Paradoxes “Back in the 1800’s, Oscar Wilde once said, “We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.” More than one hundred years have past since he spoke these words, however, I feel they still hold truth, especially for our generation. I have this friend you see, and she is trying to save me from my stresses.” Senior year, the little things like: scholarships, SAT scores, and studying; most of my high school life this is all I've done or worried about. I think she's trying to save me, because this is my last high school year, but I've been wasting it. I don't have any amazing memories and this is the year last year I can make some. SAT and scholarships are important, but my parents and teachers have conditioned me into realizing, this is the only thing that matters.
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She wants me to realize that these things in school that were so important to me; ten years later it won't be the things I'll remember. All this time has been wasted on unnecessary things, but it's not my fault because my life and dream of a stable future, relies on these unnecessary
She wants me to realize that these things in school that were so important to me; ten years later it won't be the things I'll remember. All this time has been wasted on unnecessary things, but it's not my fault because my life and dream of a stable future, relies on these unnecessary