Cooking is a great way to educate yourself (and, you know, chemistry and math play vital roles in what you make). Rather than obsessing over these assignments, trying to get them done perfectly, spend your time on your real interests, like your recent passion for cooking. Learning happens everywhere, and once you’re done with the worksheet, you can move on to more important things.
Education is not confined to the classroom. You need to find other ways to challenge your brain. If your teachers are just going through the motions, then, you’ll ask yourself, why shouldn’t you just copy your friend’s work or look up the answers online? Since you’re in 8th grade, I assume that at some point you’ve already broken the “pledge of academic integrity,” where you vow that you won’t share your work with your peers. They’ll never look closely at it to see if you actually understood it, and they’ll never reference that material again. Each of your teachers will give you hours of homework every week, and then they’ll just tell you to flip through the pages to show them you completed it. As you begin high school, that will increase exponentially. From watching you do your homework today, I would say you complete about 30 minutes of homework a night. You’ll probably just go through the motions of completing your assignments, like I did. You’re making new friends and going through puberty, and schoolwork is the least of your worries. Eighth grade is all about social development. I was in your shoes not long ago, and I know how you’ll operate this year.
Your freedom will be held in check by all the homework you’ll have to do. I know everyone has told you the opposite, and that high school will be your “gateway to independence,” but they are wrong. I write this letter with a heavy heart because, as you prepare to finish 8th grade, I already know where things are headed: Once you finish this final year of middle school, you’re going to lose your independence.
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