Mendocino: My Freshman Year Of High School

Students who are becoming freshmen often ask “what’s it like to be in high school?” High school is not what you think. Freshmen don’t get pushed in lockers, there's not that one popular girl who shoves other students books out of their hands, and the cafeteria is not the most embarrassing place to be. High school is not an amicable. If you really think high school is a amicable place where students smile at each other, think again. Here is some advice from my high school experience.

North Campus is a unique part of UMass Lowell because of the different paths students can take to go to class. The most popular reason for this is because of the tunnels that take students underneath the streets to get to certain halls. It is a clever idea that construction crews built the tunnels for students to get around. On the other hand, I believe it is only useful for students to stay warm and dry when there is inclement weather outdoors. Sometimes, I find it more useful traveling around North Campus on the streets than through the tunnels.

Let’s start with my freshman year of high school, I don’t have any real cliché story of me coming from a new town or state, I was just moving up a grade level. My

“Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.” Throughout my four years at Sartell High School, I have tried to do what I can to help others and inspire others to be better people and do great things. I have worked to do this through many aspects of my school life, whether it is through Student Council, on the soccer field, or in the classroom. I have also taken the time to mentor a student in Sartell Middle School through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, and it not only made an impact on his life, but it also changed mine for the better. My experience as a mentor at Sartell Middle School has been long and enjoyable, and I believe that it has allowed me to grow into the person I am today.

This is my first semester at Mesa College. I am currently a Political Science major. The term that would best describe my current situation would be “non-traditional” student. I graduated from high school in 2006. Since then I have gotten married, travelled the world, and had two children. While in high school I excelled and took part in many academic extra-curricular activities. In the past ten years I have accumulated work and life experience. Most recently I was able to work as a legal assistant for an immigration firm. Being bilingual was beneficial, as was my interest in law in general. I plan on attending law school in the future which made the job appealing. Although I deferred college for this long it has always been my

Life in paradise is fine; I like the ever-present sun and strong sense of community. Yet for as long as I can remember, I’ve felt restless in Hawaii. I’ve daydreamed of far-away, fairytale kingdoms in kindergarten and chased after passing airplanes during recess. I was beyond excited when I visited my relatives in seventh grade, traveling nearly six thousand miles to their homes in China. Everything in the foreign land fascinated me; my head twisting every which way to marvel at the sizzling street food or the flash of red on a passing student’s uniform. Everyone was buzzing with a frantic energy that contrasted the laid-back lifestyle of Hawaii and I loved the change of pace. I had to learn about a new culture: how to hustle instead of simply

My sophomore year at Buena High School has had a large impact in my life from the sports I’ve played, the people I met, and the knowledge I have gained. This year I played tennis and rode mountain bikes, both of which were for the school. In doing these sports I have met many amazing and talented people that will forever have an impact on my life. Also there is the knowledge that I have gained from my teachers and fellow peers that I will use in the following years to advance my education further.

Im sitting here looking outside my window, at the trees while thinking "What am I going to say for this essay?" As it is my fourth time writing a high school essay, I'm nervous as you may know from the way the opening of this essay sounds. I currently attend William L Dickinson high school, which was never my plan. Last year I was an eighth grader at Academy I thinking that my school name would help me get into a good high school but I was wrong. I've always wanted to go to County Prep High School, but unfortunately last year in April, everything changed. Thats when I got my big rejection letter. I have really bad anxiety so waiting for the letter was a pain. Then finally "We regret to inform you" the five dreaded words that every applicant

Our family had experienced the vacation of our lifetimes this summer. It was our first real vacation. Our excitement mounded over the weeks prior to leaving as we made lists of what to pack and shopped for what we needed. The anticipation was like a high I had not experienced except for graduating high school. What would it look like? Coming from a household of

This world is immense. The current population on this planet totals to seven billion people and yet, I found it hard to believe that there are so many “fishes in the sea.” Growing up as a local, small town boy made me even more oblivious to that fact. Oahu offers paradise, good vibes, and aloha, but it is limited by how small it is. I was craving something more than a rock in the middle of the Pacific ocean, I was in the need of adventure. It was in the summer of 2014 that my misconceptions shrank and my perspectives of the world broadened. A social exchange program offered at my school presented an incredible opportunity, one in which I would meet students from another region, learn their ways of life, and they would do the same thing in return.

The summer of my junior year was a busy but memorable one. I met new people and made memories I will not forget. I stayed busy by going to Sioux Falls for a friend’s surgery, working, and playing sports.

My four years at Cardozo High school have been more negative than positive. Most times of high school I felt like I didn't have people who had my back. I felt like people attacked me for no apparent reason like for an example I have been cussed out, threatened, betrayed, ignored and taken advantage of. Freshman , Sophomore, Junior and Senior year was times that a lot of stuff happened to me that changed my perspective on peopleSo as a result, I didn't really enjoy high school all that much. Every day I attended Cardozo it caused so much stress and changed me in ways that I just don’t want to be bothered with people and not want to trust people anymore.

Being a freshman is the hardest of your four years in high school. Have you ever been pressured to be the best person you can be? This is how my year was as a freshman. Freshman year was the most different I never thought I would of found my way around the school when I first started to go there. Freshman year was the best year throughout my years of high school and it was the only year I had friends. During this year I had a lot of anxieties which dealt with me thinking I’m gonna be alone and not have any friends throughout the year to support me through the whole thing. Also, I would think of the pressure of not doing good in any of my classes so I would think it would affect my GPA in the future. The transition from middle school to high school was a different type of thing to do.

When I started Unity High School I had a certain idea that I was not going to like the school but overall its a great school. My thought on how high school was going to be like was crowded people having a lot of school pride. How i thought to get through my first year in Unity High School was by doing all of my work being kind to others participating in class and following the classroom rules. I still do these thing because i think that they are great to start the school year with potential and not being a bad student. How i would complete my work in the beginning of the school is that when we had an assignment that was due next week i would do it that same day that they gave it to us because i thought that the teachers was going to check the

Take a trip down memory lane with me. The winter break following my first semester of freshmen year at the University of Maryland had begun. I returned to home to my family in New Jersey and within a few minutes I was aware of an unpleasant facet of my life. I had become out-of-shape. My little brother, lacking all inhibition as most children do, giggled and muttered, “You got chubby”. What had occurred? Well simply stated, the Freshman 15 is real. I found this statement to be bolstered by the fact that a few of my friends also reported similar comments from their family members. Moreover, aside from weight gain following these first one or two semesters, there are greater health related issues that permeate through the lives of young adults