I'm hanging out, making bracelets with the radio blaring, and I'm not at school. Life can't get any better than this, I thought to myself, as I tried to block out the stress of college, SATs, APs, SAT IIs, ACTs and everything else that runs through a junior's mind. This wasn't exactly a typical day of high school. But clowning around at a carnival was actually more educational than memorizing the dates of the American Revolution. It was something I wouldn't spit back and then forget.