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So I just realized today that my AP Calc BC exam is coming up. Like in less than 7 days. As in on WEDNESDAY. I feel like this year has gone by so quickly! Of course I say that every year. But this year's different. All of my senior friends are leaving and off to college, my high school career is coming to a close, and college apps are looming ahead. I want it to go by quickly so I can head off to college, yet I also want to savor the moment, because let's face it. College isn't high school. High school's easy. You see your friends every day, and will probably see them every year, no matter what lunch or classes you have. In college, you might be lucky to know one person on campus, (excluding UGA and Tech, of course) much less having them in any of your classes. College is the time when you graduate from being a "kid" to being a "student" who is capable of making responsible and reasoned choices. It's not like living with oppressive Asian parents where the utterance of the word "no" eliminates all decision-making. In college, you have to be responsible enough to say "no" to a night out on the town, hanging out, when you have a 15-page paper and a test the next day.
But then again I might be getting ahead of myself. I still have one more easy senior year left to go. This is one of the downsides to hanging out with seniors all day. After hearing so much talk about choosing colleges and going room shopping, I feel like I'm headed off to college next year.
But I'm not.
I'll be at hooch. Taking it easy.

TOPIC CHANGE

Rant time now...

So I've been know to not be the biggest supporter of Beta club now. I feel like it has gone to the dumps and is pretty much the equivalent of the "No Child Left Behind" Act. It sucks. Now the whole purpose of Beta is to get hours only to get hours. Not to serve the community and subsequently get hours. Bringing in baked goods for a Beta bake sale is not community service. Just like the NCLB Act, standards have been lowered to ensure that everyone passes and can jump through the hoop. Lowering the hoop will not help the athlete jump higher. It will achieve nothing and only give the athlete a false sense of achievement.
In Beta, by offering so many opportunities for "community service" (read: Beta hours), it has completely demolished its original purpose. Instead of "let's do community service so I can help the world," it has become "let's pay to go see an Art for the Heart show and get hours so I can get my graduation cord."
Beta has actually become a joke on campus. I remember when Beta was a dignified and organized club that people took seriously. Now people only join because it looks good on college apps.

But what can I say? I'm a Beta officer.