Being in an honors program is:
a.) Exhausting
b.) Stressful
c.) Expensive
d.) Unrealistic
e.) All of the above
Here’s the answer to the above question: There’s no answer. The answer is subjective.
Hehe. I’d choose e.) as my answer.
For those of you who’ve never been in an honors program, got an acceptance letter into an honors program, or are currently in an honors program and enjoy it, I’m going to expose the dark side of an honors program by explaining each answer choice I listed.
a.) Exhausting
Honors students’ schedules are so packed that they “start eating dinner at two, lunch around ten, breakfast the night before”.
While honors students are busy writing 700-word essays on the difference between democracy and aristocracy, other students are having fun with family and friends.
b.) Stressful
The honors program definitely encourage students to work harder, but at what cost? There are some unnecessary things that honors students have to do in order to graduate, such as completing at least 80 hours of community service. Those hours could’ve been better spent on a part-time job – you get the work experience, you’re helping the community, and you’re earning money for college.
c.) Expensive
The program ain’t cheap. Someone’s gotta pay for the ceremonies – medals, trophies, enamel pins, robes, and guest speakers.
d.) Unrealistic
Honors students are surrounded by (you guessed it) other honors students. Or, to put it another way, “entitled” students. It’s not uncommon to meet honors students who think they’re “extra special” or “more mature” than their other peers. Plus, there are honors students who only hang out with other honors students.
They think that they’ve contributed something meaningful or profound to the classroom or to society (through their volunteer service), but in reality they’re just fulfilling the honors program’s requirements for graduating and worried about the next essay they need to submit.
Thank goodness honors students are the minority in schools, and not the majority.
e.) All of the above
Side effects of being an honors student include under/over-eating, insomnia/over-sleeping, and (worst of all) impostor syndrome.
You don’t have to follow a syllabi in order to be successful in life. You just need to put a lot of effort into your dreams.
MCTTAN 