My goals and expectations for the coming school year are beginning to feel a bit…
Things I’m hoping to get out of the year ahead and goals I’m setting for myself: To…
Time flew by way too fast during my first two years of high school, and this year I am a junior. I…
I am starting to realize how important this school year will be for me. I am a…
This year I am a junior at Birdville High School. Last year I ran to be president of Key club and…
During our elementary school years all our choices were made for us, whether it was who would become our playmates or what subjects would be taught to us. But when we reach middle and high school, we are given more freedom on what we can take, and this gives us the chance to explore different materials and meet people who have the same interests as us. Although by the time you are reading this you most likely have already chosen your classes for the year, you should know that it’s not too late to make some changes. In almost all high schools, there are four core classes that are required to be taken for that given year.
Once you finish high school, you are thrown into a world of opportunities, and decisions. You are forced to make choices that affect you further. When I graduated from high school, I was supposed to start college the next fall. I had been accepted into Valdosta State University in Georgia. I had been truly excited and ready to start my freshman year of college.
The summer before high school I had the next four years perfectly planned out. I was going to have a 4.0 GPA, make the speech team, do as many activities as possible, and then eventually go on to attend an Ivy League school. Needless to say, 90 percent of those things never came true. As important as it is to set goals for yourself, I set my expectations way too high. It wasn’t until my senior year of high school that I actually came to terms with this.
I am having to readjust to the idea of being a freshman for the second time. People too often use the phrase “time flies,” but I can think of no more applicable phrase than that for describing what high school was for me.
After junior year, I figured, “If I got through the ACT, SAT, and all my AP exams, I can get through anything senior year throws at me -- piece of cake!” Truth is, I find that it’s a lot more complicated than it seems.
