Assignment 24: Sam Vandiver

      At the risk of sounding like a pessimist, this year has been, for the most part, resoundingly not worth it. My personal life, my health, my schoolwork, apparently got together and decided to make this year as unpleasant as they could, coordinating complications and obstacles at nearly every possible point. To be brutally honest, it sucked. Now, what am I to do about it? The year's almost over, with just AP tests and finals left (which, granted, are no small tasks), but summer is almost here. The goal at the moment is just to make it to the finish line without my grades drastically dropping. After that, I'm going to be spending a lot of time working this summer (hopefully) to get the funding for some hobbies, and an also large amount of time relaxing. Next year will come with its causes of stress, but I believe I will have the resources to tackle those problems when the time comes. For now, I have to study physics.