New beginning
So far my senior year is going good, but I have to admit I’m a little scared and nervous because I do not know what choices I should take in order to complete the things I need to this year. I feel like there is too much work to get done in such little time because a week can go by so fast and work takes time to have it complete but, I try not to stress over the due dates . This year I'm still attending Lindsay High School, my junior year which was last year, I attended JJ Cairns for a semester because of low credits, I made the decision to spend a semester at that school to help myself out and not worry about credits. Now all I need is to stay on pace with my classes and I’m trying my best on that .
At this time I’m not on pace in most of my classes, but not too far behind either. I did not make the good effort in my previous years because I was young and dumb and did not realize time can go by so quick, but also the fact that we just started senior year and i’m still learning the new topics I’m given to understand and complete . This year I'm taking it much more serious, I’m going to focus on myself first before I focus on someone else, I’m going to ignore the distraction in class and just get my assignments done.
At the moment I'm only working on my first journal and my website for my senior project but very soon I will start to do more things at a time . What has been interesting about my project is that I can reminisce on things that I have done my last years, and I think that is good because I can see how I made some mistakes years ago and for them to still affect me till this day, so now that I have experienced some regrets, I can focus on what I am doing at the moment and maybe think twice on what I am doing and focus on what I should be doing .
What I’m most looking forward to this year is to have fun because it is my last year at Lindsay High School and i have so much memories and growth in this school that I know I’m going to miss a lot. Also I would like to help and give advice to the students in the lower classes to motivate them to do good and never give up. My goals for my senior year are to graduate, get all my work done, pass my math cahsee, the math cahsee has been a struggle for me because I’m not very good at math but I know I’m going to pass it this year because I’m going beyond my limits and pushing myself to master the subject. Last but not least, to show appreciation to my family, teachers, and friends that never let me down and always pushed me to reach my main goal because I wouldn't be able to make it without their support .
In progress
Everything is still the same, I am determined to finish work, the only thing that has changed from my last journal is the time I have on turning work in. It seems like time keeps on running out faster and faster every week. I am still trying to keep up with my work even tho its a lot and I have not gave up. Graduation is what crosses my mind at least twice a day .
All of my classes are getting done slowly but I am moving toward finishing. Economics is one of my classes that I am struggling with. The fact that we get more than enough work with all classes put together, puts me behind pase on the more complex classes because of the free time I need for myself. Economics is not an extremely hard subject but there's plenty of work to be completed. Also I am staying for eighth period to catch up on credits mondays,tuesdays, and sometimes wednesdays, that is going good. I have not been in trouble so far this year and I don't plan to do anything for me to get in trouble or detention. Living across town from my school is the only reason why I would be late to class and getting detention would be because of that.
Before the semester is over I still need to finish economics, I am almost halfway through the class and It's already november. I am almost done with biology , I just need to take the EOT for MT 8 and do a rat dissection. Geometry is no longer a subject I take because I finished the class about a month ago from now. I double blocked english so I can get caught up with eleven B work and get on peace with twelve A work, so far I am finishing up eleven B. My electives are web design and digital art, I Am also taking spanish and I am about to be on peace.
My senior year is going good so far but It's just crazy to me that I can't say, “next year” this is my final year at Lindsay High School and It's exciting and scary at the same time. My last journal I talked about maybe becoming a cop once I'm older, and getting a job first once out of high school. I still want to become a city police officer but I have also thought about joining the military first. Since its my last year and It's the time of the holidays, I will have to get myself to do my work and not get distracted. During my vacation break I will be working on my spanish class and eighth period class the most because I can do them on computer.
I have to admit that I lost focus for a few weeks but I'm back on track, doing all my work. Once again i'm going to make plenty of time to work during the day to finish high school. Graduating is what i'm focused on the most right now because that's the only thing that's going to get me making some money once I get a good job since I don't have any useful talent to become something big.
Second Semester
My break was good, it seems like every new year break a new family member joins us to celebrate our week. My brother has a four-month old daughter named Avery. Things have been similar to my last journal.
My first semester was fun and I got many things accomplished. I finished reading credential, and biology. I got double blocked English so I will be able to finish quicker. I been slacking this week, but once it's the weekend i'm going to catch up on everything I'm late on. Also ,I'm no longer in economics , I'm now taking government , which seems to be pretty easy.
What I did during my winter break was enjoyable, I didn't really go out much, but I spent a lot of time with family. I did homework for my Spanish class during my break ,and also Reading Plus . My holidays went great. I couldn't have spent them any better. Im glad im back in school , working trying to get all this work done . I Am determined to finish so that I can start a new goal in life.
The classes I'm taking now are Government , English,Spanish, digital art , and web design. I feel that government is going to be a class that I will not have trouble with. I'm late on some papers i haven't turned in , but I can finish them during the weekend. Im double blocked for English. I think I can get on pace if I try a little harder , I'm not too far behind and don't really feel it's hard. My Spanish class is easy but it's a lot of work, I still need to finish first semester, but it can be done in a few minutes. Digital art is an easy course, I been taking art since freshman year. From intro to art, beginners art, advanced art to digital art. It gets more complicated and advanced , but I still find it easy and fun . I Am still not done with last semester but I can get it done and on pace within a week. My web design design class is a bit confusing. Sometimes I find it difficult to understand what's going on ,but I try to get my work done.
Not much has changed since last semester, but time keeps getting closer and closer to the deadline, which makes me nervous because I don't know whats going to happen hopefully this semester I stay on peace and do all my work. Soon I will do my job shadow and work on my website for each journal.
Getting ready to say goodbye
So I'm in my second semester now, it's the beginning of March and I'm still trying to finish all of my work. Graduation day just keeps on getting closer and closer , I am nervous because even tho its a day I been waiting on for many years, it is finally approaching. I know that when that day comes it's going to be a wonderful day and it will no longer be a problem whether I'm going to graduate or not .
I'm currently working on my website for my exit interview, so far I have three journals completed and I'm ready to start my job shadow this weekend. I'm going to do my job shadow on a police officer this weekend because I couldn't do it last week, I’m very excited about the job shadow because that's what I want to be, I think it will be interesting and fun to watch a police officer do their job. My second choice I would want to do with my life is become a correctional officer. Whatever I end up doing id like to study criminal justice, it is just something i'd like to do because I like to give advice & do what's wright . Other than my job shadow I still need to complete the whole website.
What I'm most looking forward too right now is just getting everything done. I want to get everything out of the way & be on peace .I been trying to get a job lately ,since I'm eighteen now, but school takes most of my time plus I still got to keep up with my personal stuff. In my opinion, I think High School is not hard, it's just all the work & all the expectations make us stress because school takes most of our time & it interferes with our personal business/problems .
Every year passed I learn new things and think differently, I decided to do my job shadow on a medical assistant because that's something i'm also interested in. I will do my job shadow not on a police officer because I figured I can just do a ride along some time later. I think i'm still more interested in criminal justice but, i'd like to experience what a medical assistant does for a living as well. So much things can change in four years, I have had an amazing experience here in Lindsay High School, I matured, grew up, and realized so much. I'm glad I made it this far and had to make choices to get me where i'm at today, we learn from our mistakes and once knowing what's right it can only get you success.