Hopefully this won't get put in as a zero (a reflection on my Junior year)

Junior year has been alright.
Despite countless assignments and complications which have contributed stress to me, a person who when faced with stress is likely to shriek like a banshee in mating season, this year has been pretty good. I felt like a learned a lot of important information in my classes, developed a greater sense of community with my peers, and most importantly didn't spontaneously combust (yet). Now you may be asking yourself, "Well gee, how did the stress not beat this kid? He clearly can't take it." And I will tell you the answer: I have no idea. Admittedly, first semester was quite a bit more stressful than second semester. And I will attribute much of this to the transformative experience I had in the All-State Orchestra. I don't know what happened, but following my times there nothing could phase me. I thought it might have been something in the water, or maybe someone slipped me drugs which magically lasted for months, but whatever the reason, I was not the same person after returning. Reflecting on the things that have changed this year, math is now even more important to me than it was at the beginning of the year and music is an even more crucial element to my life. If I had to do it all over again I would probably sit in traffic until my inevitable death, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a good year.