Chase The Great

This past week and upcoming week have been pretty awesome – I am not going to lie. This past week I got my report card and got all A’s except for one A-. I was extremely happy with my grades and how well I did on my finals. Hopefully I will be able to continue my good grades through the spring semester. Another exciting thing that is happening on Monday is that my braces are coming off!!!! Yep after over 2 years they are coming off. Finally!!! SO that will be exciting and a awesome thing to be done with. I can’t wait till Monday!!! Lastly, I am just super stoked to be in a couple of different church small groups. I go to one in Laguna Beach which is simply awesome. And I go to another one which is an all guys group which is filled with some solid christian guys. I have learned that having solid people around you makes life a lot easier and more fun. Lastly, summer is getting closer and closer, which means that school is getting closer to being done!!!

With high school comes a lot of great opportunities, but also more responsibly. The biggest thing in my 2 year high school career is Grades. They are awesome and suck at the same time. They are a great thing, but they can also dramatically affect your life after college. The nice thing is that grades are a direct corlation to the time we put into school projects and studying.

I have gotten very lucky my first year and a 1/2. I have maintained all A’s (maybe 1 or 2 “A-”) but for the most part I have really done well. But when I start to look at my grades and the grading system in general I wonder if we are all missing something. Where we live academic “standards” are extremely high. And I think that a lot of times I get side tracked, Because a “C”  is average. These days it seems like you have to get straight “A’s” if you are smart. But when I thought about it getting “A’s” is very good, but I don’t always have to get an A+ in every class.

But aside from the “academic contest” in Orange County, I really like grades. Sure at times getting a bad grade on an assignment is frustrating, but they give you an accurate view point for what you need to work on. And it also allows you to get scholarships in college which is always a plus!!!

In a few months I will be trying-out for ocean lifeguarding. I am super stoked as I have done Junior Lifeguards for 3 years, jumped of a 25 foot high pier over 35 times and was named one of the top Junior Lifeguards out of 350 kids. But as I try-out all of those “stats” go away. No one cares and it doesn’t make a difference cause this is the real thing – professional lifeguarding. I am confident that I can make the try-out, but I still think about it cause you are competing with guys who are a lot older and bigger than you. But if all goes well I will pass the try-out and make it into training and start getting paid!!!!