Essay On Dualism In High School

The world we live in today is filled with psychopaths, murderers, priests, and teachers. Each and everyone of them have their own personal beliefs. Descartes had a philosophy he followed known as Dualism. Dualism is the belief that there is a sensory world and a realistic world. Ever since my early middle school years, I yearned for the high school experience. Television showed me high school is an enchanted place. There would be little work and be joyful. That being my sensory world, I thought high school would be magical. However, realistically, high school is depressing, exhausting, frustrating, and has turned me into a workaholic. Since I’ve learned about Dualism, this philosophy has described my experience in high school.

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filled with families who own televisions, sometimes even more than one. Many shows like ICarly and Ned’s Declassified, School Survival Guide show high school as a place of peace. Television shows have taught me that high school will be relaxing and enjoyable. For example, the series ICarly is about three high school friends who start a web show called ICarly. Throughout the series of episodes, there is hardly any focus on the school setting, making it seem like your life will not revolve around school, but revolve around your free time. When the three kids are shown in school, there is usually a conflict at hand whether it is detention, ex-girlfriends/ex-boyfriends, or even situations where a vehicle crashes through the school walls in order to settle a locker competition. This gave me the impression that I’ll hardly be in school and when I am, there will constantly be wild events with hardly any homework or tests. Ned’s Declassified, School Survival Guide is more of a realistic T.V. show than ICarly. Considering the disgusting school lunches, biased teachers, and school bullies, this show is close to “hitting the nail on the head” of high school life. However, just like every other high school based show, there are extremes. This show had me terrified about the cliques I would encounter. “The Huge Crew” is a group of girl bullies in Ned’s Declassified…. They all obsess over the main character, a nerdy boy, Ned, all while causing chaos to the school. Even though in real life there are cliques, high school is not a place that possesses extreme violence with some exceptions. This show taught me that there will be problematic situations and plenty of social issues, such as boyfriends/girlfriends, friends, and teachers.
The day I graduated 8th grade was the day I knew I was prepared to go into high school. I had watched close to 500 hours of high school inspired T.V. shows and read all of the tips from Ned’s Declassified…. My first day of high school was as classically embarrassing as it could have been. Keep in mind that not only was I attending a new school, I didn’t know anybody, and I was in a completely new state! I walked into school and found my first period classroom, I sat down, and class began. Everything seemed completely normal until I started to look around at my peers. They all looked older than me. I focused my attention back to the teacher and right then she announced that we’re in homeroom, not first period. I slowly raised my hand, knowing that all the seniors would laugh at the mistaken freshman. I told my teacher and waited for the laughter, but no sound is made. In fact, no one looked like they even cared about my mistake, someone even offered to take me to my correct classroom. I was taken off guard, why did no one make fun of me? At that point I wasn’t going to complain. I am totally fine with not being the butt of the joke. As 9th grade went on I slowly began to notice something. For the past three years I had been lied to. High school isn’t relaxing, it’s time consuming. Every Friday in freshman year I had a history test, which would have been fine except for the fact that I am terrible at history. My schedule was taken up constantly. “Want to go to the pool after school?” Can’t, school. “Want to see a movie this Sunday?” Can’t, homework. “Want to go to a party Friday night?” Can’t, I need to recover from my week of sleepless, yet work-filled nights. I heard many people say that it will get easier, but they must have lied because I am still not getting the hours of sleep I need. Believe it if you want, but I have found multiple gray hairs. I’m 15 years old and I have found gray hairs on my head. Luckily I have learned to adapt to this high school lifestyle, if anything it is preparing me for college and the workplace.
Should I really be the one to complain though?

How could I have believed that television shows would tell anything, but a lie? Maybe it was my young ignorance or maybe it was the thought of being in a calm environment, but I do know that I made a mistake of believing shows such as ICarly, Ned’s Declassified, and even Victorious (which we did not discuss). Television shows are made for entertainment, not for accurate information. Some T.V. shows are, surprisingly, helpful. They can sometimes help you realize how fun a situation could turn out. After all, high school is supposed to be hard. You cannot believe that you will attend an educational institute without the expectation of learning.

The world is filled with psychopaths, murderers, priests, and teachers. All with their own philosophies. Descartes had the intentions of making people wonder about the sensory world and the real world. Dualism is found in high school, through T.V. shows and expectations. It is the student’s experience that makes high school not the sensory experience. In my case, high school is tiring, boring, and sometimes seems useless. Fortunately, I know the truth now; high school is going to be painful, but it will be worth it in the

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