<p>So I have.......had....a 3.98....it's my junior year. This whole semester I have been very very apathetic towards my school work. My ap us history class is killing me, and I will probably end up making a B+ in it. Average grade is a B- in it...yeah, the teacher is insane. Plus, I have an A- in AP enlg/lang. My ethics class is also an A-, a product of absolute, utter laziness. The pangs of guilt and the stress of recovery before the semester is up are killing me.
Gosh I'm just really bugged right now. I went through my frosh and soph years living under terrible stress. Sure, I got good grades, but I vowed to myself that I would never let myself be that worked up over grades again. I told myself that all nighters just are not worth it, and even set myself a deadline of finishing all HW by 11:00. So, in a nutshell, this year I have been seeking to improve my quality of life. And, it has worked. But now I'm suddenly questioning the point of pursuing quality of life....is there a point to striving for that so-called "balance"??? I really don't know! I really don't think it is right that school should make four years of my life so stressful...?? I dunno guys, i just really dunno what to think.</p>
<p>I think you need to chill. Refocus. Get back to work.</p>
<p>Better than a streak of apaches killing you.</p>
<p>Better than Apache streakers killing you.</p>
<p>Better than Apache killers streaking you.</p>
<p>Streakers you Apache better killing than.</p>
<p>On a serious note, think of it this way. High school is four years of your life. Assuming you live to age 80, that’s 5% of your life. Do you really want to have spent five percent of your life driving yourself crazy with work and grade obsession and the frantically obsessive COLLEGE-ADMISSIONS-AS-ULTIMATE-OBJECTIVE-AND-AFFIRMATION-OF-YOUR-WORTH-AS-A-PERSON mindset that seems to abound here on CC? I don’t think you do. Relax, keep your grades up, but really, at 11:00, put down the textbook and go to sleep. </p>
<p>P.S. Once you get past a certain threshold, colleges no longer care whether you had a B+ or an A-. Don’t get caught up in the small stuff.</p>