There is a trip to Japan through my karate school to study in Okinawa (where the art originated), though it is in late March-early April. I am in high school and would have to miss nearly two weeks of school, which I would have to do extra work to make up for. Also, the trip happens to interfere with the Grade Ten Literacy Test, which I need to pass to graduate; if I do not take the test then, I will have to do it next year with the grade tens while I’ll be in grade eleven, which I’d rather not have to do. Moreover, I have to pay for the trip myself, with money earned at my part-time job. If I do go on the trip, it’s not as if I’ll be going around as a tourist, it will be hours of training each day. I’m just not sure if it is worth it. Do you think that I should attend this trip, despite the hardships it would cause?
