Hello everyone. It is me again and this will be another thoughtful post so if your not into these kind of things then don’t bother reading.

Stress has been a very difficult problem for me. Ever since I started taking all honors classes my life has filled up. I no longer have the time to do any of the activities that I want to do. Everyday it’s the same drill 5 hours of homework and soccer practice. This brings up the topic of education. Is it alright for parents to push their parents to succeed in school even though they may not want to? I personally think that the parents have an obligation to see that their son or daughter gets an education and a decent job, but when is it too much? Living in Southern California I have heard of many suicidal cases where the students could not keep up with their parents demands. Are parents going to far?

My parents have pushed me a little, but all of my decisions have been my own. I chose to attend the high school that I am at. I chose to take all honors classes. This is a decision that I have made on my own. I think that the most important key to education is self-motivation. I believe that it is impossible to ever achieve something in life if you are not self-motivated. I take responsibility for everything that I have done. Yes I have blamed people for my actions, but when I think about it later I realize that it was my fault in the end.

Just think about it. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if everyone took responsibility for their actions?

Now I come to my current situation. As of now I am juggling between soccer and school. With the amount of homework that I get everyday I feel as if I don’t have enough time to enjoy my childhood at all. People say that life will be better for you if you get a good job and other stuff, but the truth is that the students that were pushed by their parents will never fully experience life. They will always be stuck for the rest of their lives with a job that they may not enjoy at all. In my opinion some parents take things too far. Going to an Asian school I see this everyday. Students cheating and doing whatever is necessary to get a good grade. This is what parents are doing to their children. Forcing them to lie, cheat, and steal. Is this what they want their children to grow up too? Many students take it too far and commit suicide. I don’t blame them, but suicide is an act of cowardness. How can someone give up their own life to prove a point? I understand that the pressure is too much, but if you don’t take it into your own hands then you deserve to be in the situation that you are in.

Now I come to my own personal situation. I admit, before I came to my current high school, that I was nervous to go there. All of my friends were going to a different high school and I didn’t want to leave them. Fortunately for me, I had soccer. I made several friendships through the sport and I eventually became more comfortable at school. At the same time my old friends were drifting away. Because of my school work and soccer I was no longer able to see them. Eventually I stopped contact with them. I almost never see anyone from my old school and I’m wondering what they think about me. After this school year I’m not sure if I should go back to the high school that my old friends are at or staying at my current high school. This is something that I have been thinking about the whole year. I can’t stand the fact that I abandoned my old friends,but I have made several friendships that I do not want to break at my current high school. This is something that has haunted me for awhile and I still have no idea what I should do.

On a happier note my parents have planned a trip to Japan and Korea. Yay