It is June 2, 2015 and we are very near to the end of this school year, my sophomore year. Throughout this year I have had many highs and few lows. High school this year was pretty much the same as last year, a major task. Freshman year was pretty much a breeze compared to this year and I know it’s only going to get more difficult. Overall so far, high school has been a pleasant experience. I’ve made plenty of new friends, tried new things, and have met lots of new faces. Some lows that I faced were a total lack of motivation. I did not feel driven enough to do anything. I would often do my assignments the day before they were due and even though I still completed them and got a relatively good grade. The stress that came with it was not favorable. Another thing was that this year went by extremely fast! Sure I’m all for waiting for school to be over so I can do whatever I want, but this year flew by too fast. I guess that’s what I get for complaining so much!
Over the course of this year I had many memorable moments. Some of those moments stick out more than others. One of them includes getting a perfect score for my English CAHSEE. Everybody was telling me that it is a difficult thing to pull off and that I should be proud. I am proud of my accomplishment; however the test does consist of lower grade standards so I would think it’d be expected to get a high score. I think the amazement comes from being given so many questions to answer and not making a single mistake. You could be the smartest person in the world but you still make mistakes. Other memorable moments include joining the golf team, squatting more than three hundred pounds, and the Winter Formal dance. These were all great experiences for me and I certainly won’t be forgetting them anytime soon. Other memorable moments I had at this school were that I actually finished some of my classes pretty early! There’s nothing more awesome than being a sophomore and not having to worry about your classes anymore. Unless you’re a senior but I’m not there yet! This year I tried mixing things up a little. I’ve always played football because I guess I’m really good or so people tell me. This year however I just wasn’t feeling the excitement when I went out for practices. I tried to tough it out but just couldn’t do it. I’ve been play football since I was 7 and I am now 16. It just got boring and I didn’t have the love for the sport anymore. I love watching but playing is a different story. After I quit the team I got heat from my some of my ex-teammates. Most weren’t too happy or thrilled that I quit because I was a valuable asset. Eventually they got over it and now we just joke about it. My plans for the rest of the year included me just doing my school work and doing nothing else. That’s when my brother and one of my friends convinced me to try golf. Let me tell you, for such a boring sport, it is really fun to play. I had more fun playing golf than I ever did in football. It was a really great experience and I plan to keep playing for the rest of my high school year. I think the activity I enjoy the most out of everything else is anime. I started watching anime in the beginning of my freshman year and I have been in love with it ever since. I’ve been trying to get into reading manga but I’m too focused on my anime. I do have plans for college but I also have back up plans as well. It’s always good to be prepared for the worst. I can’t say that I plan on going to college but I will say that I wish. Sure I’d love to go to college and further my education and pursue some dreams but in the end, it all comes down to money; a necessity that my family is somewhat struggling with. I tend to think realistically because it’s better to see the truth and read the facts for what they are than to delude my mind with pointless pipe dreams. I’d love to go to a four year university but if circumstances stay as they are for the rest of my high school career, it will be an incredibly difficult thing to do. If anything I plan on going to a decent junior college for two years and once I earn my AA degree, I’ll transfer somewhere else. That is currently what my brother is doing and it seems to be working out for him. On the chance that I’m not able to attend college due to certain reasons, I plan on trying to find a decent paying job or enlist into the military. If I do join the military I’d either join the Marines or Air Force. It’s not the ideal life I want to live so I will try everything to make this outcome less than possible and achieve my simplest dreams. In terms of a career, I can see myself doing something relative to construction or anything else that is hands on. I would hate to work at a desk because if it is anything like sitting in a desk on hours end here in high school, I don’t think I’d be able to take it. Unless it’s a very well-paying job then that is a different story. No the reason why I’d like to make a career in something that is hands on is because I like to get involved with my work. I like to use my hands and see results that spawn from them. I’ve always loved building objects and putting items together. Even if it isn’t functional or appealing to the eye, the fact that I made it is more than enough. I don’t exactly know what career I exactly want, but it would be somewhere along these lines. I anticipate my high school career to be a bore and stressful with an abundance of fond memories. It is high school, it comes with a lot of work and it’s up to you to make the best of it. For me I would like the rest of my high school career to be a smooth sailing. I want to create as many memories as possible that I can look back on and not be ashamed. My ideal high school career includes not falling behind, failing classes, and making poor decisions that affect me in the present and the future. I want to graduate with my class of 2017 and walk on my graduation. I would be extremely disappointed with myself if I wasn’t able to do this because I couldn’t get my act together. Graduating high school is my number one priority at this moment.
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