Essay On Sophomore Year

Although the first year of high school is a big transition, it’s crucial in determining the remaining years of high school because, First, having good grades will determine whether or not you get accepted the university you want and there are more opportunities for scholarships. Second, joining a club in high school will give you an insight in leadership and teamwork. Third, Slacking of your freshman year in high school is a bad thing to do because it will affect your senior year and all the classes you missed or failed, you will have to retake all of them. Lastly, all of these factors all come into play your senior year they can either help you or make your high school years miserable. First, having good grades in your freshman year will open up the doors to more opportunities coming your way. My freshman year wasn't the best I got D's and C's and almost failed two classes. Laziness played a big factor in why I got bad grades I was lazy to do homework and any projects. I had some advice from my cousin’s they would always tell me not to mess up freshman year, but, I ignored them and you start to pay for it senior year by retaking all those classes you failed. To get better grades I set up a planner and wrote down due dates and set up a time organizer at home and this helped me better organize my time to do the work. My advice to all new freshmen is to set up a work schedule for your work it will better your studying habits and make you aware of due dates and the time you

My Junior Year of high school just recently started. I have learned so many different things while attending high school, and still have over a year to learn even more. As Matthew Kelly said, “whether you are sixteen or sixty, the rest of your life is ahead of you. You cannot change one moment of your past, but you can change your whole future.” This means while I have done a lot in my past, I cannot change anything that has already happened, but I am able to change my future. One of the most important things that I am involved in right now is school. My first two years at CBHS were good, and I made decent grades. Some of the grades that I made I am not very happy with now but I cannot change that so I need to focus on my grades right now because those are the ones I can change.

It was the last last few days of summer before I started my Sophomore year of high school. My freshman year I applied and ran to be Sophomore class president, and I won. Before the start of school SGA (Student Government Association) had the responsibility to welcome and show new students around the school. While showing and bonding with new students I meet two new sophomores students named Ethan and Olivia. Ethan was a very attractive young man who was six feet and had nice dark hair, that was swooped to the right. Olivia on the other hand was a very short and pale girl who had orange hair that was very thin. Olivia and I both found Ethan to be attractive, Olivia made it known to me that she liked Ethan. It was the first day of school and

Sophomore year was extremely difficult for me. You know how most people go through a rough patch at some point in their life? Well, that was me all of Sophomore year, everything just seemed too big and scary to deal with, and so I basically put everything off. The guidance counselors always use to say when we were going into high school that we would need to stay on top of things before they started to pile up. I just thought that they were just being dramatic to try and scare us into doing our work, but they really weren’t. By the time I realized this, however, it was a little too late, and I was faced with two options; attend summer school to regain the credit that I had lost, or face my peers when school started up again and be two credits

Growing up in a stable household with two loving parents, I’ve been privileged to devote much of my time to pursuing good grades. Excelling in middle school classes, combined with my glasses and braces, left me open to ridicule.

It's impossible to think about things that have significantly impacted my life without considering my mother's diagnosis with cancer. It has changed the way I approach nearly everything in my life, and has led to other significant experiences. She was diagnosed the beginning of my Sophomore year, so I've had to balance home and school obligations nearly my entire high school career. I had to take responsibility and start acting more maturely, whether I wanted to or not. My mother suddenly couldn't do many things she used to be able to do, and as my father travels every week I had to step up and fill the void. Through doing this, I've become a lot more independent, and gained better clarity into my priorities and what I want out of my life.

I made a decision at fifteen most teenagers do not have to make until their senior year of high school. I decided to venture on my own in order to better my future. Sophomore year, I started attending a residential high school for top performing students in the state of Louisiana. Over the past three years, I lived alone while my parents have traveled all over the continental United States therefore learning how to take care of myself at a young age. Additionally, in a diverse learning community such as the Louisiana School of Math, Science, and the Arts (LSMSA), I was able to learn how to work and live with students whose minds function differently than mine.

Sophomore year. Worst year of my life. I’m not even going to surecoat it. It was terrible. The only thing that was going good for me was school. I excel or CAN. My mom was getting bad again. I had to juggle cheer, dance, school, my mom, and my baby sister all at once. I was stressed to the max. I got through it surprisingly. On the brink. It was hell. One person, out of the entire world helped me through everything. My boyfriend. He, I would consider my “real” boyfriend. He helped me through a lot. He helped me through bad times and made the good times better. As sophomore year ended, my mom had the worse news to me i could ever imagine. She told me that she has throat cancer. It screwed everything up for me, even my boyfriend, couldn’t

College decisions and career options are one tough topic to comprehend, but with the right help, students will succeed with their future. No matter the situation, both decisions would change a student's life in some way shape or form by giving them opportunities of life and decision. The fact of knowing that I, myself has to make this decision of choosing between college or starting out in the career field after high school makes it crazy to

As the college application process is looming. I am anxiously waiting for my first SAT’s scores to come in, and I am undecided what I want to pursue. I know that I would like to be successful, but what defines success? How am I supposed to know what I want to do for the rest of my life when I’m only 16? Asking these questions makes my mind spin in circles. I need to make a decision fast because my future depends on it. My parents want me to be a well off and have a stable job so they proposed me to become a doctor, but I am not sure if I want to live life as a doctor. Choosing a career is difficult when there is a lot to choose from. Being at square one, guidance counselors and other friend

High School was boring! High School was dreadful! The ring of the alarm clock at 6:00 am in the morning was miserable. I wanted to get out as soon as possible because no one understands how hard my life was. When the teacher assigned too much homework for the night, my classmates and I let out huge “awwwgghh” sounds. Then comes the excuses, stories, and busy schedules of students. Upon graduating, I thought, “Yes, I am finally out of this black hole!” However, thinking that high school and college are the same, affected me greatly and made me stumble on my path. In today’s modern

School and academics always came easy to me when I was growing up. I never found that I needed to study much for tests, or worry about homework, because I was really good at memorizing notes. I’m sure you can imagine that as a freshman in High School I received my first real rude awakening. I started to fall behind in classes, barely passing tests, I would "forget" to do my homework, and school became agonizing for me. I learned that the bare minimum led to barely passing. By my sophomore year I decided to clean up my act. I began making social sacrifices so that I could apply my all to my academics. Sophomore year I chose a new social group to be a part of, I put a renewed emphasis on my grades and scholastic achievements, as well as chose

been. I worked tenaciously and pedantically to maintain A's and B’s, but that is better than my

My first year of high school was filled with adventures and difficulties throughout the years. Comparing to my other years, I took challenges, such as taking on sports while finding the time for my school works and achieving my goals. However, I was able to find the way and fight through my freshman year.

High school and university are another part in everyone lives. High school, there is the first thing to meet inevitably. In high school, someone may be happy about being a celebrity in the school, being a star in the sport, being a hot girl and a hot boy or being kind person. But someone isn't happy about being weak, being bullied, being unbearable, get many perspectives on many things different from friends about idea or gets insulted about financial status of family by friends. And all of above, may be a little story to meet in high school for someone but someone may think be big story of your life. But real, the social in high school is a little story of your life. If compare with university because the social in university bigger than high school. For