Journal #4 ... and we are here Senior year is literally around the corner. Having almost two months left. I am so excited yet so nervous and a bit scared. This is so crazy. I have gotten back on pace on ALL my classes. I am not falling behind. I am finally not procrastinating. I do my work and man it took me till my last semester to get it all right. School isn't a joke, either you pass or you don't. There is no in between. I have come a long ways. I've matured, I haven't physically grown meaning I'm 4'10 forever I guess, but mentally I have grown as well. It is crazy how time just goes on flying by. Either you stay behind or live it. I get nervous when thinking about the future, it's real at some point in my life I will be leaving home and beginning my own journey. I don't have much to say really... I just wanna take hold of what God has given me. I have always felt that I was created for something big. Bigger than myself actually, I want to live life. I believe I will change the world one day, every breath I take here and now. My life as a high school student was awesome, I learned so much. And I'm just beginning there is more to my life and I will go out there in the world and chase after my dreams. Senior year will be an experience never forgotten.
Journal #3 Almost there... So now we enter 2017… honestly this year has hit me like a train slamming me in the head imprinting “graduation year!”. This is scary, I am so nervous to graduate. I am not in pace in all my classes. However I have been working really hard on this. Procrastination will be the death of me. It is a terrible habit, I don't want to be a procrastinator. It stresses me out a lot. But hopefully I will pass. I talked to my counselor yesterday and I had a discussion with her on my graduation and pacing work. I told her I wanted to drop math and so I did. Next semester I will be a teacher's aide for Mrs.Benitez, I just met her yesterday and asked her so I’ll see how it goes with her. She seems to be a kind person and she has a nice sweet smile. I hope my second semester goes good with her. I am not so good in three of my classes: spanish, government, and chemistry. I just only need to pass tests for government and for chemistry. Spanish in the other hand: I have so many portfolios to do. It is not even funny, I don't think ima pass my work. But I’m gonna graduate, I really want to. It is challenging but I know I’ll get it done. Talking to my counselor I also told her about not wanting to be part of grad nite. I have never been to Disneyland and I feel that to go there as my first time would be pretty cool to go with friends and family that I actually would enjoy my time with you know. That's my opinion though, so therefore I will not be going with my class. However I will be doing something that day, I don't know what but I will. Before that though I do want to start my second semester on pace and actually stay on pace. We shall see though how that goes.
Journal #2 Almost there but not close enough I’m in my English class right now, as Mr. Gonzalez was talking about our senior projects and deadlines and what not. It just then hit me. I mean it’s November already, time really does fly. When I was a freshman, being a senior seemed so far away. Look now, I am a senior. It’s crazy, like I can’t believe it sometimes you know. I have so many thoughts to this year. I’m honestly scared. Scared of stepping into the “real world” “being an adult”. It is like time becomes an ocean and you're barely are learning to swim. An ocean so wide and mysterious and then there's me. I’m learning how to swim without a life jacket. Pretty scary right. All I need are sharks or something ha… I’m joking by the way. I don't know, like I go back to the week before school started. I remember just thinking to myself I was not going to procrastinate because I am probably the biggest procrastinator in the world. Point is, I had set out these goals: don't procrastinate, stay on pace no matter what, ask questions, stay after school if needed. Now that was in the beginning of August. Now we are in November, I’m thinking of dropping math because it is so hard, plus I don’t really need it either since I am going to PC. I am not on pace for three of my seven classes. Here is the thing, I know why I’m not passing too... its because I have been procrastinating putting everything to last minute and what not. It’s a terrible habit to have, especially when you're a senior and you want to graduate. Like there is deadlines you know and I am not good with it. I’m that student that waits to the day before to probably start my work. I mean it could be worse too, but still. I don't wanna be that student that at the ends cries of how stressed they are. I mean I could be that student too, but I choose not to be. I choose to be smart about these upcoming opportunities. I need to go back to my goals and actually accomplish them. I feel like the weather today, lazy. I need to shake it off. Plus my classes are not bad. I think my favorite class is history. Yes I know that many don't like history because it is boring. But I love it I love knowing why things are the way they are. I love the inventions people came up with that changed how we live now. It is pretty cool to learn of why things are how they are now. I’m totally changing subjects right now, but anyways. I have set today that I will for sure graduate, I will get back on pace and I will be the student I know I could be. I need to get my priorities straight again. I will, I know I can.
Journal #1 Senior Year In Progress My senior year so far is going pretty good actually. It is nothing as how I had expected it to be. I had expect it to be hard and very hectic and just nerve racking. However, it is nothing like that. I feel happy and excited for this year. I have a positive attitude and I know what I have to accomplish and soon enough I know I will succeed in that and in more. This year I also am planning on being in clubs such as: Spanish Honors, Key Club, and I might even start a club of my own. Also adding to that I want to be a tutor for Starz at Lincoln. This will help me and make me more involved. Involving myself in sports as well like softball and tennis. This year I just wanna be different, not being the student the came into LHS as a freshman but as a grown up student graduating high school. Coming into senior year I am on pace and ready to still keep my ongoing pace to further my education. This year I like my schedule this year. I got all the classes I wanted and need in order to graduate. I am pleased with my classes like: government, Ap spanish lit, publications, chemistry, careers in ed 2,english, and integrated math 3. I know that some classes such as math and chemistry will be challenging for me because I struggle in math and science. However I have set on my mind that I will pass and keep my pace with the teacher or even ahead. Falling behind isn't an option. There is some things though that I should've finished before senior year started and well I did not know of. By next week I should be finished with my Job Shadow. I actually haven’t done much because I did not know of what we had to do, now that I know though I will try my best to finish it soon. I need to redesign and start working on my Senior Website. Currently now I am writing my journal for my senior project. Something that excites me for my senior project is mainly the whole concept of it. I love how this project just shows one how much they’ve grown in these four years of high school. I want to see how my project will end up looking. Lastly, some goals I have set for this year are to stay on pace, focus, try to get level four assignments, join clubs, and get involved. My goal this year is to make the most of every opportunity. Learning and teaching is what I want to do. Being able to just keep focus in what I have to accomplish is very important to me. Making the most of my senior year very memorable and impacting, is another goal of mine. I realize being a Senior in high school is a big step closer to adulthood. It has me excited yet also aware that I am the example of those young students. This helping students know exactly how they should act and be when it comes to being in school.