Just the beginning…
I got promoted to Lindsay High School from Roosevelt School and now I’m a freshman. My highs at this point are that I have made a lot of new friends, met several new learning facilitators, and have passed all my classes with a 3. With me being a freshman and finishing all my classes makes me very satisfied because usually people slack off their freshmen year. The consequence with slacking off during your freshmen year is that later you’ll have to take the same class all over again. The lows I have experienced this year are that I didn’t really get along with my science teacher at the beginning of the school year. I have learned to put my attitude to the side because not getting along with her wasn’t making the problem any better. This year I have experienced many highs and lows, but I’ve also had some memorable memories. A memory that I’ll always remember is all the fun rallies we had the glow in the dark rally. It was so exciting the music was really loud and everyone was chanting their class name. The MC Johnny Rey and Nick were by far the best MC at Lindsay High School. They knew how to get every student excited and pumped up. We had a rally mostly every Friday I would look forward to them all the time because of the loud music, games, and fun energy.
Lindsay High School has several extracurricular activities such as art, video editing, yearbook, ASB, and many more. Personally my extracurricular activity interest is creating living. Even though the teacher Mrs. Koch can give me a headache at times or assign a lot of work I enjoy her class because I don’t know how to cook but I’m learning. It’s important for students to find an elective they’re interested in so it could be their career path way if they chose to. Food service isn’t my career path way, but I enjoy that class and plan on taking Foods and Nutrition next year.
After I graduate from high school I do plan on going to college. The college I plan to attend is Milan Institute. I see myself becoming a receptionist because I would like to work at an office. In order to be prepared for college I am willing to stay determined and focus on getting all my work done on time. My main focus right now is my education. Slacking off isn’t an option because if I want to succeed in life I have to be smart and graduate first. I hope that the rest of my years here at Lindsay High go by fast but not too fast. I like to enjoy the little things such as being able to see my friends at school every day or even things such as; cracking jokes with my LF’s, or laughing with my friends. I’d like it to go swell and hopefully not as stressful because I have three more years to go.
Settling In…
Freshman year went by so quick I blinked and now I am going into my second year of high school. I’ve encountered some highs and some lows on the way. I’ve had a lot of great moments and then there were bad ones. For example; my high was that my sophomore year was finally ending and now I am going to be a junior. My lowest point this year has to be the fact that I unfortunately didn’t complete Geometry with the rest of my peers. I failed to do so because of the people I had in that class and I really regret not being more focused to finish. I was also not being attended by my math teacher as much as I should’ve been. I rarely got any one-on-one time with my Geometry teacher because we would bump heads all the time. I didn’t like the idea of me being a junior and still in Geometry class because it made me feel stupid. Nothing memorable has happened that I can think of right now besides making memories with my group of friends. I plan on going to college and pursuing my dream of being a receptionist. In order to do that I have to stay on top of my game and stay on pace! I hate all the work that comes with sophomore year but I have to mentally prepare myself for the next two years that are yet to come. Even though I still have two years until I graduate I think about my future a lot. Everything can change in a blink of an eye and that scares me. I like to think of my future being bright, me with the career I always wanted, and a happy family. My alternative plan if things don’t go the way I want them to would be to just get a job and work my butt off until I have enough money for a decent car to get me from place to place. At first I wanted to become a correctional officer but I lost interest. I want to be a receptionist instead because it is so much faster and everything would be easier for me. What really caught my eye was that I’d only be required to attend the Milan Institute for at least six months. I don’t mind going to a University of even a junior college at all but school isn’t my favorite place on earth. I am excited to start my third year here at Lindsay High but it makes me nervous at the same time. I know that after this summer I’ll be back but as a junior then the summer after that a senior! It’s crazy to think that just the other day I was a freshman being boo’d at the rallies. The rest of me attending high school I hope that I don’t get into any trouble, I pass all my classes on time, and it to be more exciting.
Getting closer…
It’s my junior year and I’m very excited because soon I’ll become a senior. This school year I have had many highs and lows at this point. The high I had this year that I’m very proud about myself is finally completing geometry. I was supposed to be completed with geometry my freshmen year, but I slacked off and struggled with getting help from my past learning facilitator. Finally that geometry is out of the way I have one less class to worry about. A low this year for me is I wasn’t turning in my English work on time, so then I would get additional work added on. It made more difficult for me because now I had twice the work to get done. Luckily I got my act together did all the work that had to be done. During my junior year a most memorable memory for me would I found out I was expecting a baby boy. I had a lot of mixed emotions about being pregnant at the beginning, but my friends and family were all being supportive. Becoming a teen mom most people expect you to drop out of high school and not become something in life motivated more to prove everyone wrong. I’m confident that I will graduate even though I have a child.
There are many extracurricular actives that you could choose to be interested in at Lindsay High School. The extracurricular activity that I’m most interested in is Spanish because it has helped me read, spell, and speak in Spanish. Unfortunately I didn’t get to take Spanish class this year, but next year I will since it’s my career path way. In high school you’re always asked “Do you plan on going to college?” And my response is always “Yes, I do plan on going to college.” To prepare myself for college I have decide where I want to attend, talked to people that attend the college, and did some research about the college. In the past my dream job was to become a CO, but I have to be 21 to join the academy. When I graduate I’ll only be 18, so I have decided to attend Milan Institution and become a reception. Once I saved up enough money and turn 21 I’ll join the police academy to be a CO. For now I anticipate my high school career to be fun, go by fast, and drama free.
Almost there…
My senior year is going good we barely started so there isn’t much to say, but I’m very excited and nervous for this year. Looking back it feels like I was just a freshman and now I’m a senior. I feel very focused, confident, and motivated about my senior year. Yes, I am on pace because in the past I didn’t slack or goof off I actually got all my work done. Staying on pace is the most important thing about high school because if you’re not then at the end all your work piles up on you. I am more focused this year than any other year because this is the year that matters. Resume, exit interview, and my 4/5th journal are just some of the things I'm working on to get my senior project done. It’s pretty cool that I am going to have my senior website years from now. I enjoy working on it because I get to look back and think about things I’ve done throughout my years in high school. All the tests I’ve took, all the assignments I’ve turned in, all the hard work I’ve put in will soon pay off. Even though there’s a lot to get done for senior year I’m taking it step by step. In my opinion I think the life map is the most interesting thing about the senior project because it gets you thinking about what you want your future to look like. It’s also fun to do because it brings out the inner creative side of me. I start to think about the memories that have happened as I write them down. Graduating from Lindsay High School is the most important thing I’m looking forward to my senior year. I’m also looking forward to just getting high school over with. I am going to miss all of my friends but that’s about it. I won’t miss all the work and waking up early for school. It’s crazy to think that after this year everything is over. No more seeing the same people five days out of the week. It really changes things within friends and just life in general. I don’t mind graduating and leaving everything behind because this is what was supposed to happen. My goals for this year and the future is to be the best mom I can be, finish high school, and start my career to give my son the best future I can give him. I would like to give my son the knowledge I got during high school and let him know I did graduated high school even though I was a teen mom. Usually people expect teen moms to drop out of school and not graduate. I am doing everything for my son and my family. Everything that I do now and in the future will be for my son. I plan on making my family proud and as well as the few true friends that I have.