This is the end of being a High School Student, it is time to do my last task, my Senior Exit Interview. Am I nervous or excited to share what I have done while at Lindsay High School, yes but I am more excited not because I will be able to share what I have done but excited that after this interview I will not have anything else to do but make sure I pass my classes and finally start a new life in a new school. No offence to Lindsay High School but I have always been wanting to live on my own and being independent out in the real world.
The easiest thing here in lindsay high school was making friends and learning. Lindsay has made my learning experience easy and fun, the learning facilitators are so helpful and would offer a lot of their time to help us succeed. I am excited that second semester is here. I have been told that our senior second semester is the one that goes by the fastest. So many things are there to be done it seems like there will be no time for fun.
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Finally the end of 2016 is here, a step closer to my graduation day, I can not believe that I made it this far. It frightens me knowing that coming back from winter break this first semester will come to an end. It is so incredible knowing that a year from now I can be in a college class and maybe thinking about the day that I wrote this journal.
This semester has been one of my roughest semesters that I have ever had. Unfortunately I am struggling in two classes. The first class that I am struggling in and most likely not going to be on pace on this semester is Economics. Economic class is not a very hard class from the fact that there is no head breaking questions or problems, the reason I struggle with this class, in my opinion, I make it harder for myself. It is funny how I know this yet I still struggle and seem to continue to do the same. For awhile I would correct myself and do great but that would only last for a little bit. The second class I am not doing so well either is Game Design. Game Design is a class where we learn coding for computer and use it to make a game. At first it was easy, we were basically only copying and pasting codes to make a game but at the same time we had to fix errors that the codes had this made us search and learn what the codes mean and what they do and how sensitive it is. Game Design is a very cool class but I do not think it is for me. The few activities that the school has had for example the music during lunch and mini games that they do during school. All these small activities are fun to watch, I am not a very active person in doing activities in front of many people because I do get stage fright in the other hand, watching other people be up is fun mostly funny because they all mess up and it is funny, it is not something one sees everyday. Putting school aside, let us talk about the holidays to get some stress out from school; I am excited for winter break since this year I actually had a job I am delighted to be able to surprise my parents and brother and sister with presents for christmas. Sadly during winter break I know I will be working almost the whole time but at least I will have enough money to get the presents that I want to get my family so it is all worth it. For myself, I hope I can get something nice maybe expensive too but I do not know yet, so far I have not decided on something. Up to this point of the year everything is okay, it is not all good but it is not all bad either. In my classes I am doing okay, I am struggling in two classes so far. My first period class which is my COS English class also known as COS English 251. I am struggling here because I have missed a couple deadlines for some Discussion Questions therefore I need to do my best to get as close A’s from now on to pass the class. I know I can pass the class it is the fact that I have to do a lot that stresses me but at the end I know I can I always find a way because I do not like to set for failure in classes like this because they matter so much to me. These classes(English class) matter to me because they are the ones that I have struggled throughout my life because my first language was Spanish and did not really learn English until I was about seven years old.
My senior project is not coming along all that great. The project is getting done but only what I can because I can not get the help that I need, there is so much confusion for me with this project. There are PLT’s but I need other classes that I need to finish. But there is no worries I know I will finish with no help that is how the real world is(no help to finish an assignment) therefore I need to adapt and get this done on my own I know I can I always figure out a way. An easy thing that was done for the senior project was doing my job shadow. I did a job shadow of one who is a personal trainer. That was an exciting thing to do because I was able to do something I love and share it with others who also share the same love and it is also great to see how people do so much to change their life. In the other hand, my planning of the future is going a little better than how it was going at the beginning of the school year I have started to put in applications for college. Some colleges that I have put some applications in are COS, Sacramento State and also Fresno state. What excites me the most about applying and almost finishing high school is being closer to my career and a lifelong family to care for(hopefully in my early thirties). At the beginning of my freshmen year, my first day as a freshman I was thrilled to start yet I was also frightened and nervous. I was thrilled to start high school for the first time, a new beginning making new friends and the beginning of a goodbye to our childhood. As I was thrilled to start I was also frighten because it was a new experience where if I do something bad or embarrassing it can follow me through my four years of high school I really did not want that I want to be remember for greater things. As I was going into my first year of high school I thought being cool was the key factor to be able to fit in therefore I started playing football to find more friends before the school year started. I met a few people who were great people and were great to talk to once in awhile. After football I played basketball for the same reason that I played football. During basketball season I met my best friend. Who would have known a great friendship was going to start with someone I went to elementary school with.
Four years later, it is my first day as a senior I do not know if I am more excited or sad that I will never have to be a Highschool student. I am excited not because I will not be at this school but because I will be able to move on with life go to a different path in life where everything is possible. Thinking about college is a bit frightening because what if I do not make it or do not pass my classes for the subjects I need for my career but all this is just over thinking I know I will make it and make my family so proud. As senior year has started I can not just start thinking about the fun and excitement I am going to have I also have to think about my future. Thinking about where I am going to end up is weird, I tell myself, do not worry you will have it easy there will be work and a nice apartment and nice car. I picture all of this and it is unrealistic for me then I start thinking about reality, barely paying the bills, half broken car and behind in my studies. All in all I know I will do okay I need to start planning my future and not plan how I wish it were I need to think about what I have and will have to be able to achieve a successful future. |
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