Circuses

"
I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins,
Spot-light on me and I'm ready to break
I'm like a performer, the dance floor is my stage
Better be ready, hope that you feel the same
"

I'm like a circus.

"Like" meaning similar to, not the same. If I had meant that I was the same as a circus, I would have said "I am a circus," not "I'm like a circus." But allow me to elaborate.

Dictionary.com: "a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/circus
Ignoring a few specifics, a few tweaks: "an average-sized entertainer, typically presented in one or more very large schools or in an outdoor or indoor classroom, featuring exhibitions of pageantry (of intelligence), feats of skill and homework, calculating animal, etc., interspersed throughout with the tiring antics of teachers and class."

Hey, my definition is longer o_o. Oops. But let's see. School is a place where you're almost constantly proving yourself - ideally, anyway. You're not necessarily proving yourself to people, just to the system. The first few weeks, you could spend buttering up your teachers I guess. But after that, what are you proving? They already know you're smart, so why are you still doing homework and studying for tests? I suppose you could say that you're now proving yourself to the college admissions officers, but seriously, who thinks about that until they're actually applying?
So, who are you proving yourself to? Why are you walking on a tightrope? Why are you jumping through rings of fire? Why are you dressed up like a weirdo? I think the key thing to realize here is that we're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you. Sure, I love learning too, but do I love doing work? Not usually. Do it if you like it, you know?
But really, is it just me, or is the only point - lasting point anyway - of high school to get into college?

Nah, I'm just messing. I like circuses, I mean school. Good stuff, when you don't have 6 APs, no studies, and extracurriculars after school every day there isn't an ice storm.

-ThienAn