Potpourri Picks discussion

This is where you will post your thoughts and discussions as we read through It's Kind of a Funny Story All thoughts and comments are welcome.

Oh, goody, I'm first. Well, I actually finished reading the novel yesterday. (It's amazing what you can get done in the 80-minute commute to school.) One thing I liked was that I could relate to Craig's school situation a lot.

Out of pressure from my parents, I went to a special high school that was geared toward math, science, & technology, and it was cool up until I actually started attending the school. I'd always considered myself intelligent and a good student, but everything just went SO fast, and everyone seemed to be able to keep up with it except for me. I didn't get 93s, I can tell you that. And when it's been drilled into your head since elementary school that you're essentially worthless if you don't do well in school, you kind of start to believe it a little and you start worrying that you'll be a failure in life. I just feel like that whole experience contributed to my anxiety problems today.

ANYWAY, back to the novel. I really enjoyed the characters from the hospital, and the first-person POV wasn't annoying (see: Twilight, The Hunger Games). Yet other than that, I wasn't too fond of the book. It wasn't bad, but...just not my cup of tea. I guess, if you're into "edgy" teen fiction and authors like John Green, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Stephen Chbosky (unpopular opinion: I am not a fan of Perks of Being a Wallflower), then you'd enjoy it.

Debating on whether or not I should check out the movie now.

It sometimes takes me forever to sleep at night because of school. So I know what you mean. The butterflies but horrible EVIL butterflies in your stomach. It's mainly because I procrastinate so much. But public school is kind of useless. Friends I guess... and some teachers were cool. But eight hours is torture especially if you're sitting down all day.
Hunger Games is awesome :P

Chs. 1 & 2
ugh. guys in the beginning.
Wow. The tentacles thing is messed up. I don't care that much. I mean I do. But I'm too lazy about grades. And I want to get a good job sure but I think everybody else has a different point of view of a good job. I want a decent job that I will love.
I wonder what the shift was for him. The shift between him being happy and unhappy.