The Misconception of Summer School

Whenever I heard the term "summer school" , it was used in a negative connotation 9 times out of 10. But this was when I didn't have my own experience to contribute to this statistic. This summer has been extremely busy for me. I had summer P.E all of June. Monday to Friday, 8 A.M to 2:30 P.M. Every single day. At first I was just trying to get through and get my credit, but as the class started, I realized there was much more to summer school that just getting my graduating credit.

We started off each day with an hour of fitness with accelerated heartrate. Here, I found that I actually love jogging and I got at least one mile in every morning. We were taught so many important life skills about keeping our body fit and healthy. Although I learned some of these things at martial arts, some of these things I didn't know at all.

With a class of only 12 people, we had time for a whole bunch of games throughout the day. We played dodgeball, tennis, badminton, ping-pong, just to name a few. On top of this, we went on multiple field trips.

We went cannoeing, paddleboarding, boating, bowling, and we even went to go play laser tag. You'd think working out for 8 hours would get annoying after a while, but everyday was something new. My friends Haley and I did everything together.

With there being a lot of underclassmen in our class, there were only about 4 upperclassmen. I made lots of new friends and I made stronger friendships with some on the old ones.

This just went to show that the misconception of summer school was- well, a misconception. Summer school all depends on the subject, the teacher, and the friends that are in that class. I actually loved summer school. I got my P.E credit in, learned new things, and had an awesome summer.