Graduation Speech : An Incoming College Freshmen

I have been going to school since I was four years old and, that means that I have been attending school twenty to twenty two years, including kindergarten, middle school, high school and now college. As every student, I had my ups and downs in school; I had some failures and some successes. One of the failures that affected me the most and that I will always remember was the time that I was in high school during my junior year. I failed almost all my classes and, I only passed two classes and with a C. In the other hand I had some really good success. The most recent one and the one that I am still happy about is getting my Family Development Credential. We learn from our mistakes and also from our successes, these two times in my life

This is the same with my sophomore year. Last year English and Latin were my hardest classes. While I had low C’s in English and Latin, I held a B+ average in all of my other classes. My freshman year I did not really understand how important it was for me to get the upmost best grades I could, so I could get into a good college. Now that I am a junior, I have a better understanding on really how important it is to keep good grades. Already this year I have started off on a better foot; holding an 87% average. The better grades that I get now, the better off I will be for getting into the college that I would like to attend. Some changes that I have already made are: I am starting to make myself study every single night, even though the test might not be in the next few days. Farther into the school year I could make the changes of getting help from my teachers if I start falling behind. Furthermore, the new program at CBHS, MAS, is a mandatory class that is taken 3 times a week to help with my grade in any

I noticed you sent an announcement out about seeing our grade as of Friday in the handout section, but when I try and click on that section there is no link for it. Also, from what I can recall, on the quizzes, and Rocketmix I am not doing well in your class and would like any and all suggestions you have for me. I'm feeling upset with myself as I've been doing well in all of my classes since attending the CSUDH I'm on track to graduate Summa Cum Laude. I have had many struggles in the past with school and getting my first Associates degree and I believe being a first generation college student did not help matter but now 10 years have past since my first degree and I've learned to be a better college student since then and going into

I dance 20 hours a week, and found it very hard to keep up with my school work. Many other students have the same problem with their after school activity. If we didn’t have the option of attending a K12 high school, there would be fewer up and coming athletes in the world. In this essay, I am going to tell you why it is a good idea to have a transfer offer from public high school to online high school. There can also be many issues that teens face in completing their school work on time, and correctly. Some students do not have time to do their work in the best effort and skills that they can do, which brings their grade and self-esteem down in a flash if they do one thing incorrectly. Some students do not have time to do school work at

High school ended, as well as summer. I was on the plane ride back from vacation to start college. I was in the tight and rigid economy section, while my sister, my father’s only princess, was enjoying herself in the luxury of business class. But that wasn’t the issue. I can’t say that I was fueled with excitement starting this new chapter in my life. I mean why would I be, I was on the honor role all of high school, took Ap’s, captain of all sports, manager, president of the student athletic council, I was even an assistant to the principle for large school events, and yet I couldn’t get into the school that I was most interested in, the Grove School of Engineering.

This past Fall was a very difficult time for me both academically and personally. Within a few weeks of starting my freshman year of college at High Point University, I became very homesick. Along with adjusting to a new academic environment, I questioned my major and struggled with my new classes. I quickly learned that I needed to work even harder to succeed in my classes. I utilized all the resources that were given to me: I met with my professors during office hours, started study groups, requested tutors and met with academic advisors.

I started off the year very eager and dedicated to studying. Frankly, I was terrified of the idea that college was going to be too difficult for me to handle and that I was not intelligent enough to succeed. That fear was a huge incentive to maximize my studying. However, as the first semester progressed, I realized that I am capable of being successful in college and my grades were satisfactory. This led to me somewhat slacking off at the end of the semester. My grades still ended up fine, but I definitely could have worked a little harder toward the ends of this semester. I will try to be conscious of that next semester and I will improve from

