Here I am, a senior. After four years of high school I have learned a lot of lessons. Some were good and valuable, the type I got when I actually went to class. I have also learned others just from growing up and being around other teenagers.
I started senior year with a 1.5 GPA, which is not even close to what I am capable of. The last three years I fooled around and cut lots of classes. Now, I can easily say that it is the only thing in life that I regret. Next year I will watch most of my friends go to college while I lost that chance. This does not mean that I am giving up on my dreams, but when I started high school, my goal was to get great grades and go to a competitive college. Now I'm hoping to go to a community college so I can improve my grades to reach this goal. This year, I pretty much have an A average in my classes, which just goes to show that when I apply myself, I can do amazingly well.
At first I blamed the people around me for my bad experiences, but I've learned that it's my fault when bad things happen. In the last three years I realized that I am the only one in control of myself. While making my teachers and my peers the excuse for not wanting to go to class, I developed a huge lying problem. I found myself making excuses for cutting, hoping that others would believe me; the only person who really believed me was me.
If I could start over, I would in a heartbeat, but I can't, so instead of beating myself up, I try talking to younger teenagers about the importance of doing well in school by explaining the situation I got myself into.
Community college looks like a great opportunity. I am looking forward to taking many credits and receiving good grades. Some say going there means staying home and not having the thrill of being away at college, but I see community college as a year to turn my life around. It's my ticket out of here to wherever I want to go. I have another chance to make my future and I've promised myself I won't mess up.
Next year I will apply myself, as I am this year. They say we need to study history so we won't repeat our past; I've studied my personal history, and will avoid my mistakes in the future. I am ready for the next task in life, the only question is, is it ready for me?
© ACADEMIA ARALAR. Estella, Navarra.
Taking good grade at high school is really importan for everybody’s future. Depending on those years you have the chooise to decide which college you will go. So it is important to make an effort and then you can do whatever yo want to do in your life.
ReplyDeleteI cannot understand those who do not care about their grades in high school. Dose he really need four year to undersatand it? In addition, if you are not good at studying, you can alway take other chooises before high school . Loosing a year dose not seem a good idea for me and neither do for other people.
I totally agree with Estibaliz, i cannot understand those who don´t care about their studies. In my opinion it isn´t as difficult as it seems to be if you are organize. College and high school will decide your future, so I think that making a bit of effort this years and then doing whatever you want is worth. Like Estibaliz says, if you are bad, you have other choices, and loosing a year because you don´t want to study it has not sense and more if it is in the obligatories years.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Estibaliz and Irache, I can´t understand how people can waste their time. I think it is worth to endeavor some years because there are the most important ones. However, I understand that sometimes it is difficult to deal with the studies and it is easier to give up. Maybe that is lack of maturity. I think that for thoose pople who don´t want to study listening the stories of people with experiences like the writers one is a nice idea.
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