sounds like something that is so up my alley. Combined with taking the 2 classes at COC, I think I would find myself challenged and very interested in the material.
A big concern for me is that it looks like none of my friends are really considering going there anymore. The thought of entering a completely new environment with nobody by my side is a really scary thought. I also really like my circle of friends, and don't want to have the distance cause us to drift apart. However, as Emily pointed out, we do a lot of stuff together outside of school so it's not like I would never see them. I make friends pretty quickly and I think making new friends is a great thing, but that doesn't make it any less intimidating to me.
So bottom line, I really like the idea of AOC. Even though it'd be a new environment in which I don't know a lot of people, I'm still really up for going. It sounds like exactly how I want to finish my time in high school, and being afraid of the social scene shouldn't stop me from going.