My Journey Through High School Essay

My life flipped for the better once I left the 8th grade, it was finally summer time and I was ready for it. But deep down I knew once summer was over high school here I come. I won't even lie, I was terrified to start as a freshman in high school. All of the rumors that I heard with baby freshman day, and all the stuff they do to freshmens on the first day of school. To be honest I was really nervous, instead of a couple butterflies in my stomach I had the whole family flying around. But once the first day of high school came up all those rumors that everyone was telling me was actually a lie. High school wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. As my freshman year went on a lot of doors opened up for me, there were sports, clubs, new people to me, everything you could possible think of. I didn't really get into sports as much as all of my friends, I was more into video games and playing outside in the woods just adventuring finding old vintage things and old buildings and all of the beautiful views. My freshman year wasn't really too special, I was too busy figuring out what everything was and where everything was located at. Then my sophomore year came along this is where I started to get the foundation of high school and blend in. everything kinda went downhill I made good grades don't get wrong, it's just I never showed up which I regret miserably. Once I got to my junior year everything is still constantly changing, a lot more people know of me. I was never

It is easy to get lost when you don’t know where you are from the beginning. Last year, my freshman year, I thought high school would be easy for me just like middle school, but by the end of the year, I discovered that I was wrong. The combination of my public middle school not preparing me and not putting in the academic effort ended up turning into a recipe for becoming lost. This combination meant for me that I no longer cared about school and when I did it was at four in the morning, the due date of the assignment, not doing my best work or something even close to mediocre.

We start off thinking about our futures very early on as children we are taught since day one of kindergarten to graduate high school, go to college, get an education, and then work for the next 50 years until you retire. We start to develop our thoughts on what our career is going to be , our dream schools, who we are as individuals, we grow up watching our parents, relatives and neighbors living the path they chose. Watching the adults around us helped developed our minds and gave us an idea of what we can do. My father is a sheet metal worker for a big company and my mother was a travel agent both never got a college education, my neighbor graduated from the University of Santa Barbra, my kindergarten teacher got her associates degree

Attending high school, just like attendign college is about finding oneself, working hard, introducing challenging ideas and solutions, making friends, and altogether growing up. Receiving education from an urban highschool could make the continuation of education a difficult task due to over crowding in the classrooms or lack of funding for materials. Another problem that seems to be in place is what is thoguht about when hearing urban schools. Many think about one extreme or another: a student comes from a wealthy family or a student comes from a poor family, espeically when comparing public and private institutions. While monetary funds do play a role in the college process, that is not the only defining factor.

Losing friends, meeting new people, first job, first car, boyfriend, getting my license. Throughout the last four years of high school I’ve experienced a lot of new things and learned a lot on the way. I remember walking into school on the first day of freshman year; I was thinking that these are going to be a very long couple of years. I was wrong; these past four years have gone by so fast, so I guess my dad was right when he said they’d fly by.

It was October of last year, my first scheduled debate ever. My cool laid back bravado was officially terminated in that moment as my stomach turned. “A kid with nerves of steel was now overwhelmed?”, I asked myself. As I stared at the face of my first debate judge, a great deal of nerves stampeded through my body. There were two debaters to the left of me ready to make their school proud. My body was in complete shock because I had to compete against complete strangers. The judge was also a debate coach from another school. I began to think,“what if the judge shows bias against my team” and “what if the other team has a better speaker than me?”. All of these things took place as I stood in a room about to do what I said I’d never do in my highschool career.

It all started freshman year, I’m so excited for high school I thought to myself, I’m going to do so well. I walked into those doors on top of the world. Nothing could bring me down I thought, I was in high school now. Being in high school makes you invincible right? No, that’s wrong being in high school is like walking on broken glass, with each step you bleed more and more until you can’t keep walking. High school breaks you down until you have two choices, stay broken or rise up.

The public school that I got switched to was called Van Gogh Elementary School located in Granada Hills. My old school wasn't in the area so I didn't know a single person at the school. I remember walking into class and the whole class was staring at me. My face turned as red as a tomato from the shyness. I didn't think I was going to make any new friends until after a month of school starting. I tried very hard to make friends but I was to shy to talk to people I didn't know. This experience caused me to be different than who I was back

When entering high school, every student knows they need to find their niche. At the very beginning of my freshman year I decided to go out for drama club by auditioning for the fall play. My brother had just been the lead in the fall play the past year and suggested that I should try out for drama. I decided to give drama club a shot and little did I know where that would lead me.

At first, I entered high school not expecting much. During my first year, I would go from home to class and from class back home. I remember I was not involved in any clubs and was painfully shy.

Four years of high school is a long time. It is the beginning of a student's future. A student can blow off their high school years or take advantage of them. A student that blows them off could potentially deprive themselves of the necessities to be successful in college and later, the real world. A student that takes advantage of their high school years can begin building on their foundation for the future. Did I accomplish everything I wanted to do in high school? What are my plans after high school? I accomplished everything I wanted to do in high school and I have a plan for my future.

High school is a crucial period for all adolescences, it’s a time where teenagers are approaching young adulthood, their learning new skills rapidly, and making important decisions (Blakemore, 2011). For this reason, it is highly imperative for high school students to have positive influences in their lives, especially in their educational setting. In high school, educators play an important role in their student’s lives because they have the opportunity to have a stronger impact on their future and their goals. In addition, they also have the opportunity to, inspire them to learn and try new things, teach them how to make sound decisions, and encourage them to collaborate with their peers (Bellanca & Brandt, 2010).

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.

Born and raised in North Carolina, you pick up quite a few things along the way, especially if you moved around a lot in your own hometown. Since I did move around a lot, you can only guess what happens in that process, I attended many different schools around that time of my life. Luckily, we’ve settled in to our dream house and are living life to the fullest.

“Make every day count and never forget how precious life is”, my mother would always say to me. Growing up I would always remember her quoting this, however I did not truly appreciate the quote as I should have until I matured. Just like most children, I enjoyed my childhood and grew up surrounded by friends. Each day similar to the one before. I attended elementary and high school at Hatton, home of the mighty blue Hatton Hornets. This school was moderately undersized, so therefore I knew everyone, which leads me to my senior year in high school. The high school where you can still hear the boisterous laughter and feel your stomach tightening, while tears roll down your cheek from enjoying the actions nearby. My Senior year was bursting with opportunities, these events truly exposed how valuable our experiences throughout life are, especially time with loved ones.