My name is Thomas. I am 17, in 11th grade. I have worked so hard to get good grades this year that most everything else I used to enjoy has been sacrificed. I had to stop fencing, volunteering at the homeless shelter, and taking long walks home because they got in the way of me being able to complete my work. I would love to resume all of these activities as soon as I can, and more importantly I would like to regain my sanity. I worked too hard for my own good, but I made failure impossible, and I can't stop until the last 5 days of this hell of a yer are over.