Schools and Colleges

I’m planning to tackle one project or competition every month while I’m single. I’m serious about this—I’ve been thinking it over for a month! Is this a healthy motivation or just a bit delusional?

Check-In Time! Hey everyone in high school! How are your grades looking? Have you made any new friends this school year? What goals do you have to wrap up this year positively? If you have any advice to share or if you need some tips, feel free to ask. And […]

Does your PowerSchool use letter grades? I was browsing through my grades and realized I’m the only one with numbers instead of letters. Come to think of it, we also receive our test scores as numbers. I’ve never gotten a test back with a letter grade. I always thought that […]

10th Grade Course Selection Hey everyone! I wanted to get your input on what the workload is like for 10th grade courses. Just to give you some context, I’m planning to take honors pre-calculus over the summer since I’m currently in honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry, and my counselor approved it due […]

Hey everyone! As a high school senior, I just had this realization while listening to music that I’m at the same age as the stars I used to look up to on Disney when I was a kid. I’m graduating this year! At the same time, I can’t shake off […]

I’m so looking forward to summer! As a junior, I’m really feeling the burnout now… I can’t wait for it to be over!

Why do people who don’t know me tend to avoid conversations with me? Is it because I’m Black (culturally Ashkenazi Jewish) but don’t have an African American accent? Or maybe it’s because I’m unusually tall? 😂 I’ve had some odd experiences—people mistaking me for being autistic, treating me like I’m […]

Can someone please give me some tough love to keep me from skipping class tomorrow? Normally, I’d just blow it off, but I already have 80 absences. Plus, I have two tests I need to attend class for and a guidance counseling appointment. I really need the motivation to show […]

Is it possible to improve my GPA at this point? Currently, I’m right at the 50th percentile at my school. I didn’t take my studies seriously during the first year and a half, resulting in an unweighted GPA of 3.5 (weighted 4.37). Initially, I didn’t have any post-high school aspirations, […]