Why am I here?

I am taking summer school this year not because I want to, but because if I don't I will not be able to graduate high school next year with my friends. I really screwed up with my course selection, but I do not regret it.

This is not my first time doing a new credit summer school course. The year before I went into grade 10, I took my grade 10 U math, and it really screwed me up. Math is not my strongest subject, so I thought I should get it out of the way. I didn't want to do summer school that time either. During my grade 10 year, I took three months during my second semester to travel participate on a student exchange. It was highly recommended that I take one course in summer school, and I am glad I did. But I wish I wouldn't have chosen math. You see, I messed up because I took my 11 U math a year and a half later. By that time I had forgotten literally everything. Long story short, I failed my 11 U math course, but I will be retaking it.

That may not seem to have anything to do with why I am here now, but trust me it definitely does. Because I did go to Spain, I missed my course selection. When I came home, there was no way to fit in 11 U English. This really didn't bother me. I was going to simply take my final two English courses next year, in my final year. What I didn't think about was what would happen if I failed any course, because I've never done that before. Because I did fail that silly math class, I had to re arrange my whole plan.

I had two options:
1) either take math, one of my worst subjects to begin with, in summer school. That way I could continue with my original plan and take both 11 and 12 U English courses in my final year. But then I would have to work harder than ever, and I know that math in summer school was already a challenge for me the first time.
2)take English in summer school, one of my best subjects. That way I could take extra time in my final year to get help with math.

As you can see, I chose to take my English now. I can not afford to screw up my math again.

English is one of my strongest subjects, and I figured since I haven't taken an English course in a while, it would be better for me to refresh during the summer. Now I can focus next year on my math, and not rush through it, because I will need a lot of extra help.

Hopefully next year I will succeed with my math, because either way I am happy I didn't waste my summer on a subject that I loathe.