12.25.2009

So little time!

The first couple weeks at NCSSM were the hardest for me because I had to get used to so many things at once. I had to take care of myself, make friends, adjust to the school work, and so many other things that I felt like I had been thrown into some crazy circus act. During these first weeks, I learned how important time management is. I was always busy at my home school with cheerleading, clubs, schoolwork, violin, dance, and so on. But NCSSM had a different definition of busy in store. NCSSM busy meant learning how to allot a day’s time to get the most out of it. With everyday having a different class schedule and each day a different meeting, I had to quickly learn how to spend my day so I wouldn’t be up till 4 every night doing my homework. I learned how to use every minute of my spare time and how to quickly focus.

Although I’m still perfecting my time management skills, I’m glad I learned the greater majority this early. Time management is a skill that everyone needs to have and I’m hoping learning about it in high school will help me in college and further in life.

12.20.2009

In the beginning...

The idea of this blog originally came from a conversation with my dad. At the begin of the summer of 2009, before I came to NCSSM, I started an email-based newsletter for my friends and teachers back home to keep them updated about what I was going through. I wanted to tell them about my experience because they all helped me so much in the process of getting into NCSSM. Then one day I had a talk with my dad at the dinner table. He encouraged me to make a blog and share my experience with everyone. And everything just happened from there.

Through this blog I want to achieve two goals. One, I want to use this blog to keep myself thinking. Writing regularly will make me stop during my busy week to assess what I’ve learned so far, not about the information, but about life. Two, I want this to be an eye-opener for everyone else that are part of the NCSSM experience. Whether you’re a student, a parent of a student, or just know someone that goes to NCSSM, you’ll know that this whole experience is so unique from any other high school experience. It would be such a shame to go through two years of hard, hard work and only learn about the periodic table of elements and become a master at Shakespeare and Emerson. I believe that NCSSM is more than academics and I hope through these writings, you’ll reflect on how NCSSM has changed your life.