Too Cool For Gucci

In today’s fast paced society, it’s hard to keep up with the latest fashion trends. Right when you cough up the money to buy that Coach bag you wanted, some fashion designer in New York deems it out of style and in an instant, Gucci bags become the new hot item. Now what? You could bare the embarrassing and possibly life-ending burden that is having an un-cool bag. Or, you could get the money (acquired from your loving parents or earned through hard work) to buy the new purse and spare yourself the social pain and suffering, all the while knowing that next month both of your bags will be out dated and therefore unused. It’s a lose-lose situation.

Let Them Eat Cake

I work at a gymnastics and dance gym for kids. Along with teaching dance and gymnastics classes for all ages, we also hold birthday parties on Saturdays. I help with birthday parties- setting up the table and decorations, playing games with the kids, passing out cake and refilling juice, opening presents, etc. Whatever needs to be done behind the scenes, it is my job to do it.

Overachievers vs. Slackers

Overachievers need to get a life. Every year they appear in my classes, and I’m fed up. With these people, the rest of us slackers don’t have a chance. Overachievers, compulsive perfectionists, come in all personalities and all of them are dangerous.

Overachievers aren’t normal. They don’t know how to really relax; the thing slackers are best at. For them, relaxing is practicing the cello so they can somehow surpass first chair, even though they already are first chair. They say things like “Don’t we have any homework tonight, Mrs. So-and-so?” Slackers never say that. Slackers think their day is much brighter if the teacher forgets to assign homework.

Overachievers make me tired. They have enough room in their brains to memorize Mozart. They’re always learning new things and setting the curve on tests and quizzes. I like to be the one who studies five minutes before class and still earns a decent grade because I had better things to do the night before, like watch the season premiere of Beauty and the Geek.