Mikaella+Hahn


 * 23:“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” Mark Twain

This quote means that lie causes another lie, and the another lie causes more lies. This is so true, when people start lying, they have to remember what they have lied, for another lie. I think this quote really reminds me of my middle school. When I was in middle school I really hated to tell my parents about my boyfriend. So whenever they ask me whether if I have a boyfriend, I always lied. So, whenever I have dates with him i had to lie to them that Im going to go to McDonald's, theater, and library with my friends. Whenever I hang out with my friends, my parents always ask me who I’m going with, so I had to memorize who I went with in my fake date with my friends. Of course they caught me... well.. after I broke up with him, I cried all they, so I had to tell them. I thought they might be really strict about me having a boyfriend, but they were really supportive, after that I tell them, at least my mom about my relationships.

#7: “You can complain because roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” Ziggy in a comic strip by Tom Wilson

I think I chose this as my favorite quote for econ “Words of Wisdom” too. In fact.. I tried to find the file, but I just couldn’t. This quote has been my favorite quote, and it still is. I even set this as my wallpaper for my Ipad. I wrote this quote in my letter for my parents. This quote is saying that you can complain or rejoice over a problem, issue, or situation. Till freshmen year, I was really positive, well at least I tried to look positive and take things positively. But ever since sophomore year I started to complain about transferring to new schools. I only thought about negative sides of moving around schools. I only cared about my GPA and my friends. But I could’ve thought this way that I’m meeting new people and new culture. When I first came to KIS, I always complained about the curriculum of this school, how strict they are about grades, amount of homework that the teachers are giving out. But, after I saw seniors’ college acceptance list, what I thought was that “wow this school is really helping us to go to good schools”, it is true kis students are going to relatively better schools than students who are attending to schools in America. So I started to work on my homework and projects harder and put more efforts in there. Now, though this school is really tough, I really like this school, not only this school’s curriculum but also how teachers are working so hard to make us better.

#31: “Worrying is like a rocking chair. You can rock all day and not get anywhere.” Adapted from an anonymous quote by Sam Baughn

Worrying, I think this word is perfect for all KIS students. They are all worried about their GPAs, APs, and SATs. Sometimes it really freaks me out. I didn't care that much about my GPA when I was living in America. But when I came here, I felt guilty for not caring about it, now I'm one of KIS students who is really obsessive over grades. But whenever I talk to my friends in America, I was always jealous of them, how they are going on a trip, during breaks, while I'm stuck in SAT hagwons. So what I thought was that I should enjoy my life, because we can't rewind time, once it passes, we can't pull it back. Most importantly, we always worry about GPAs but really GPA is proving our efforts, if I got bad grade that proves that I did bad job on that assignment. So instead of wasting time on worrying about GPAs, I would rather go out and hang out with my friends, after that I put my best effort on assignments. Worrying doesn't change anything, but my effort does.

#36: “We are all something, but none of us are everything.” Blaise Pascal

this quote looks easy but more I think about its getting more complicated. When I first saw this quote I thought it means like we are important but we are not the center of the world. I don’t know it seems like I’m right, but my guess is not what it really means.