I will admit that in high school, I wasn't the most serious about my grades, I fell into the social aspect of high school more than the educational aspect. Before you make assumptions, I wasn't failing by any means, but I was getting low B's and high C's which was different than what I had got in middle school. It wasn't til my junior year, when the dreaded but exciting college talks began, and I realized that the GPA I hadn't been paying attention to wasn't going to help me get into the colleges I wanted to. Even bigger than the idea of college, that concerned me was getting into the National Honor Society, of which I was later rejected because my GPA was lower than the expectation. I would later find out that not getting in was a blessing in disguise.
When I first got the rejection letter, it was like somebody stuck their hand into my chest and ripped my heart out, I was devastated. I held the National Honor Society so high, and hated the fact I was going to be the only one of my siblings to not get into National Honors. Then after getting rejected I had to watch everybody who got accepted walk across the stage and have their accolades read, I will admit I was bitter. I then decided that this group was only a select group and didn't actually represent everybody but only a select few. Some of the kids on stage were the ones that didn't know how to balance social and educational activities in school, and would instead just focus on their education. To me a model student was one that could equally balance both, nobody is indeed perfect, and I didn't need a gold sash around my neck to tell me or anybody else that I was smart. This flub in my high school legacy, in actuality was a blessing in disguise.
Not getting put in the National Honors Society was really a blessing in disguise, because it made me get my act together and work harder. For my senior year of high school I ended up with High Honors, getting straight A's in both semesters, and felt a new found confidence in my intelligence. I finally was able to realize my true potential, and what I'm able to do when I set my mind to it. I used to procrastinate on everything I did, work, school, sports, everything, after that National Honors flub, my procrastination is no more, and my productivity has increased substantially. I can't just expect to be accepted into something because of who I am and I learned that the hard way.
Potency
Alchemy in common terms is a medieval chemistry
A concoction of sorts, but is relateable to us
How we are described by others
How we describe ourselves
Who we are religiously, who we are ethnically
It all gets thrown in the melting pot
Each one of us our own unique concoction
Not one mixture is exactly the same
We form our own beliefs based on our "chemical" foundation
We create the the reality of our lives
We are the potency to the universe
We are the alchemists to our own lives
We are each our own perfect mixture.
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