Hi everybody! My name is Joanne and I am 16 years old. I will tell you the story about how I was betrayed by my younger sister and my boyfriend. Even though they probably think that I got what I deserved. But this is for you to decide. I had a boyfriend who helped me with my studies. And now both my sister and him say that I just used him to do my homework for me and help me to cheat during my school tests. And they are partly right. My younger sister Laurie has been studying day and night, but she has the determination. She is one year younger than me, but she already knows that she wants to work in pharmaceuticals and to help find a cure for cancer. And she gets good grades in school. But I'm different – I don’t like studying at all. And there's a reason behind this, I really have no need for all this ma-a-a-th and che-e-e-m. I want to be a model. And I would rather spend my time working out or learning various beauty tips and tricks, than doing labs and tests. But I realize that I need to pass tests, at least to make my parents feel happy.
My family is not rich and my parents don’t give me enough pocket money to build up a savings for the things I need. Speaking of needs, this summer I am planning to go to a summer modeling camp, where girls like me learn the basics of the modeling business and, more importantly, build a portfolio. Also, the most successful models have a chance at getting a modeling contract with a brand or a fashion magazine right away! But this camp costs money, and my parents agreed to pay for it only if… only if I get good grades in school.
Well, that's easier said than done. For such a long time I was sure that D was good enough for me, so I didn't study well for a whole year. I basically only did the bare minimum needed to pass my tests. But my parents clearly stated: GOOD grades! So how was I supposed to make up for all the months I had already missed?
Well, I had an idea. I am a beautiful girl — everybody says it, and a lot of the boys at school would die to go out with me. Especially Mike. And Mike likes to study almost as much as my sister does. He likes chemistry and he always talked about the fact that he had a mini lab at home. And, well, it was not that difficult for me to get him to invite me over. I told him that I was really interested in chemistry and always wanted to see his lab. Mike is shy and, to be honest, pretty ridiculous, and at first he did not believe that a girl like me would be interested in him or whatever he was doing.But I was very convincing.
His mother was also really happy that Mike had finally gotten himself a girlfriend, and she brought us some homemade lemonade and cookies, and while we were sitting comfortably at a table with dozens of flasks and bottles and boxes with chemical reagents, I confessed that I was not very strong in science and that I had big problems with chemistry ...and also with math.
Mike hesitated for a couple of days, and finally invited me on a first date. For a few hours I was pretending that I was interested in his conversation about his studies. I just imagined that I was an actress playing the role of somebody else. Why not? A lot of models become actresses and maybe this was something I was good at? And you know what? I think I did an awesome job, and in less than a week Mike and I began to see each other as boyfriend and girlfriend.I even kissed him a couple of times!
But as much as he enjoyed that he was kissing a girl, possibly for the first time in his life, Mike took my problem very seriously. He started by testing my knowledge of every subject, and at first was horrified, but quickly became optimistic. He made a schedule for our studying which, in his opinion, would help me to pass all the intermediate tests and prepare for my final exams. Then we started to study. We studied every day, alternating the subjects that I had the biggest problems with - chemistry and mathematics, with the ones that I was a little bit better at - like Spanish and English.
The problem was that Mike was really eager to help me with both math and chemistry, and, at first, I was really eager to study, but it was so hard for me to concentrate! All I wanted was to pass the tests and go to summer modeling camp. But Mike was very determined to help me understand the subject, and I was trying hard... but the more we studied the worse the outcome was. The only thing I could think of was that I was losing my precious time doing something I did not need at all, I made stupid mistakes with the simplest tasks, and, finally, Mike just gave up, too.
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