What I Learned In Honors Class

I am capable of being in honors because of my grades. This two quarters my English grade has been 95, which not only shows my ability of keeping up with work and doing and excellent job on it, but also my desire and willingness for learning more each day. I know that

How I changed from this semester to the end of the semester is that I am not turning in late work anymore because I have learned my lesson with all my teachers. I used to turn in a lot of late work and they would not count it as a grade.

I have excelled at every subject, achieving various honors throughout my years at Bellefonte. I have challenged myself greatly by taking various engineering classes at the high school, so that I can see what is to come in my future. These courses are designed to push students outside of the normal classroom routine, making me focus on real world applications of the material. In these courses, and all of my schoolwork I strive for perfection, pushing myself to my limits to achieve it. When faced with challenges I strive to overcome them in any means necessary. I strive to have challenges in my schoolwork, so that I can push myself to solve them. I do not back away from any challenge, rather I seek for them to show myself, and others what is

I can’t lie I used to be just good grades and always telling myself ‘’I can’t do this or that’’. However, I started to do more extracurricular activities and found that I could do much more if I put my mind to it. Now I am a honor student that

While I have learned the importance of hard work, I have also been taught the importance of taking care of my academics also. Throughout my school career, I have been enrolled in many of the honors

in high school some challenges did approach me, I did not let myself down and I was determined

It dictates your actions and affects the choices you make. Because of the feeling of pride I get, I turned school into a competition for myself among my cousins. Having 3 cousins the same age as I am, I’ve grown accustomed to hearing how they have done in their regular, non-rigorous classes and the praise that is lavished upon them for said classes. Originally, it aggravated me knowing that I did better than them in an advanced version of their class and yet, they were the only ones ever to be talked about, but, by turning it into a competition in my head, I became ok with that because I realized that by challenging myself now it will build my skills for college and help make the transition easier and the workload more manageable. That’s why I chose to take AP Language & Composition, because it takes me from what I know I can achieve into what I should achieve and the pride you get when you accomplish

"Strive not to be of success but to be of value" were the inspirational words spoken by the prodigious Albert Einstein. From my acknowledgement of this phrase, it has always been the driving force for life, for when I aspire, I aspire to add value not only to my life but to those I come in contact with. As a child, my parents always ensured I had a Christian foundation and excelled both academically and socially. On the academic aspect of my life, I was constantly highlighted for my various achievements such as the highest BJC 's and BGCSE 's results for my senior high school, Senior Class President, Head Girl and the Class of 2015 's Valedictorian. Socially, I was impelled to join extracurricular activities such as Junior Achievement, 12th Bahamas Scout Group and Revere Dance Ensemble. Here, I was able to exercise my business management skills, survival skills and my dancing skills. As a result of the diverse interactions I have experienced, I could truly say it has formed me into the person I am today. Each activity and achievement has played a vital role in my life because I am able to understand and overcome diversity and this has resulted in my humbling spirit.

Through your high school years you are judged on every test, every homework assignment and every group discussion. After the hard working student who received their senior year their GPA and find that because of their ranking they can not go to the school of their dreams because they failed to achieve the top ten percent of their class, that makes their work in school worth anything. However ranking is rather antiquated, it is just a number. Class rank doesn't always take into consideration the type of class, the type of effort that the student put into their class work and the extra intangibles that help make up that student.

I knew which people and activities I could handle and which ones would tie my stomach in a knot. Whether it was speaking in front of the class in fifth grade, or sleeping over at a new friend’s house, I had the hardest time convincing myself to do it. After various times of stepping out of this comfort zone, I realized that these are the best chances to feel a sense of accomplishment. Over the past few years, I really worked on branching out. The more activities I became involved in, people I became friends with, and new places I explored, the more I was willing to do. Most importantly, this motivated me to explore more difficult courses in school. After realizing that an AP course wasn’t going to kill me, I would choose those over honors classes every chance I got. By taking on these challenges, my study skills, time management, and confidence in taking risks were all impacted in a way that has changed a lot about myself to this

Some skills that I learned in PD #1 was to speak out loud more and to step out my comfort zone. I hate public speaking because im super insecure about my voice and im afraid that people will misunderstand what I say and take it the wrong way. It happens to me often. But I learned that no one really cares as long as you voice your opinion right and say the things you want to say. You do what you have to do to take care of your responsibilities. Another skill I learned in PD#1 was to ask questions without having to be questioned about your question. In the drawing activity, I was able to clearly describe my drawing to my partner without having her messing up. It shows that I was able to talk out loud and that I should talk more slowly without

Ever since elementary school my grades and work ethic have been extremely important to me. I’ve always wanted to be the best at anything I did. In high school these characteristics that I had the opportunity to obtain in grade school have helped me push my education and determination further. From my freshman year until now I moved up four places in my class rank. I went from eighteenth to fourteenth. This effort wouldn't have

I also received a couple of honor certificates in different subjects and this made me think to myself, “maybe I’m not so bad after all” It was such a big deal to me, because some of my friends and teachers had told me that they didn’t really see any potential in me, and always compared me to my siblings. I proved them all wrong, and also made myself proud.

Ever since I was young, I have always worked hard to get what I want. The hard work that I have put in, has helped me in the classroom and in life. I have set high goals for my education throughout high school and want to carry these goals into college. With my work ethic and determination, I know I will be able to attain my goals.

I have had to learn the hard way that sometimes you are not immediately the best at a new skill or activity. This has been a very formative and constructive experience for me as I have had to learn the meaning of hard work for the sake of personal betterment, a skill that I believe is lacking in many young people today. I was not always the best student, best athlete, or best at a given activity; however, you could be guaranteed that I would be the hardest working. I have no doubt that challenging moments will arise in which I might momentarily doubt my abilities, but I trust in my fortitude and persistence that I will work to get better and be better for the sake of myself and my students.