This whole visit to China that I'm supposed to be excited about has gotten to the point where my mom enlisted my uncle to help me be excited.
Too bad you brought up the one sore spot when it comes to that trip.
Actually. Not really. This has stopped being about Chicago, and not being able to go because we're spending all our money on something I don't even want to do. I can go to Chicago another year. I have no doubts in my mind that one day, I will end up there and I will live there, possibly study there as well. No doubts. I am going to make it happen. What I am angry about is that no one seems to believe me when I say I don't want to go to China. No. One. They all think that I just need someone to ~persuade~ me into wanting to go on this three-week-long trip to communist, family hell. Hell where there's no way of communicating with the outside world because my phone won't work and Internet is censored like fuck. So. Three weeks of non-communication. It's going to be a miracle if I even remember English after this. I'm gonna be talking gibberish for years to come.
It's a 14-hour flight of misery and suffering, only to endure another three weeks of misery and suffering.
Fuck all of this, seriously. Just. FUCK.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Unpopular opinions about college.
I feel... I don't know. I feel like such a bitch writing this, and I know it's only my opinion that is formed by my own life experiences, but... college. And getting in, and making it affordable.
I know several people who are applying for dream schools, and yet they "can't go" because of finance issues. And that's all they talk about, and then complain about their own mediocrity and how they can't get scholarships because of that.
My opinion? Keep trying and stop complaining about it so much so you can DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. There is always a chance, and there are always options, if nothing else works out. And if truly nothing works, there are always other schools. Don't pin all your hopes on one school, and don't think that it's the end of the world if you can't get there. But the point is, you have OPTIONS and you have CHOICES. Learn to work with those, and complain to me when you've exhausted all of those.
I made it into the best public school in the country because I worked to make it affordable. My grades were good enough for grants, I turned in at least 20 scholarship applications and only heard back from 2... I made it work out for me through a lot of sleepless nights and work, so why don't you try instead of whining about it?
I know several people who are applying for dream schools, and yet they "can't go" because of finance issues. And that's all they talk about, and then complain about their own mediocrity and how they can't get scholarships because of that.
My opinion? Keep trying and stop complaining about it so much so you can DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. There is always a chance, and there are always options, if nothing else works out. And if truly nothing works, there are always other schools. Don't pin all your hopes on one school, and don't think that it's the end of the world if you can't get there. But the point is, you have OPTIONS and you have CHOICES. Learn to work with those, and complain to me when you've exhausted all of those.
I made it into the best public school in the country because I worked to make it affordable. My grades were good enough for grants, I turned in at least 20 scholarship applications and only heard back from 2... I made it work out for me through a lot of sleepless nights and work, so why don't you try instead of whining about it?
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