Time is Fast

Just today, at Biology Lab class, my teacher told us some announcements and one announcement blew my mind out. She said that we had three weeks of class left, including today’s class and it’s time to eat turkey already. And after that we already are going to have a final exam. I was like what??? It’s already time for the final exam???

I mean it feels like this very first college semester just has started if not two or three weeks. It happens to be other way around. Fall semester of 2009 is already closing to the end. Time does really fly by and I think it goes faster as we grow older. I don’t know why it is have to be that way, but sadly it is. As I grow older, I think of so many more things I want to do and I have to do but time does not seem to understand my feeling.

I remember the first time I went to elementary school and feeling all grown up. From my small home, where I used to stay all day to the big school building kind of gave me the sense of independence. It is really funny when I think about it now because in elementary school, you actually lose independence. Why the hell do you have to ask your teacher to go to the bathroom when you can go to the bathroom anytime you want in your home? Plus, you have to sit on assigned seat everyday and not obeying that “law” will cause you a lunch detention. Wow, eating inside the class instead of in cafeteria, so scary. Oh yeah, never forget about the Principal’s office where all the bad kids go. I think I went there once because I stick a gum on my classmate’s hair. I don’t know why I did that but that kid must have pissed me off first. See, these are just few examples I experienced in elementary school. Not significant. I never wanted or had to do those actions, but somehow I remember those insignificant actions. For me, I think elementary school felt really long at least 10 years, not that I really went elementary school for 10 years…

After graduating elementary school, I went to the middle school. And again, I felt all grown up when I came to middle school. First, you get your own locker; it’s like your own little space. Then also the building is so much bigger compared to that of the elementary school. Still there were some restrictions such as writing passes wherever you go. And even though you have that pass, securities just yell at you, where you going kid??? every time they see you in the hall. You just have to get used to it and learn to ignore it after a while. I think that is all I remember from middle school. Oh year, I forgot about one thing. You actually start to care about the GRADES and it becomes one of your “goals”. Middle school was awfully short. Not only because it’s only two years long but also because you actually get stuffs to do. You actually learn the sense of busy feeling.

Then it was high school, and it was ginormous. People were so much bigger too; some were like two feet taller than me. High school also has that pass thingy like that in middle school, but securities are not that serious about it except for few. I think high school is where you learn all the “bad” stuff. It is the first time you actually get to go parties and drink stuff. Also, it is where you learn how to skip class or classes or whole school day. You just need practice you parent’s signature so you can just make an excuse that you have a doctor’s appointment or sick and get to leave school early without any penalty. First time I showed sectary lady a “fake” excuse letter from my mom (actually from me), I felt really scary and nervous. After a while, it just became my routine. Every time I just felt stressed or had a homework undone or test that was not studied, I just evaded it with my fake pass. Now to some more serious subject. High school is where I started to seek for my passion, which was Biology for me. I started to take elective classes such as human anatomy and AP Biology which fulfilled my willingness to learn. I also got to engage in so many more activities than ever before. There were math team, orchestra practice, science Olympiad club and so much more every after school. I started to spend my free time to fulfill what I want to do. Also the level of the academic demand is so much higher, to the extent that was unimaginable in the middle school. I first engaged in all nighter and it was awful. High school was really busy for me all those activities and more. Especially, the senior year was like two months long. I prepared for the college application for the first half of the senior year. Then for the rest half, I don’t why I went to school because all I did in the class was nothing. I literally didn’t care about my grades because only grades up to first senior year are used during college acceptance process. High school felt little longer than the middle school did, but definitely not two years longer.

This end of August, I came to Virginia Tech and it is already a beginning of a November. Every day was very busy for me since I moved into Tech. The homeworks, exams, and quizzes that were demanded by college-level course made me very occupied. Plus, the activities I do in in-campus church and sports I do with my friends make my time flow by. I think time goes faster as I grow up not because it doesn't understand my feeling but because I actually get busier. When I find myself focused and entertained onto one thing, I find that minutes turning into seconds and hours turning into minutes, just like writing this 1000 word essay feel like seconds. As I go through my sophomore year, junior year and senior year at Tech, I think I am gonna find time go much faster than it is now and I am scared but also excited because it means that I am gonna be more into my passion and focused for my future path.