High School
In high school I lived with my paternal grandparents in Germany and did "home-schooling." 
My life there basically consisted of hanging out with the church youth group and going over to my cousin's house every day. I came back to California well into my senior year, only for my dad to discover that I hadn't cracked a single text book since summer.
We decided homeschool wasn't for me, yet I didn't want to go back to public school either. Yes....I wanted to be a high school drop-out. This is when my dad said to me, in our language, "Schwien daut eenfach auf." And I took this advice all through college. It means, "Just do a sloppy job." I believe this is the first step to doing something difficult; it is to start pressure-free, with plenty of room for mistakes.
At our commencement ceremony, the speaker said, "Some of you have finished strong. And others of you . . . well . . . . you've finished."
How appropriate.
My life there basically consisted of hanging out with the church youth group and going over to my cousin's house every day. I came back to California well into my senior year, only for my dad to discover that I hadn't cracked a single text book since summer.
We decided homeschool wasn't for me, yet I didn't want to go back to public school either. Yes....I wanted to be a high school drop-out. This is when my dad said to me, in our language, "Schwien daut eenfach auf." And I took this advice all through college. It means, "Just do a sloppy job." I believe this is the first step to doing something difficult; it is to start pressure-free, with plenty of room for mistakes.
At our commencement ceremony, the speaker said, "Some of you have finished strong. And others of you . . . well . . . . you've finished."
How appropriate.
posted by Natalie at 2:39 PM
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