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Towards the end of High School I started playing guitar, very casually...

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In my spare time I taught swimming lessons and was a lifeguard. I tutored some students to make some spending money, although I rarely spent any of it.

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The rest of high school was pretty bland. I took maths and sciences and did not have any time for the arts.

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In my high school, we were all required to take art in grade 9. This was my first time ever in an art class. My friends and I spent most of the class pretending like we knew what we were doing, but most of the time we were just fooling around. I did not enjoy art in grade 9 and therefore did not elect it as a course further.

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I enjoyed history class because it was conducted in an interactive way. We had debates, we made commercials, campaigns, and many other "out-of-the-box" type of activities.

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In grade 9 I remember HATING geography. I thought it was the most futile use of time. I thought those hours could be used in a much better way. Below is the textbook we used.

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My parents enrolled me in piano lessons once a week. There was no music program at my elementary school.

I quit piano because I did not enjoy the learning process, mainly because there was a lot of pressure.

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I do not really remember any specific lessons or units from this time period. Most likely, our teachers and principals felt that those subjects were not as necessary as Math or Science, especially in preparation for High School.

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My most memorable classes in the PJ classes were definitely the ones when we went on trips. These are memories that I hold with me until this day. One of those trips was to Black Creek Pioneer Village.

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I have attended private Jewish schools my whole life. This means that my day has consisted of dual-curriculums, both General Studies and Hebrew Studies. This may have limited the amount of time spent on subjects in the arts.