Austin Scholar #9: The Accounting Disaster of Sixth Grade
The Importance of Balance
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This week from Austin Scholar...
The accounting disaster of sixth grade
The importance of balance
Three sources providing more examples of an unbalance and how to create balance
While the previous newsletter outlined the importance of having a strong work ethic and was focused on the “work hard” portion of life, this newsletter is about balance.
Austin’s Anecdote
In sixth grade, I got accepted into Austin Community College.
The head of Alpha at the time, a person who, even to this day, believes in kids’ potential more than anyone else, had allowed all of the middle schoolers to take the entrance exam for ACC to show the kids and their parents how much kids were truly capable of.
After my acceptance, I decided that I wanted to take a college course, and my dad suggested accounting. I was thrilled by the idea of taking such an advanced course, and also totally wanted to brag to my friends that I was able to take a college class.
My dad was motivated by the idea that, if a bunch of middle schoolers can get into a college, kids really can do anything. So, he encouraged me to get an A in the course. Also during this time, I was trying to finish 8th grade math on ALEKS, write three book reports, pass my public speaking requirements (give a TED-style talk in front of the entire school), finish all of my spelling assignments, write a 10,000-word epilogue to one of my favorite books, and sell my dad’s iPhone on eBay (I was scammed three separate times). All in four months. And I was eleven years old.