Uncovering It All

        Whether it be our own actions or witnessing others doing it, we've all seen it. Cheating. It's societally been viewed as a terrible and downright vile act to do, but you won't generally won't see many students breaking a sweat when doing it. After all, what's guilt when that gorgeous grade gets you to where you wanna be? I mean, in the competitive area (or should I say arena) of college applications, it's only survival of the fittest. Watch out for yourself or fall down into a role where others won't spare you another look. And not even just society, but also friends, family, and even yourself. These intrusive thoughts screaming at the idea of failure are probably all any student who cheats hears when they might pull out the good ol' Chat GBT when they want just one  answer to a difficult question on a homework assignment. But it's just like the psychology of the foot-in-the-door phenomenon explains, someone may do small acts of cheating that

       I always found it funny that our opinions are asked for when answering an argumentative essay. I mean come on, you're seriously telling me you care about a burnt-out 16-year-old's opinion and feelings on something that they don't even care about? I'm literally betting all of my grades that not one person who will be grading my essay for the 11 AP English Exam cares about what I have to say about anything. I obviously understand I have to do it if I wanna secure a good score, but that doesn't mean I don't see how pointless it really is. There's so many reasons why writing an argumentative essay is unnecessary, and I will share two of them in this blog post.      First off, let's chat about the prompts that we're expected to answer. You're really asking me to share my opinions about politics, the environment, history, and just about anything else when I don't have the faintest clue as to what I'm even writing about? Like just a few d

     You know something that's really bad for us? Revenge. It's not just bad, it's downright evil, but we don't really care about that, do we? After all, we're not trying to go through our lives taking hit after hit. Otherwise, what's the point of even trying to do better and rise up when you can't even get up off the ground? I'll answer that for you: there is no point. But, if we remain fixated on trying to get back at those who did us harm, we'll undeniably end up losing, whether your desired outcome unfolds. If you put so much of yourself into something that won't help you gain anything permanently, you'll lose a part of yourself. And this idea is acknowledged time and time again in anything that portrays vengeance. Revenge isn't worth it, we know that, but many of us still seem to seek it, even though we know it's technically bad. There are various motivations fueling someone to do it, but a big one is satisfaction.      There are