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Complaining By Natalie Waechter

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Everyday at Foothill someone is destined to hear someone complaining. It might be anything from, "Oh my gosh, Mrs. Kindred is so lame! She gave us a suprise in-class essay," or Mrs. Anderson doesn't have a soul. She gives us way too much homework." When hearing these simple complaints I can't help to think that these people are just complaining because they are lazy. If you are a junior complaining about Kindred and Anderson you are most likely a junio. To have Kindred you have to be in AP and to have Anderson you have to have Honors Physiology. When signing up for classes last year you probably knew what you were getting yourself into. So why complain about the challenge of the class? Weren't you the one that chose your classes? So quit complaining about something you set yourself in.

With this thought, I do admit that someone probably has heard me complain, but I try to not complain about my AP or Honors classes I am taking. If you here me complaining it will probably be about sickness or going to sports practices. I do complain, but I try to keep it to a minimum.

When talking to friends who are part of the AP English program at Buena, I can't help but ask them what they do. They have told me that from the beginning of the school year, they have had suproise in-class essays. They have learned to deal with it l, so why can't we? When we take the SAT we won't know the prompts, when we take the AP tests we won't know the prompts, so why not start now so we are prepared. We need to step up to the plate, suck it up, and quit complaining about something that will benefit us in the future.