The Papes Case

Hello! It is I, John Edgar Stealth Thomas (of your 1st period English III class,) who addresses you today. The first thing on your mind is probably to ask why I chose to take English III AP. My reason is simple: because I can. I take English III AP because I am capable of doing so and have no reason to shortchange myself. I therefore expect that I will perform well in this class and am willing to do whatever work must be done to ensure that these expectations are met.

I am a bit of a fickle reader. If I find a book that interests me greatly, I can read for hours on end and often lose myself in the book. However, when I'm reading less interesting books, I lose myself in a different way. My mind wanders, but my eyes keep moving. By the time I snap back into reality, I'm sometimes as far as a page ahead of the last word I remember reading. My favorite type of book is a good ol' sic-fi novel. Because space is awesome. I'm also very fond of mystery books. When it comes to writing, I'm not very good at writing formal papers. I'm usually a jovial personality, and that upbeat, conversational tone often seeps into my papers more than it should. I almost never take pen to paper if not required for some class or another. Despite this, I keep a mental quasi-journal of important events and my random musings. I am of the opinion that this serves the same purpose as a written journal.

This year, I expect to maintain at least a 95 average in all my classes. That's the only main academic goal I've set for myself thus far. Outside of school, I hope to continue to improve in Taekwondo (oh yes, I'm a martial artist.) beyond that, I hope to better understand myself by the end of the year. There are some things about myself I know very well, but there are so many paths in the labyrinth of my mind that I have yet to explore. I hope to have at least some of these charted by the end of the school year.