Right now, October 2017, about six weeks into sophomore year, and I feel like I’m under a massive amount of stress. College tends to be the topic up for discussion, so my parents expect me to have B+’s and higher in the grade book. Also, my grandfather’s were both in band, so a requirement for me is to learn and memorize four pages of music, then learn another three pages for All Region and re-auditions in the middle of November, and remember about fortyseven spots on the football field. Feeling the pressure by parents and friends to accomplish multiple different tasks can be extremely overwhelming. A large amount of people around the world know and understand the fear, stress, and idea of trying to succeed at many objectives at one time that
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Dade’s mother and father had two extremely different perspectives on how they wanted Dade to be and grow up. Dade’s mother wanted Dade to be creative, imaginative, and original to discover something new to bring to the world. His mother approved of him laying on the roof all day and staring at the sky for hours at a time. Dade’s father on the other hand did not want Dade looking at the sky and never doing anything around the store to help out. Dade’s father wanted Dade to take over the store in the future and become the owner and be responsible. Both, Dade’s mother and father, want Dade to do two completely different things with his life. “It irked [Dade’s father] that [his] mother encouraged [him] to stay on the roof.” (Canin 2) Dade was to overwhelmed by all of the thoughts and goals that his mother and father drilled into his mind. Dade became tired of trying to please everyone around him that he cared about, he couldn't handle it anymore, he was sick of all the pressure from everybody around him, “ [Dade] felt alone in the world.” (Canin 12) He did not know what to do, he couldn’t do anything to fix it, and he didn’t know what to
Dade’s mother and father had two extremely different perspectives on how they wanted Dade to be and grow up. Dade’s mother wanted Dade to be creative, imaginative, and original to discover something new to bring to the world. His mother approved of him laying on the roof all day and staring at the sky for hours at a time. Dade’s father on the other hand did not want Dade looking at the sky and never doing anything around the store to help out. Dade’s father wanted Dade to take over the store in the future and become the owner and be responsible. Both, Dade’s mother and father, want Dade to do two completely different things with his life. “It irked [Dade’s father] that [his] mother encouraged [him] to stay on the roof.” (Canin 2) Dade was to overwhelmed by all of the thoughts and goals that his mother and father drilled into his mind. Dade became tired of trying to please everyone around him that he cared about, he couldn't handle it anymore, he was sick of all the pressure from everybody around him, “ [Dade] felt alone in the world.” (Canin 12) He did not know what to do, he couldn’t do anything to fix it, and he didn’t know what to