I found out that persistence is the best thing I can do in order to accomplish any academic goal during college. If I really want to accomplish what I want, I will do it. I am starting to understand that there is always difficult times in life, but as soon as they got fixed I need to work on what I was not able to do before, take advantage of the time that I have free and use it as much as I can for academic purposes. In order to be a more strategic learner for this summer semester, that I know that is going to be fast, and the next fall semester I will keep doing this monitoring, by buying a planner and taking notes of what I need to complete every day, and stablish goals for every

Teachers will notice that you are willing to do the best of your ability if you remain focused and it may help by a possibility of extra credit. If you do not remain focused, your grades may begin to decrease. Many people have friends who tend to throw them off during class, but it is your responsibility to distance yourself from them and do what you have to do to focus on your work. Grades are very important. Take it serious while you can. Although freshman year may be the easiest, each year the papers get longer, homework doubles, and teachers start to prepare you for the college level and may apply more pressure. Never blow doing a homework assignment or studying for a test because you are feeling a little overwhelmed. Stay on top and never give

I was expecting junior year to the best, but honestly it was the worst semester. I can honestly say I have no idea how I passed with no fails. I stopped and thank the universe for my recovery because there's no doubt my momma would beat me down to a pulp. I went back to my old habits of not paying attention in class, talking and distracting other and I even started to finish up yesterday's homework in advisory. My mentality was “I’ll bring it up at the end.” This is what I did by the way! Dreams do come true kids. Nevertheless, I slacked off a lot of my classes, I was still involved in extracurricular activities like, volleyball, HOPE, and on the side volunteering. Even with all of these extra activities I wasn’t going to be able to further

Freshman year was an extremely difficult time for me. I was just starting high school and my parents were in the process of getting divorced. The relationship I had was starting to crumble and it broke my heart. I had placed myself into mostly honors and AP classes and I thought I could handle it. It ended up being difficult for me and I ended the year with a 3.5. This isn't terrible, but I always cared so much about my grades that I knew I had let myself down. I promised myself that I would try as hard as I could for the rest of high school, and I kept my word. After my freshman year I went on to get straight A's, and I went from being in the top 20 percent of my

When I saw my grade online the next day, I wasn't too surprised; I made a 64. Seeing this made me realize that if I was going to reach my goal to become a pathologist, then I needed to put more time into my studies and work harder. I combed the internet for tips on how to study in college and from there I had devised a study plan. To ensure that I made an A on my next midterm, I read and took notes of each chapter of the textbook and each lecture prior to class, had gone to the tutoring sessions available for the class, visited my professor during his office hours, and had studied days in advance. By the time the next

College has been a completely different experience than high school for me in a number of different ways. One being I have actually gone to a couple of classes. In high school I rarely went to classes and got by with a little over a C average making college something I didn’t think I would do. By the grace of God, I was luckily enough to get into this wonderful school and that attitude had to change! Since the beginning of the semester I have learned there just sometimes I will miss class because of the workload but the key is to prioritize and know witch classes to miss. It has been really good for me to know that in college, especially at this school, I can’t just skate by doing as little work as possible. I have to apply myself to my work

High school is supposed to be the place where you have fun and a time in your life you’re supposed to enjoy. Movies often trick you into believing that high school is an amazing time in your life and there is nothing but parties and fun. In Bring it on, they portrayed the fun and exciting part of high school cheer-leading, however they intentionally leave out the tough times high school students’ face in school and in their practices. In other popular movies, such as High School Musical the students have no pressures other than the next basketball game. In reality, this doesn 't happen. The constant pressure is affected by the grade level you are in. In high school, students can be classified based on the pressures that are faced in each grade level into the categories of freshman, sophomores/juniors, and seniors. I am here to help you make your high school experience less stressful.

Hello, we would like to welcome and thank all of you for being here with us tonight to celebrate our high school graduation . It truly is an honor to be surrounded by so many significant people who have impacted our lives immensely throughout our highschool years. We would like to thank the wonderful people here tonight that we have the privilege to call our parents. Whether you are a mother a father, grandma or grandpa, or an aunt or an uncle; we are here, graduating today because of all of you.