‘Junioryearproblems’ Should be Trending Hashtag

Now that I have officially completed one six-day rotation of my junior year, all I can say is can I drop out of school now? when they say “junior year is hard,” they mean it.

An essay on Imperialism and Native Americans, page after page of AP U.S. History and honors English reading, three hours of pre-cal, a Latin translation, and a pretty tricky software download for physics — and that was only after one class of each! Hockaday must really want me to do well in life, I guess. Or make me die a terrible, slow, educated death. And I have yet to start the infamous Junior Research Paper.

Whatever school you go to in Dallas, junior year was designed to be hard. A lot of people are taking AP and honors classes for the first time, and you’re just going to have a lot of homework. I hear from my sources at St. Mark’s and ESD that we’re basically all on the same level. And in the words of Miley, “It’s the climb.”

But don’t get me wrong; I love that I’m being challenged. Because let’s be honest — Orange Beach, Ala., public schools would not have really done anything for me. Hockaday provides a fabulous place for me to share my ideas. It also provides an excellent environment for me to eat Oreos and talk about boys while arguing politics with a science teacher.

By Daisy Tackett Sep. 5, 2012 | 7:40 am | 10 Comments | Comments RSS
10 comments to "'Junioryearproblems' Should be Trending Hashtag"
  1. Advisor @ September 5, 2012 at 11:51 am
    Hi Daisy, You may think Orange Beach high schools have nothing to offer you, but I’ll bet they could teach you to not stick your nose up in the air quite so high.

  2. rabble rouser @ September 5, 2012 at 5:41 pm
    Advisor:
    Quit trashing the high schooler and learn how not to split your infinitives. JEEZ!

  3. Daisy Tackett @ September 6, 2012 at 9:16 am
    Since Alabama ranks #2 as the most illiterate state, I actually think my nose is on a perfectly level plane.

  4. amanda @ September 6, 2012 at 7:45 pm
    Yes, Alabama. The state motto, “At least we ain’t Mississippi.”

  5. Clare @ September 6, 2012 at 8:59 pm
    Ouch Daisy!

    I’m from Alabama so I understand the schools being in the bottom. But I doubt Hockaday would be proud of your dissing your roots. A little humility goes a long way.

  6. Andrew N @ September 7, 2012 at 5:28 pm
    Great article, Daisy! Shes’s not “dissing her roots,” she’s merely noting how Hockaday is pushing her to reach her full potential.

  7. JT @ September 8, 2012 at 2:57 pm
    For the record, her roots are in Oak Cliff, not Alabama…

  8. Advisor @ September 10, 2012 at 7:32 pm
    Regardless of where Alabama ranks in literacy, rarely will stepping on others get you any higher, Daisy. The comment was not necessary to your message. Good luck in your junior year.

  9. Oh, please @ September 11, 2012 at 2:44 pm
    I agree with Advisor. This girl should have stayed in Alabama and spent her life working at a bait shack with a baby on her hip by age 19.

  10. Daisy Tackett @ September 11, 2012 at 9:05 pm
    Many bait shacks are respectable pillars of the community.

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