Now that the school year is over, I guess I'm going to make a post about it.

I get that this definitely isn't the most high-quality post that I'm making, but I think this is more important than just mere spam. That being said, I think that my experiences and lessons may not all apply to everybody, as we all have different learning conditions and whatnot. Anyhow, let's get onto it.

Recap:
Wow. This year was... humbling, to say the least. I realized that Science Olympiad Varsity is much, MUCH harder to make than I thought. Now, I need to become a [insert any subject here] main and read textbooks on that topic(i.e. Read Campbell for Biology, Marshak for Earth Science, etc.). Things got scary... Grades, Extracurriculars, Social Experiences. It was all quite a blur.

Grades:
I learned this year that I NEED to pay attention in class. Before, my classes were all trivial and the teachers were chill, but now I know what "teacher doesn't know how to teach" really means. At Carnage, it was just a term that was thrown around here and there for teachers who weren't the best, but now I understand that paying attention will prevent me from getting a B.

Math:
I am extremely grateful for the experiences I had this year, and Math was also quite humbling. From facing middle schoolers who were mediocre at the subject, I'm not competing against some of the best Mathletes in the nation, all of whom are older and much, much better than I am. It's quite scary, knowing that I'm the one lagging behind, the "weakest link," so to speak. Now, I believe that, since all of Enloe's cracked seniors are leaving, I'll have a pretty good chance(a non-zero one, for that matter) at being on Enloe's A team for DMM, HMMT(if we decide to do it), CMIMC(if we decide to do it), and make State Math finals(though my performance at finals will definitely be questionable again).

Science Olympiad:
I. Need. To. Read. Campbell.
That's it. I just need to read Campbell. Become a biology main, and boom I should be on Varsity assuming the person who camped decides he'll stick to Science Bowl and not try out for SciOly, and hopefully khhu decides not to sweat Biology over the summer.

Science Bowl:
Not sure, to be honest. I should make the team, but I'm trying to make it onto the B team so I can go to MIT. Again, I need to read Campbell. Being simply a Math main isn't enough. Apparently, the Board this year "really regretted not putting me in," and regretted putting in [redacted].

Social Life:
So, with High School, there's the Winter Dance(which Enloe calls "Enloe Charity Ball," which is basically where we raise ~180k for a certain charity every year) and Homecoming. Both of which I didn't go to this year. For Charity Ball, I guess the introvert got into me, and I decided to cower in my home, studying math and watching youtube. Homecoming was a different story, though. Our football team is hot garbage(didn't win a single game this season), and I did not want to go whatsoever. All of my friends went, and you may be thinking... "hey what happened to peer pressure?" Yeah, peer pressure did not get to me. Instead, I decided to grind up for AMC10(which I think worked out, but was it worth it?). I did meet quite a few really pro people(laura, peace, ackliu, wolfpack) that I hadn't ever met/hadn't met in a while, and it was really exciting to see them all.

School Life:
High School got really scary REALLY fast. From [redacted] getting beat up by 4 people, to a fight that required the entire Raleigh Police Department to show up, got 4 people tased, someone pulled out a Glock (allegedly), and multiple people were handcuffed, high school is... wild to say the least. It doesn't really help that Enloe is located in one of the sketchiest parts of Raleigh, so... yeah. I walked into the 1200s bathroom after my CS final, and I saw someone smoking with something that looked like a needle. Needless to say, I try my best to avoid all bathrooms(only using the 2700s bathrooms, which are filled with the nerdiest classes, and thus not many people smoke in there) because 1) I don't want to get beat up while using the bathroom and 2) I don't want to get diseases in the future from second-hand smoke and 3) I don't want someone sneaking some random drug into my water bottle/backpack.


On that amazingly high note, summer goals!

1. Read Campbell
2. Do Volume 2(6/22 of the way there!)
3. get a girlfriend /hj
4. Become productive
5. Make TYS/TYP
6. Start thinking about a school for the future...
8. Make it to my Fantasy Baseball League's playoffs(:pray:)

Let's see how many of these goals I actually accomplish!