What Classic City Has Done For Me

Classic City has helped me to improve personally. I have a bad temper and a smart mouth which got me into a lot of trouble at my old schools. Although I was very capable of doing my work, I would often disregard it because I was in a bad mood. Coming over to Classic City was the best education decision I’ve ever made. It has helped me to learn to control my temper and put aside my personal life so I could do the best I can at school.

In middle school and up to high school I had a very bad attitude when it came to school. I disliked the teachers, my classmates, and I never wanted to get up in the morning to go to school. I would walk into the building in a bad mood before anything even had the chance to upset me. I would catch an attitude with my teachers, talk back, and do the exact opposite of what they said. However, when I came over to Classic City I knew none of that would be tolerated. I cared about my education, although at times I didn’t show it. So from that point on I knew I had to change my ways. My mouth was the root of most of my problems, and coming over to Classic City has helped me learn how to bite my tongue when it’s necessary; you shouldn’t always speak what’s on your mind.

Whenever I was in a bad mood, not only did it reflect on my attitude towards my teachers and the students but also my school work. I was highly capable of completing my work with flying colors, but I didn’t. I would just simply refuse. I failed classes that I could have easily passed and let my emotions get in the way of my education. Here at Classic City you go at your own pace, which I think helps everyone out. There are fewer distractions so you can work better and the fact that you can’t get away with as much as you can at traditional high schools helps you to make better decisions. They prohibit bullying, fighting, and being disrespectful towards teachers or classmates, and anyone who does these things anyways gets kicked out. I still have a hard time with letting my emotions reflect my school work but because of the way your work is set up here, it doesn’t set me behind. A lot of work can be done online at home through blogs, which helps me out a lot because whenever I have a “not so productive” day, I make up for it that night at home. I prefer this over textbooks any day.

With the opportunity to work at your own pace, I have managed to get ahead in most of my classes. I’m a very hard worker and I feel the need to be challenged in order to do well. When things are too easy I tend to get bored and frustrated and refuse to work on it. A more challenging task will keep me interested so the end product comes out better. I work hard in all my classes because I know if I do this it will help me to get ahead overall. At traditional high schools you don’t really have the opportunity to graduate early. They will not let you finish a class early and move onto the next one. So for me that made me slack; I knew that I could give it half my best effort and still pass, so that’s exactly what I did. Here at Classic City I don’t just settle, I exceed. Because in the end, I know it will count.

Because of how hard I worked I now have the opportunity to graduate early. Something I could have never done at Cedar Shoals, or with my old attitude. I will graduate high school at the young age of 16 and very proud to say so. I have worked hard to finish my classes up early so I could start on the next one and get as many extra credits in as possible. Not only has Classic City allowed me to graduate ahead of my class, but it has also taught me things I can use for the rest of my life. I have grown in the little time I have been here and have learned to control my anger severely. I wouldn’t change my decision of coming to Classic City for anything.