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Grand Expectations In My Life

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Everyone has some expectations, for themselves, and others, many people achieve them or at least try, others, not so much. My parents, two very important people in my life have grand expectations for me, mostly involving school and being a respectable person, and I get that. It is ordinary for your parents to have those kinds of expectations for you, they want the best future for you. Not only is it my parents, it is my close relatives, and myself, we all want me to do exceptional in my future. To illustrate, my parents expect me to do well in school and have and excellent job when I grow up. To do well in school according to my parents is trying to get all A’s, passing all my end of year exams, and try out numerous extracurricular activities, such as chess and tennis. My …show more content…

Over fifteen of my relatives have been through IB and none of them regret it. They all cried and one point, and they all wanted to quit, but none of them did and now they are either successful in college, or successful in the real world. They always tell me IB is worth the pain and suffering for multiple reasons, when colleges see you have been in IB you already have a higher chance of getting in, and the first two years of college will be a breeze because of the rigor of IB. I am going to stay in IB if I like it or not. In addition, I have the same impressive expectations for myself, I really want to be happy with my future and myself. I do not want to spend my life thinking what if I stayed in IB, or what if I tried in college. I expect myself to do good in college I do not want to drop out and I want to have a decent job, but I know that requires demanding work and dedication. Once I get out of college I have the rest of my life to have fun so when I need to learn I cannot mess around. I have great expectations because I do not want to regret my future, I want to enjoy

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