My life as a student has been almost completely defined by my time in my theater. I’ve accomplished so many things and grown in so many ways through the theater. The best thing about theater though, is that everything I learn from it, teaches me something that I can use to become a better student: persistence, hard work, and cooperation. These are all attributes that I learned through theater that have helped me become the student I am. The vast majority of my school days, I am at that theater more than I’m at my own home so the lessons that I take home with me at the end of the day linger and stay because I’m there all the time. 

There are other parts about theater that have defined what kind of student I am. Like I said, most of my time is spent in the theater. Which means I don’t have a lot of time outside of school to do my homework and study. But I need good grades to stay in theater. Theater forced me to learn time management. It forced me to figure out when I could do my assignments and how long it would take to do them. I couldn’t relax during rehearsal at any point. I was either on stage as a part of a scene or sitting in the audience working and studying in order to keep my grades up.

I love theater. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. But there is one absolute truth about being in theater as a student. When rehearsal comes around, I have no gas left in my tank. It’s exhausting; it’s draining; it's fatiguing. Rehearsal usually goes late. Going to eight o'clock at the latest, and then I have to go home and eat dinner, shower, and do whatever work I couldn't finish before. Which means by the time I wake up the next morning at six, my tank isn’t full. Being a student means working hard and being able to get things done and be involved with activities and clubs, but I can’t remember the last time I came to school with a full tank.