One thing that has greatly influenced me is a class I took in high school. It was called American Studies; it was two hours long and a combination of English and History. It was an honor class and very intensive. We also received college credit from Saint Louis University. This class was extremely challenging. I remember being up for hours every night and weekend placed in front of the computer or sitting at the table until I was finished with all of my work for the class. We had many group projects; they were not like the typical group projects people tend to throw off until the last second either. They were very involved and took a lot of time and effort from everyone in the group. I remember one night my group was at my house until about three or four in the morning finishing a project and at the very end, one of us made a silly mistake then just started crying because she was so overwhelmed. It was a cry of laughter also. We couldn’t believe we had finally almost finished and she glued something on upside down. Even though I despised all the work and tests sometimes, I now would never change my decision of taking it. Not only do I have great memories from it, I learned so much in the class. My writing is one of the things that benefited the most. The English teacher was an extremely hard grader but it made you work hard. When I received an A on my final research paper in the class, it was one of the best feelings ever.