11/29/2016 0 Comments Progress of My Last YearThis year is my last year of High school, so I have tried to stay on pace for almost every class or at least before our progress reports go out. The class I have been struggling with the most this year I would believe is Physiology and Economics, just because those are the most challenging classes I have had this year. The only reason I have been struggling with those classes are because I believe they are easy but I just feel there is too much work that needs to be done in so little time. So as most high school students I throw it aside and forget about it, which makes me a little behind. I still manage to catch up, but I should just do the work once it is assigned. My senior project is coming out pretty great at the moment. I just have a couple more things to do and my website will be finished. I am trying to do early completion that way I won’t have so much pressure on me towards the end of the semester and just focus on all my other classes. I will soon begin my presentation part of my senior project. What I learned from my job shadow is that maybe I don’t want to become a Nutrient Assistant II; I actually want to become a social worker. My plans for the future are actually to stay local and go to a community college and then transfer to Santa Cruz. After that, I plan on helping my mom buying her dream home and anything else this journey has for me. I plan to move out to into Santa Cruz and become a social worker. I have summited 4 CSU applications and 4 UC applications. My 4 CSU are Bakersfield, Fresno, Long Beach, and Sacramento. My 4 UC were Riverside, Merced, Santa Cruz, and Irvine. I really wanted to go to Bakersfield but know my first choice will have to be Santa Cruz; I just want to get out of this little town for a while. What excites me the most about almost being done with high school is that one chapter will close and another one will open? I just want my life to start and I believe once high school ends, my life will begin. I am glad I’ll be out of high school and start something that I will love for the rest of my life, and go to school for something I want. I am also sad that once high school ends so will my childhood. I will no longer be able to slack off and I will need to become and adult on just depend on me and not others. With school and an after-school job, it’s kind of hard to be involved with activities or clubs. So I am not any club that has to do with after school. The only thing I am involved is Leadership, which I believe is so fun and I love being in there and showing off my school spirt. Leadership helps getting rid of my shyness, helps me get involved in the school I am in. We also pump up the rest of the school with what we plan.
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8/24/2016 0 Comments The Beginning of the Final YearAugust 15th was the beginning of a new year for me, actually, it is my last first day of high school. Kind of scary if you ask me. Just thinking about it gets me nervous, like what am I going to do after high school, am I excited for this year, do I like how the schedule is, and my goals. I realized this was my final chapter in high school. Over the summer I thought a lot about my senior year, but it finally hit me that senior year has begun and I will make the best out of this year. This year is probably going to be the scariest year, just because it's the last year. I'm excited for this year, I want it to be the best year have ever had. Thinking about it, we are the oldest class on campus and we as Seniors need to make it the best not just for us but for the lower classmen to get them excited for when they become the oldest class on campus. As well as being excited for this, I am also scared, what happens if I don’t make grades, or what if something bad happens that makes me fall behind. I don't know but this year has me in so many feelings, that I can’t even explain. I am just hoping that this year is good to me, and opens up many doors for me. Our Senior project is probably one of the most important things that will need to be done. We were supposed to start our website, journals, etc. our freshmen year we never did I'm worried that I'm already behind. I really need to get on it and finish my Job shadow, as well as my life map. I am kind of embarrassed because some sophomores already have their life maps done and I don't. Our Senior project is one of the main reasons why I am so worried about this year, but I know if I get on it I will be able to finish it and not worry about it anymore. This year I like all my classes, I have Physiology, Digital Art, Economics, a tutoring class, English, and Leadership. I like Physiology just because it's interesting learning about our body, all the muscles we have, and the labs we are going to get to do. I have always liked art even though I am not a good artist I find digital art so fun and exciting. Economics is probably one my favorite classes just because of Traeger he is probably one of my favorite teachers, he is so funny and just always in such a good mood something that most teachers are not. Traeger is just one of the best teachers out there I just wish I could have him all year long, not just a semester. I like being a tutor for history with Mrs. Torres just because I have always liked history and it's a great experience being able to help kids learn in something that I like. Leadership is going to make this year great just because it makes me feel part of the school and being able to be involved with the school and the fun activities we are going to able to plan for the year. My goals are to finish high school with a good GPA, I am trying to finish my classes with 4s or at least 3.5s this year. I really want to make my parents proud and have good grades to get into a good university. My goal is to get into a university and get out of the valley. Many people say they want to leave once they graduate and that they want to leave and never come back, will I want to leave and never come back as well. I want to be a nutritionist and that's why my pathway was Foods and Nutrients. I finished my pathway my junior year and now my 2nd pathway is art. |
Senior Exit Interview For a couple years now at Lindsay High School, we have had this project called “Senior Exit Interview” this project is a requirement to graduate. This project is based on your whole High School experience, so technically it’s all about you and everything you have done throughout your High school years. Well, now it’s my turn to do my Senior Exit Interview, who knew time could fly by so fast and know I am preparing for my Exit Interview. As I have been preparing there has been many things I learned, one thing was that High School goes by flying and when you least expect it you're already done with High School. It’s scary knowing that it’s my last year. As I prepared for this project I needed to get many things done starting with my senior website, my journals, my presentation, and practicing what I am going to say.
