Healing on the Hill

Journal 2

On an average day at school I usually am carrying a backpack, along with my laptop case, and my sweatshirt. I only carry my laptop because it is mandatory in our school, otherwise I would leave it at home because I prefer to take notes by hand. My laptop weighs about 4 lbs. The weight to me has no bearing on it’s importance and the weight doesn’t mean anything to whatever I carry, being as though the smallest things can mean the most in life.
My sweatshirt varies daily each day I come to school. Certain days may be heavier then others, since on the colder days my sweatshirt is heavier. But, in the end, they still serve the same purpose.
My backpack weighs the most out of everything I carry. I have never used my locker once at Pascack Valley High School because I prefer to have all my books in my backpack at the same time. The weight I carry on my back doesn’t bother me when I’m walking from class to class or even home from school. My locker is just in a bad location for my classes and would cause me to be late for class if I had to continue to switch my books each day. My backpack contains every notebook for each class, usually 3 textbooks or so, however this year only about 1 or 2. Also, my backpack contains the necessities such as a calculator, pens, pencils, gum, agenda book, folders, and a water bottle. These are just daily materials that are in my backpack that I use ritually.
Parental pressures in school are very irritating, and to me they weigh more of a burden on me that the tangible things. Throughout high school my parents have continued to apply pressure for me to succeed in school and get good grades. My dad is absurd about school and e-mails my teachers constantly making sure I am doing okay in school. They never get off my back about grades and continue to pressure me even though I’m a senior and into like 7 colleges already.