Specifically directed to the physics students (AP & honors) of Ravenwood High School in Williamson County (GO RAPTORS!):
Study physics. I realize it may seem worthless to you right now, but I promise physics will actually come in use one day. Even if you become a lawyer, a consultant or investment banker – you will use physics. No, you will not be solving the projectile motion of a telephone as you throw it at the really annoying coworker nor will you be using the principles of electrodynamics aside from the light switch, but something much more useful. You will learn how to think.
Through physics you will learn the life skill of being given a problem and then logically and systematically solving that problem. Granted, they teach you this life skill through really tedious examples of balls flying through the air, but, trust me, the problems get much more interesting the further you get. Once you have approached enough problems, once you have been hit with all levels of difficulty, you begin to approach all problems, inside and outside physics, with the same technique. Define the problem, define the known variables, define the unknown variables, chart a plan of attack, solve and then bask in glory of greatness.
It may seem really simple and obvious. You might believe that you can learn this technique anywhere and you could be right. But when you are applying for jobs later and your transcript shows you have succeeded in difficult physics courses, it is a concrete statement to your potential employer that you not only know that technique, but, damn it, you're good at it, too.
In the meantime, continue the over-achieving bit, that's always a winner.