- Jan 9, 2001
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OK, I'm a junior in high school. This year, I decided to get a bit more involved in school clubs, etc, because I had only done them sparsely before and thought it would be a good experience (you're only in high school once) and a great way to meet people. I've always done all sorts of music activites, but that was about it (pretty one-dimensional).
Anyway, so at the beginning of this year I got accepted to Student Council and Key Club (Key Club=service organization). Combining these with my music, school, and homework, pretty much ate up all my time. So other than playing gigs and teaching some piano lessons, I haven't had a "regular job" this year.
The elections for Student Council for next year just happened, and to my dismay I didn't get in for next year.
This may just be sour grapes, but their election process is kind of bullshit. I mean, the essays/apps I wrote for the advisors were fine and good, thus they put me on the ballot. But then the student body votes for the new members from that ballot. Since they have nothing else to go on, people vote for their friends, and as such the most popular people fill the slots right up.
In the meantime, I've decided I don't want to do Key Club again next year even though I was accepted again for them next year--I'm all for community service, etc, but the people in the club kind of piss me off.
The more pressing issue now is work. I'm going to get a steady, full-time job this summer (if I can get one, my friends aren't having much luck getting hired). That's sort of a "regardless" thing. But, come next fall, I'll be faced with a desicion: do I keep the job and go to part-time, or do I quit the job and join more clubs? Student Council has a thing where you can get accepted late (2nd Quarter), which is what I did this year, and the girl who heads that up all but told me that if I do that next year she'll get me in. (She wanted me in the group, was even more disappoitned than I was that I didn't make it). You just have to jump through hoops to do it.
Oh well, consider this a disorganized attempt at organizing my thoughts. As the title implies, I'm debating whether to keep working through next school year and lighten up on the activities, or vice versa.
And before anyone says "just do both", there simply aren't enough hours in the day. School = 8 hrs, + music = 3-4 hours, clubs are a couple hours, work is a few hours. Doing that everyday would seriously be impossible. Besides, no place would hire me if I can't come to work all the time because of activities.
Anyway, so at the beginning of this year I got accepted to Student Council and Key Club (Key Club=service organization). Combining these with my music, school, and homework, pretty much ate up all my time. So other than playing gigs and teaching some piano lessons, I haven't had a "regular job" this year.
The elections for Student Council for next year just happened, and to my dismay I didn't get in for next year.
This may just be sour grapes, but their election process is kind of bullshit. I mean, the essays/apps I wrote for the advisors were fine and good, thus they put me on the ballot. But then the student body votes for the new members from that ballot. Since they have nothing else to go on, people vote for their friends, and as such the most popular people fill the slots right up.In the meantime, I've decided I don't want to do Key Club again next year even though I was accepted again for them next year--I'm all for community service, etc, but the people in the club kind of piss me off.
The more pressing issue now is work. I'm going to get a steady, full-time job this summer (if I can get one, my friends aren't having much luck getting hired). That's sort of a "regardless" thing. But, come next fall, I'll be faced with a desicion: do I keep the job and go to part-time, or do I quit the job and join more clubs? Student Council has a thing where you can get accepted late (2nd Quarter), which is what I did this year, and the girl who heads that up all but told me that if I do that next year she'll get me in. (She wanted me in the group, was even more disappoitned than I was that I didn't make it). You just have to jump through hoops to do it.
Oh well, consider this a disorganized attempt at organizing my thoughts. As the title implies, I'm debating whether to keep working through next school year and lighten up on the activities, or vice versa.
And before anyone says "just do both", there simply aren't enough hours in the day. School = 8 hrs, + music = 3-4 hours, clubs are a couple hours, work is a few hours. Doing that everyday would seriously be impossible. Besides, no place would hire me if I can't come to work all the time because of activities.
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