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The Importance Of Looking Back To High School

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Some of us look forward to high school, while some of us dread it. High school has been a enjoyable but stressful three years for me. Things would have been much different if I knew what I know today. Yes, it’s true what your parents say - you live and you learn- but high school only comes around one time and each year carries on to the next. Being a three graduate at Carl Sandburg, I’ve had to deal with four years worth of knowledge into three years. It’s stressful but graduating early has helped me mature way faster than others around me.

Freshmen year has definitely taught me the most. Personally at the beginning of the year, I told myself I would try my hardest and therefore signed up for academically challenging courses like honors …show more content…

Organization helps you find things easier and faster and therefore won’t make you lazy or procrastinate. I know high school students still want to have a social life and go out and have fun, but if you procrastinate this affects your schedule later on. Procrastination causes unnecessary levels of stress. The project or essay will not be as good as it would have been if you had worked on it over the course of a few days instead of one one night. Procrastination definitely is a disease. You carry it with you for the rest of your high school education and also beyond high school. Learning to organize your time and your resources, decreases your stress level and helps you maintain a social life at the same …show more content…

Yes, I said get involved! High school is not all about sleeping and wearing sweatpants. Getting involved with a sport or club during freshmen year helps you progress into higher status on the team. Being involved early on, you meet requirements for opportunities early like being able to join NHS your junior year. Being on teams or in clubs, helps you meet new people with the same goals and ambitions as you. Having people you can relate to makes high school much funner and helps it pass by smoother because seeing people around you with the same goals and ambitions, you gain more motivation and inspiration to keep trying your best. According to Mira Azar, a Carl Sandburg high school freshmen “I really wish I joined clubs early on during the year, it’s too late to join now and I’m not eligible for NHS which requires two co-curriculars to be considered for induction. It also would’ve helped me new

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