Junior year is, infamously, the hardest year in high school.  Now, as a junior myself, this popular belief has become my reality. With an increase in schoolwork, college suddenly appearing on the horizon,...

Sitting in math class in 8th grade, I stared at the test my teacher had just given back to me. There was no way I could ignore what was right in front of me. I got the motherload of all bad grades, the...