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How About Taking Short Cuts?
Stacey L
Cross Creek Programs

When I think of short cuts, I think of an easier way of getting somewhere. When I think about a place that is worth going to, I think about something I am not going to regret once there. I think it is a privilege to realize that some times I have to go through a mess in order to get where I want to go, because everyone is struggling to make it. One place I think that is worth going to is home.
The way to go home is all on me. I make this program last as long as I need to, and I am learning to get through struggles such as still wanting to lie and manipulate my way out. I know that Cross Creek is for me about me, because without the tools here I could not become successful. I am learning that taking short cuts is not working at all. I would not learn anything, and there would not be much to be proud of.
Right now I am having a hard time in school, because I thought that the only way to get through school was by cheating. I wanted to go to college for the social life and the joy of being out of school when done. Now I am having to relearn things I should have already known. With my approved attitude about school I have realized that the kind of college life I was thinking of I don’t want anymore; I want to be there because I have earned the privilege by working hard and that I didn’t cheat anyone or myself to get there.
A place worth going to is something I can be proud of. Sometimes the learning comes through such things as a “silent process” where I learn to be by myself without being sad or mopey. This process taught me to be patient and to live with myself. I feel that as I am open to learning, I can also be open to working. There are no short cuts if I want to be successful. And in order for me to be successful at home, I cannot take short cuts in my program.

Posted on November 19th, 2007 by jenis
Filed under: STUDENTS