my education has turned into a competition i never agreed to enter. i don't hate learning, but i hate being taught by teachers who don't care who really just work here so they can coach. everyone says, its preparing you for the real world. so the first 13 years of my education is just a trial run? i don't know what day of the week or month it is, i think in test dates and deadlines. they say you need a good ACT/SAT score to get into a good college. fun fact: only 21% of people work in the area that they majored in. they make it seem like everything is depending on this test. i don't know how much longer i can handle this weight and pressure to perform. i used to be gifted way back when but now i'm not because i wan't continually challenged. i just need to make it through this semester, then it'll be over for a couple months, then the cycle will start again...