A hectic to-do list

THINGS TO DO TODAY

SCHOOL

• Pay attention in class. Do NOT go off and Google random things like “who is the tallest person ever” and “what is Orson Welles’ favorite movie.” 

– German

• Watch 15 minutes of video and look up vocabulary.
• Maybe do this while eating lunch.
• Put video on 2x speed.

– Math

• Homework (both the Khan Academy and the textbook problems.
• If possible, try to get ahead because you’ll be busy all week.

– Latin

• Translate about a thousand lines.
• Try to actually translate though because she might give a pop quiz…
• Also, ask her about my 36% on the last quiz (yikes).
• SOS

– English

• Write your characterization essay.
• Umm… I am only 15 years old… how can I draw conclusions about human nature after analyzing a character in “The Things They Carried?”
• I need to live a little before I say anything about human nature.
• How can I live when I have all these essays though?

– Chemistry: homework problems

• Why are there so many chemistry quizzes? Please help.
• Gave up on chemistry after April break, to be honest.

– AP World History

• PRACTICE.
• THE AP TEST IS COMING UP.
• I SHOULD’VE STUDIED DURING APRIL BREAK.
• I’M FREAKING OUT.
• I’m going through so much RIGHT NOW – I can’t focus on what happened a thousand years ago.

– Treble Choir

• Record yourself singing the song about some baker.

• Actually pay attention to the directions or he won’t be able to use the video.
• Wear bright clothing!

– Gym: submit your fitness log 

• Write about all the squats you never did.
• Why do I even have gym, HAHAHAH?
• I already have crew practice 6 days a week… 
• I don’t even think he checks the logs.

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EXTRACURRICULARS

– Make sure seniors have submitted their farewells to the newspaper so you can start editing them.

• Why is everyone ignoring my text reminders about the deadline? T_T

– Go to crew practice

• Last week of practice, wooo!
• Will miss all of the seniors. :,(

– Record your gospel choir video.

• Brainstorm reasons why I like gospel choir.

– Find interesting news articles.

– Write book and movie reviews for BPL.

• How can I do this when I have not read or watched a movie for weeks?

– Write your hermit crab essay for Teens in Print.

• Oh, wait… I’m doing this right now! Hahaha. ✅

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OTHER

– Respond to all of your emails.

• For real this time! You cannot go on for days without replying to people!

– Schedule that meeting you really don’t feel like having but you have to have.

– Study Arabic.

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IF TIME (just kidding, I will never get to this part)

– Watch a movie

• I literally have not watched a movie since April 24 and I feel so deprived.
• Watching my sister who just finished her four years at college watch all the movies I want to watch is torture.
• Please, I just want to watch a movie.

– Read

• You’ve been reading the same three books for months. Didn’t you plan to finish them in December?
• Seriously, though, I hate reading more than one book at a time. How do I even get into these situations?
• You can finish “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Three Stories” in like 15 minutes – why are you delaying it?

– Help mom with the yard work

• She’s been asking me to do this since last week… yikes

– Clean and reorganize your room

• I cannot remember the last time I cleaned it.
• I really want to reorganize and redecorate my room but it takes a lot of time, which I lack.

– Plan your summer

• WOOO! SUMMER VACATION’S COMING SOON!!
• I’m so done with school.
• Finalize which books and movies you want to get to over the summer
• How many weeks of summer crew should I do?

– Go to bed early.

Elizabeth Choi