Fact: I’m a Failure of a Student
- My senior year of high school I can’t remember how many D’s I got.
- I took Latin for three years. I only made it to Latin II.
- My first semester of college, I failed three classes…out of six.
- I’ve forgotten how long it’s been since I read a book. I’m an English major.
- My transfer papers are do May 15. I have hardly started.
- I slept through band, frequently. I play tuba. Which is right next to the percussion section.
- In high school, I had it figured out how to ditch class in a way the school could not in any way shape or form punish me for even if I was caught.
- Because of the above, I frequently took three hour lunches. At the expense of my Physics grade.
- I interned with my state’s senate this year. I got a “D” in American Government two semesters ago.
- I competed in Academic Decathlon. For the free food.
- At the beginning of every semester I go to all the club opening socials. For the free food.
- I have shopped online, created grocery lists, and got in touch with old friends more in my Religion 101 class than I have in any other point of time in my life.
- I signed up for, and worked hard editing my portfolio so I could get into my college’s writer’s retreat mainly so I could skip classes for a week without feeling guilty.
- I competed in a solo competition. I placed fifth. Out of six competitors.
- In a music audition, even though they had no other tuba players, I was still denied the position. It was then explained to me that it would be okay if I quit tuba completely.
