The Importance Of My Freshman Year In High School

Junior year. My junior year I realized things about myself that I hadn’t previously known. Things I’ve never done before and things people thought I couldn’t do. Situations I thought I wouldn’t be in and there I was. Junior year, I did it.

Junior year; considered the most difficult year of high school. Junior year wants to make senior year as relaxing and stress free as possible. Part of this preparation: community service and then writing a paper and making a presentation surrounding that service. Kennedy calls this project the integrated service learning (ISLE) project. For my ISLE project, I built houses in New Orleans through Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization. I found that when hurricane Katrina and the Levis broke it left a tremendous amount left in its wake. Since the trip would knock all my service hours out in a week and I became interested in the project I went and worked on houses and learned a great deal culture and poverty

When my freshman year had begun I was nervous. It meant that school was going to be harder. It meant that when I played sports that I was going to have to be with the big kids. I started my freshman football season and I was like there’s no way I’m going to let them treat me like a little punk. They tried to and I talked back and did not do what they said and it made them not like me much. The upper classman liked to pick on the younger people and we went to a football camp. I wasn’t the freshman getting picked on until we went paintballing the next day. One of the seniors kept picking on me and I got tired of it and got mad. Well I was also like 13 or 14 years old and I got so mad I started crying and ended up quitting. I started missing football and went back. We ended up not having many players during the end of the season because of injuries so I had to start for the high school. I was so nervous but I didn’t do a bad job.

I just can’t believe there is only few more days of high school left. As the days are getting closer and closer, it's getting sad. I still remember the day I stepped into Maine East High School as a Freshman, at that time, all I wished for was to graduate from this school with good grades. High school was not the way I imagined, it is way different from what I thought and definitely different from Middle School. Freshman year was the “exploring/adventure” year, finding where each classes were, what activities/clubs were offered at this school and many more. Freshman year went quickly and then Sophomore year came up. Sophomore year was probably the least stressful year in high school but from Sophomore year my family and friends started asking me the scariest question “What are you doing after high school, which career?

Senior year has been a rollercoaster of emotions and events. I got to experience things

Heading from middle school to high school can seem somewhat intimidating to the average teenager. No more will you be in the safety of those peers you grew up with as you head off to the larger high school that allows you to blend in with grades 9th through 12th. Many first time freshman year high school students are filled with mixed emotions on this next chapter in their life. Today I am sharing some tips on how to survive freshman year at high school so that you can help your teenager relax and breeze through the first days of being a high school freshman.

From worrying about essays and biographies so we could graduate the next year was a struggle and at that I still had to worry about passing the english EOC. I couldn't trust anyone then because they was so fake and messy.Only person that I trusted was my girlfriend and my handful of friends that I had at the time and that's because I was shy to meet new people but I started growing out of that when we had a lot of new kids join our school. Junior year flew by so fast I didn't even realize it was already summer. My brother had already graduated and we were getting ready for his graduation party and his birthday party the next day we got out of school. His party was great and all his friends came out and celebrated with

Freshman year I was shy and never really stepped out of my comfort space. I thought I was prepared for high school. I signed up for two honors class thinking that they would be hard but I knew I could figure them out. Reality was quickly thrown into my face.

The concept of not having parents around to police almost every aspect of life may sound superb, but it isn’t all fun and games in college. In the article 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, the author, is a former marketing professor and writes articles such as this one to empower people. “While good grades could have come naturally to you in high school, you will have to earn them in college”(Hansen). This quote is key for the kids who just skated by in high school. For incoming freshman the workload may seem unbearable, but staying organized and focused are vital if you want to succeed in your first year. Feeling overwhelmed and stressed

It's impossible to think about things that have significantly impacted my life without considering my mother's diagnosis with cancer. It has changed the way I approach nearly everything in my life, and has led to other significant experiences. She was diagnosed the beginning of my Sophomore year, so I've had to balance home and school obligations nearly my entire high school career. I had to take responsibility and start acting more maturely, whether I wanted to or not. My mother suddenly couldn't do many things she used to be able to do, and as my father travels every week I had to step up and fill the void. Through doing this, I've become a lot more independent, and gained better clarity into my priorities and what I want out of my life.

The hardest, weirdest, most frustrating year of highschool.. Junior year. Figuring out my life, spending hundreds of dollars on classes to do well on the ACT, the homework and tests, fake people and heartbreak. That year was something else and i’m glad it's over. This is the year when people start getting cocky because they are almost seniors, they think they are all that and popularity overpowers their life, they make bad decisions and stick with it. I’ve learned a lot from being a junior and I know this was the dumbest year I

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.

College is a frightening journey that most young adults will go through, but, will they make it to the closing? To ensure that you will continue through your life as a college student with no trouble, Dr. Hansen founder of Quintessential Careers has made an article of 25 Tips to Help You Survive Your Freshman Year. “one in every four college students leaves before completing their sophomore year — and nearly half of all freshmen will either drop out before obtaining a degree or complete their college education elsewhere.” Dr. Hansen introduced these tips knowing that they would be essential to a student struggling on campus. The tips given will inform any person on how to have a balanced lifestyle between enjoying ones self and education. Not

Freshman year was full of experiences and one key one that stood out that helped me model my life. I was on the wrestling team and one of my friends wanted my weight so I wrestled up to a higher weight class. I went into my match and right off the start we headbutted. I blacked out but was still able to stand so I went back and kept wrestling. I gave it every bit I had but still lost. The thing is there was no one to support me until my senior year where now I have a loving family. Due to that at the time all my matches the only person I could go for confort was myself. I was so disapointed in my self for losing I went to the back and just cried a little bit until a senior came down and talked to me. He told me the only reason I lost was because

Freshman year can be very challenging for every high-schooler. For instance, a student will not be used to the new schedule. According to my sister who’s a graduate from Ravenwood High School and is an intern at Vanderbilt University, well-rounded students should memorize their class schedules. As a result, getting lost would be a thing of the past. Her advice shows that by being organized, freshman year can be more effortless. Not to mention, she added that freshmen sometimes forgot about how essential their G.P.A. is. As a result, my sister explained that students should pay attention to their G.P.A. because it’s extremely important for the rest of high school. By striving for a qualified G.P.A., colleges would be more interested. In addition,