"Top Ten Most Thrilling Academic Moments of My High School Career"

Throughout my high school career, I have experienced multiple memorable academic moments that I feel I will remember for the rest of my life.

10) One of my most thrilling moments remains when my group did not come in last place for the multiple choice extra credit game in English class. Trust me when I say, "It looks so bad" to be the only team that does not receive extra credit (The Importance of Being Earnest, 7).

9) Many would agree, Physics remained a constant struggle throughout last school year. However, I find the tests in his class to be quite thrilling due to the uncertainty of how well we actually did on each of them. I will never forget the stressed and confused faces as I looked around the room with the same fear on my own face. However, everyone seemed to "quickly make it right" because by the end of the year we all ended up with straight A's in his class (Othello, 4.3.83). I guess hard work pays off.

8)Some of my overall most thrilling academic moments have been while writing an in-class essay for AP English. Continuously throughout my essay, I question "Does Anything I Do Matter?" (Every Thing Matters, 9). I have found no matter how much I stress about these papers, I seem to do better than I imagine I will. The thrill of not knowing if you will finish or end up with a successful product always leaves me in anticipation on essay days.

7) I remember the long months it took to complete my Honors English 10 Research projects were some of the most annoying in my entire high school career. As I eventually turned in the finished project, I remember was in disbelief saying "I'm not crazy. This is real" (Every Thing Matters, 90).

6) One of my favorite teachers, Mr. Roberts, nominated me for Tiger of the Semester junior year. Although I was expecting one of the boys who believe "Girls don't think it right" to receive the award, I was honored after Mr. Roberts gave a memorable speech about the time spent in his classroom (The Importance of Being Earnest, 3).

5) In Computer Science, we have a competition of the best coder for Tic Tac Toe. We face each other to see whose code can conquer all others. Although many would say their code failed because of a "misunderstanding between myself and a young person", the thrill of watching my code against another only brought excitement then eventual denial  of failure (The Importance of Being Earnest, 1).

4) I never thought it possible to receive a 100% on a final, a final in English especially. Although my embarrassing presentation "will not go from my mind", I remain very proud to say I received 100% on one of my AP semester exams (Othello, 4.3.31).

3)Passing my AP tests was very exciting. Coming out of the tests last May, "I [was] nothing if not critical" (Othello, 2.1.118). I had no idea of my results and remained critical on the parts I struggled with on each of the tests. However, my stress turned into relief after I received my results.

2) Among my most thrilling moments has been receiving the letter of recognition from the Cum Laude Society. After months of early stages of senioritis, I had come to realize"no one likes change unless it is from something bad to something good" (Every Thing Matters!, 7). However, I realized this change from summer being over and many months of school ahead of me was not too exciting, I needed to appreciate the good education and smart people I was surrounded by at Chagrin Falls and cherish the time I had left to leave my mark at our high school.

1) The most thrilling moment I have had in my High School Academic Career has been receiving my acceptance letter to Purdue University. College acceptance "inspires absolute confidence" and highlights that our academic successes have truly paid off (The Importance of Being Earnest, 10).