"Your Course Load is Easy"

Today I went into my IDLA class. IDLA is a way for me to take classes with college credit or that aren't offered at my High School since I live in a small High School. We have a person in there that keeps track of tardies and absences. Last year, my friend never went to his IDLA class and never got in trouble because what are they gonna do, he did all of the work on the online class and listened to all the lectures. This year I have been doing that, but not too much. In total, I have 12 absences. To get credit in normal class, you can't have more than 8. Well the person in the class thats the "teacher" asked to talk to me and told me about my absences, but I didn't think they'd be a problem. So I emailed my councilor about it and a while after, she came in and asked if I would go into the principles office so we could talk about it. But this didn't seem like a problem to me. I thought, "Well, ill probably have to make up credit." My school has allowed people to make up credit by coming to the school for all the hours they missed. So for me with 12, it would be 4 hourse. But the fact is that I spend at least that much time doing schoolwork on the weekends anyways. When I got in there he talked to me about it and said I would have to appeal for credit, which is a form I would fill out to get credit. But, I didn't care that much about that. But then he asked me why I wasnt at the class. I didn't want to tell him that I thought I didn't have to because he is the kind of guy that would say that I should've known, but I honestly had never heard this till then. So I said that I just had a hard time waking up. He advised me to work on that. In actuallity, I did have this problem a lot. But I had started working on it cause I noticed it. So I told him this, becuase I like to share my progress with people. I also told him that it was going to be easier now that cross country was over. Apparently this was a bad Idea cause he then asked me what that had to do with that. I am currently taking 3 college credit course, 2 classes that don't even fit in my schedule, and an EMT class. They are very hard. I know that if anyone at this High School is taking the most and hardest classes at this school, it is me. I don't know anyone at my High School taking Calculus except me. That class takes at least 12 hours a week to understnad. On top of that, I'm taking EKG, a 0 hour class, meaning that I just take it when I can. I also have College Biology, and Cologe English, which regulary requires 4 page essays. So, running in Cross COutry has been hard, cause it gave me little to no time to do the classes, meaning I regularly stayed up till 1 or 2 in the morning. I couldin't do it after Cross COuntry, cause I'm also involved in extra cirriculars. I have dancing on Moday nights, Piano kessons on Tuesday Nights, Youth Group on Wednesday nights, and my CTSO's state officer meeetings on Thursday Nights. I also have a social life becuase I'm a senior and want to make memories. So yeah, my time is completely full, leaving me to try to find the 25th hour of the day, every day. I'm pretty sure he should know about this, but apperantly he didn't becuase he said, "You just poked the bear. I hate people using that as an excuse. Just becuase you are taking a class online and you have a sport after school doesn't mean your course load is any hard than anyone else in this school." I felt like breaking down in tears. This was principle, a person I looked my to, and he was telling me my course load wasn't hard. But I knew this game. I wasn't to talk back. So I just sat there and accepted it. First of all, I wasn't using that as an excuse. I was saying life hard harder before, but it will be easier now. Me saying that should be honored becuase even without XC, I'm still going to have to find the 25th hour every day becuase I was neglecting all the other extra cirriculars before, and I can't anymore. I was being optimistic and saying that I'm improving and that I want to improve more. And he had the audacity to say that my life wasn't more full, more hard, than anyone in this school. I would like to see him find a derrivative. I'd like to see a freshman write a 4 page essay in 3 hours. I'd like to see a teacher come to school after 3 hourse of sleep and act like nothing happened. I don't see this. The truth is that I am not always to best at time management, but I am getting better, and that should be supported. Thank you for reading.

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anonymous School November 03, 2025 at 10:56 am 1 0