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Being Reflective...

        Christmas Break has recently ended and myself like many other kids all over the country are getting back to walking through halls, reading books, writing reports, typing things up, and learning all kinds of good new "stuff".  On the first day back I was presented with an opportunity to read this article. It was called What You'll Wish You'd Known. I love to read and I really love to write. This article was so enjoyable. And it presented a lot of things to the think about. It wasn't an article on biology at all but it really helped me in that class and all of my other classes, from Choir to Math. The article was in fact a speech directed at high school students. It was something unlike anything I had read before in a good way. I enjoyed it because it addressed things that I have been hearing about for a while now. Things that are important at the moment but also have a direct connection to you later. It made a shout out to something that all American high schoolers struggle with. I guess what you would call it is our placement in the world at the moment. And what our placement will be in 5, 10, 20 years. Among many other things it discussed how we as high school students shouldn't be defined as high school students. Because yes, we do have to go to school 7 hours everyday, and it could be considered a "job". But the author of this article suggested something very smart. Treating high school as a DAY job. Going and doing what you have to do at school but also working on hard problems. Pursuing things that matter. Things that will make a difference to your own life and the lives of others. Learning things that will have a real impact on your life. Putting some of the focus that we so generously give over to t.v. or Facebook into things that will be beneficial to our lives. This article made a very big impression on me. Because it had a message that meant something. It was giving anyone who read it a head start on something that some people never grasp in their lifetime. This article is beneficial to anyone who reads it. Even people who are "old".  I believe that all of us can make a difference when we focus on the hard problems. And use our own talents to "make a difference". This article gave me a big realization that all of the things I am interested in and take an opinion on are part of my future and the future of the world. This article has helped me in this past week back from break, a week that focus appears few and far between. It inspired me. It inspired me to not waste time. To make an effort in everything I do. Whether it be a blog post for bio or a poem for english class...or maybe my own personal creation I have been working on lately. It helped me to look at myself, and see if I was really being true to this world and my "placement" in it. So I have decided to make this the best semester ever. The best summer ever. The best year ever. The best lifetime ever, by getting to work to get things done.


Here is the link to the article incase you are now inspired to read it and become inspired yourself :)


http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html