Freshman Comparison

Freshman year vs Senior year are different but are kind of the same in a way. Although, they both take place in high school they are totally different years. Everything is different from freshman year to senior year, you change as a person and learn many things.

Personal growth is inevitable for a teenager going through high school. As much as my freshman year self didn’t want to admit it, I knew walking into the doors freshman year that my life, and myself, were going to be different when I left Lowell High School. Throughout my high school career I watched myself change, becoming more confident in myself and more curious about the world around me, but unable to pinpoint why that change was happening. I still had the same friends, did the same sports, and had the same hobbies as I had all throughout high school. After some deep reflection, I realized that I didn’t just wake up one day, suddenly more grown up and mature. It happened slowly throughout my junior year. And why it happened? Junior year

After my freshman year, the drama would get to me so easily. I began to take things personally while others would just let it go. At times, I would go to my room and call my mom. My mom would pick up the phone and ask me what happened. It must be very hard for parents to hear or see their child cry. I would cry and cry for hours. I wanted to leave. I wanted to go back to my old school. I wanted my old friends back. That’s when I wanted to become more

I have not always been myself; the person I am today is very different than who I used to be. I have seen myself sprout and bloom into a confident, young woman in a matter of three years. I remember arriving at my high school during freshman year a nervous wreck; I had very few friends despite being in the same school system my entire educational career. The previous year had left a stale taste in my mouth, and I longed for a fresh start. I remember walking through the wide hallways with countless bodies bustling around me. Seeing all those different people made me think. Who was I exactly?

Although almost everyone was or will be a Freshmen they are very misunderstood and stereotyped. Many people portray Freshmen to be small. When people often think of Freshmen they picture them as running everywhere. They are portrayed as Immature the majority of the time. People like to portray them as being loud all as well. The biggest misconception is they are rude. They are portrayed this way because there was a time freshmen were small, Immature and would run everywhere but as time went on Freshmen became less Immature, calmed down as stopped running everywhere and not everyone stayed small. Freshmen should stopped being portrayed in such negative ways and they should be looked at as just fellow students.

Sophomore and junior year basically felt like two years in one. Just like freshman year, I was the new kid on the block. My dad got sole custody of my brother and I and drove through several states just to get us. I was mad at first and I hated Tishomingo, and all I thought about was being able to move back in with my mom after sophomore year was up. But by the time second semester came around, I was able to make friends who I thought understood me, and I no longer wanted to move. Eventually the year was over and it was Junior year in the blink-of-an-eye. Junior year was my best high school year which included me joining band for the first time, dating the love of my life, and finding out who my true friends were.

Since my first day of high school, I have developed into a more responsible and mature person as well as open minded and understanding. Going into high school, I was pretty mature for my age compared to my peers but I was also pretty ignorant about my surroundings and certain situations I would find myself being in. I would even cave in and do things that I wasn't particularly fond of or interested in. Looking back at my past few years, I have gained a lot of experience interacting with people, learned things about myself, and have an insight of what the “real world” is like. I learned how to be my own leader, to be even more independent, and to stand up for myself & not be shut down or ignored. I have overcome different forms of adversity

A clean slate, independence, myriad of critical decisions, and a shower of responsibility are what college has to offer you. In “Your First Year of College: 25 Strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond,” Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. describes some crucial tips to help a freshman succeed in college. He explains “The first few weeks on campus are extremely critical for all new students”(Hansen). It is a crucial to go to all orientations to get to know the campus and professors. The author explains it is also good to get to know the people in each class or even in the dorms, if you chose to live in them, in case you miss a class and need help or the assignment. Most freshmen must also learn to cope with feeling

I have changed in two important ways since I was a freshman. The ways I have changed is by becoming more mature and not caring about other’s opinions. These changes have put me in the right mindset and has made me a better person.

Who am I exactly? I find myself asking myself this question more and more often. This is my second year here at Grossmont College, and I find myself still undecided on my major or what I want to achieve for the rest of my life. I’d like to think that at 19 – despite the young age – that I have experienced and witnessed a lot in my life that has shaped me into the person I am. With the experience I have under my belt, my social concept, social comparisons, reflected appraisals and self esteem has all been affected. The person that I have become today is all dependent on my past and how I perceive the experience. Even though I might still be unsure of exactly who I am or who I will be, the experiences of my past have become the basis of my personality.

My freshman year at Turlock was difficult. I had to become accustomed to taking advanced classes where I knew no one from my middle school(and still don’t) and balnace them with keeping up with my frinds. hOwever, I ended up losing mos of my frinds by December. I was sad and stresssed, I did not kow who my friends were anymore. I began to lose my social identity without my frinds. So, I made a new frineds in my classes. They did not tease me for my name. I began to stop biting my nails; and I began to accept my

During my freshmen and sophomore years of high school I began to become frightened, high school was much tougher than middle school, the competition was troublesome, and certainly building new friendships had no time on my calendar. I didn’t fit in the teen society, and so I grew up to believe that I had excluded myself from that society and decided that my thoughts, intentions, circumstances, even goals were different from theirs.

Thinking back of my sophomore year, there are many factors that have made me change throughout the year that have impacted me on who I will be this school year. During the summer going into my sophomore year I had gotten knee surgery and was unable to attend the first three and a half weeks of school. As soon as I had returned, I had already been behind by a lot. I had felt frustrated not only in school but with my sport. For the first few months I spent a majority of my time trying to catch up with my work and getting the extra help I needed. Before i've always been someone who was shy to ask questions during class and because of this experience i've learned to ask for the extra help. My after school life played a big role as well, I was told I could not play soccer until nine months after my surgery in which made me very inactive. This caused me to be unmotivated because this was a huge step back in my life in regards of my sport.

How i changed in high school was little help and time but time will tell the rest of my high school years.

My personality has significantly changed over time from the time I was a teenager till now that I’m an adult. Age has significantly contributed to how I view things, how I react to issues, and how I interact with other people. Some of the factors that have contributed to changes in my personality include entering into committed relationships and advancement in my careers. I have developed increase in positive traits like conscientiousness and a decrease in traits that are considered negative, such as neuroticism. Compared to the time I was a teenager, I have significantly become more responsible, more agreeable, and more emotionally stable. I remember I used to fight a lot when I was a teenager but as I grow into adulthood, I have learnt how to handle issues and control myself as well. In essence, my personality has significantly improved. When I was a teenager, I used to be irresponsible, unsociable, and shy. However, I have since become friendly, responsible, and outgoing. This has made me live a happier life compared to the life I was living before. Living a happy life has improved my personality in the sense that it has made me become more conscientious, more emotionally stable, and more agreeable. My pattern of feeling, thinking, and behaving has since become consistent over time and in different situations.