Hi, its Marielle (Mary-el)

summer's almost over, which means that school is starting. School is one of my least favorite places ever, so I'm not excited at all about starting it. School for me is where all my anxieties begin. Where all the friends start and end and where the insecurities start.

My town is a very preppy town, where oversized t-shirts, nike shorts, vineyard vines, and rich southerners meet. Because my school's regular attire is this, its not much fun for people like me, who don't like that and would rather look better than everyone.

This year, I hope school will be different. I'm going to be a sophomore in high school, which means that I know the ropes of high school better. This gives me a relief for my anxiety, but at the same time it makes it harder. My classes aren't going to be with the other kids, it's going to be exclusively for people who are in the Academies (which I'm not going to explain myself because effort) but basically I'm going to use more technology in my learning and learn more like a ""Twenty-First Century Learner"" which basically means more projects for me.

I think that the academies will be good for me, a restart for me and my crappy freshman year. And because I'm going to be with the same kids for the next 3 years, I really hope that I like it.

xoxo.