Nerd, much?

So today I had my friend help me ask for extra work. Yes, you read that right. A senior in high school with thirteen days left of school total, who is getting more and more lazy about school rules and is very tempted to not do work (though I haven't mustered enough guts to do it... yet) just asked if she could please do another final project. A final project for an Advanced Placement class that she isn't even in. It's due June 6th, and I won't have as much time to complete the project as the kids in the class will.

Now, before you call the authorities on me, this is for AP English Composition. And the final project is to submit four original works to be assessed and graded. One of the works may be a revision of a previous piece, and three must be written from now until the due date. Sad thing is, I haven't got any brilliant essay to revise because my slacker English classes never assigned any in the first place, so all of my pieces will have to be new. Unless I take one of my WIPs, shorten it to five pages, and call it a short story. Hm. It'll be a challenge, that's for sure.

I don't remember if I've ever asked for extra work before. Let alone for a class I'm not even in. At least I know that that hasn't happened before. I've read stories about how these adorable Chinese children are so dedicated to their schooling and pleasing their families, that they constantly ask for more work so they can master the material. Like, the entire class would line up after school and ask Teacher one by one for more packets. And I am NOT saying that all Chinese children do this, that they're the only studious children in the world, or that it's a bad thing by any means (just to make that clear). But that's what I though as I met up with my friend early to ask her English teacher, because she's actually in the class. A studious little kid. Don't get me wrong- I get amazing grades- straight A's- but I rarely have to work hard at it. I pay attention in class, take my notes, do my homework (the night before it's due, usually, but I put effort into it). Study, though? Ask for more work to feel more accomplished? I might have, if I hadn't had the Mom I do. She's so easy going, wants me to take it easy and not burn out, giving me confidence that it won't make me any more 'stupid' if I don't cram my schedule with three APs and two UHS courses a year. So I'm pretty well balanced, in my opinion, with my mother to soften me.

Yet I just had to ask for this. It's not work, this writing portfolio. It's feedback, and even more so because the grade won't affect me. If I work hard at producing four works up to my standards (hopefully beyond them) and get constructive criticism, I'll be really happy and better off because of it.

And yes, I am procrastinating doing the writing because I haven't exactly found my muse as of yet, and needed to write something to jump start me. Onward, overachiever me, onward!