As I approach the end of my high school career, I am beginning to find myself less interested in the real reasons I am going to school everyday. Nobody enjoys going to school, but for me, I never dreaded it until recently because I acknowledged that I was not there just to receive a grade. I was there to better myself and improve the skills I had that would carry me through college and the rest of my life. I have grown genuinely annoyed with the teachers and fellow students at school I used to be able to tolerate. Education to me seems to not be a journey anymore as much as it is a chore these days. After listening to this speech and watching the video that accompanied it, I found myself feeling disgusted with the way I have been spending my last few months of high school. It is very easy for me to say I got into college, and I do not have to work anymore. That would probably be the easiest way to finish out high school. Upon listening to that speech, however, I realized I need to have a different attitude. I think from here on out, my attitude should be that even though I am into college, I should still do my best but enjoy the little details of learning and being in an environment surrounded by people with a common goal. If I happen to fail, I have the insurance of being accepted into college. I should no longer allow myself to simply go through the motions and get by by making another excuse for myself everyday until I finish high school. My life could be a lot worse, and I should begin to once again regard every moment of every day as an opportunity to pay attention to my surroundings and absorb everything I can. I believe I can become a significantly happier person if I stop thinking of my immediate needs before everything else also. If I am aware enough to give myself a choice I can look past the surface of the seemingly boring tasks I have to endure and the seemingly annoying people I have to deal with and allow myself to realize that they are not so bad after all and there is a reason that things are the way they are.
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