As I started doing all the requirements for this I am kind of nervous to share everything I have done while I been at LHS. I’m nervous because my High School experience has been nothing that I imagined it to be. It has had so many twists and turns, many things that have happened that make me think am I ready for this, am I ready for the real world. I am also very excited because even though with all these twists and turns I have done so many fun things and experienced throughout High School. I have also met some amazing friends who have made my High School experience amazing. I am just nervous about knowing that I am almost done with High School and feel like I just haven’t experienced enough of High School yet. As I am still working on my project I believe the hardest thing has been putting my website together, just because it requires a lot. It’s not a lot of work it just knowing exactly what you have done, and what you plan to do later in life. Another reason was getting all the right information and having everything look as perfect as possible. Our website sells us it tells viewers what we are all about. They base our High School life off of our website. To me, this was the hardest because of so many things that have happened I just didn’t know what to put down. The website needs to be perfect it needs to represent you; viewers need to know what you are exactly about. Another hard task was the journals; it was just because again your journals are about you as well. This who project is based on you, everything is about you. You have to be a little conceded about yourself in order for your project to look good enough. One of the easiest tasks was my presentation, just because you already have all the information you just need to put it on a PowerPoint. The presentation is what they will go off of mainly. This was easy to me because I already had the hardest things done I just needed to make the PowerPoint look nice, and make sure everything was easy. Oh, another easy task was my life map, it was based on my life, and it was just how I was going to put everything into a drawing. Other than that every other task was easy and simple. I am doing early completion and as I was preparing for this I realized it’s my last semester of High School. I am so glad it’s my last semester but at the same time, I am really scared. What if my life after High School doesn’t go as planned, what if what I imagined my life to be isn’t going to happen. I’m glad I will end my last semester just stressing about passing my class and no longer having to worry about my senior exit Interview. As the first semester is ending I just think to myself how fast can life flash through your eyes. I still remember starting my first semester of High School and now it’s down to the last one. I am definitely going to make this last semester the best of them all. I am going to achieve all my goals so for when I graduate I will be able to say to myself and everyone who didn’t think I wasn’t going to make it that I did it all by myself and that I didn't need any negativity to bring me down. I will also say that I did it all for me and my family. I am so ready to graduate and start my life. Reflection towards the New Year
My senior year to this point of the year has been nothing that I expected, but I mean that in a good way. Senior year has been treating me fairly well. I met some amazing friends when I first started high school that I still have by my side. I have also got real close to some people who I never imagined would mean this much to me. As we talk about the actual year 2016, I mean has been okay not really a year I would want to say is my favorite. There have been some good things that have happened but there are also some things that I just don’t really ever want to face again.
As we are going into winter break I realized I might be a little behind on maybe one or two classes. I know it might not seem like a lot but to me, it makes me feel like I am very behind and I feel like I won’t finish I know I will but still. I am on pace for the rest of my classes but I really hoped that when we went into winter break I would be done with all my classes that way I wouldn’t be stressing about it during the break. The class I am mainly struggling with is digital art just because I am not really that well with computers and that entire photo editing stuff. As the year is coming to an end and as the New Year is approaching I am so anxious on graduating already. Since freshman year all I have ever wanted was to graduate. Another thing I am anxious about this school year is my senior exit interview, I am doing early completion that way I don’t have to worry about it during the second semester and just focus on my classes. Grad night is another thing I am looking forward too I just want to have fun with my friends and just hang out with them and make many memory’s that I know I won’t forget. To me, I feel that grad night is a big thing for seniors it just shows us that we have come a long way and graduation is just around the corner. My plans for the holidays were to go to Mexico and celebrate the holidays over there but work didn’t give me days off so I couldn’t go. So my plans are just to stay here in Lindsay and spend it here with my entire mom’s family. We always have Christmas and New Year’s at my moms, this year we are having it at my aunt’s house. As well as some of my dad’s LA family is coming down o celebrate it with us as well. My mom was really looking forward to spending it far from here but because of our jobs, it wasn’t possible. Many people leave out of state or go on trips will not us this year unfortunately As 2017 is approaching I am very excited for the year. To me, this year represents to many opportunities as well as many new doors opening. This year is graduation, my 18th birthday, and a new education career in college. I just feel like this year is just going to be great to top it off 7 is my lucky number and just for the year to 7 in it makes me feel like it’s going to be a great year. Many things are happening in this upcoming year, new experience new doors opening just so many things that I can honestly not wait for the year to come. 2016 wasn’t really a good year for us and I and my family are just hoping that 2017 brings us good luck and many new things that will make our family even better. AuthorI am just a calm average girl who is ready to leave High School and go out and experience the world. ArchivesCategories |