So far, my school experience has been quite similar to the experiences described in The Game of School by Robert Fried because I have been focusing on getting good grades on homework, tests, and quizzes instead of learning for myself. In the article, Fried described how students aim for good grades to please their parents, or to impress colleges. Before sending in requests for classes at MVHS, my parents pushed me to take as many honors classes as possible. The maximum number of honors classes for freshman was two, and the only honors classes were for Biology and Geometry. For me, I never really enjoyed math, but my mom still pressured me into taking it, to do it for “college application purposes”. Before high school, my parents never paid
