Senior year finally arrived the day of August 17, 2015! This is my year to prove to everyone who doubted me and said I wouldn’t make it; that I did make it and I will succeed in anything I do. I am looking forward to completing my senior classes on time to graduate with the class of 2016.
So far my senior year is going great. It seems like I never left school for summer vacation. So everything is the same it’s good though, I haven’t had any problems with anyone or anything. This year I got really good classes. I have intro guitar,economics, english, digital art, chemistry, food/nutrition, and office aid, so I'm happy about that. The classes that I’m most enjoying are intro to guitar, food/nutrition and office aid. the least would be chemistry, because it feels like I'm back to math class.
I’m currently not on pace. Last second semester I didn’t complete intro to food service. That was because the teacher gave us the last 2 mt's to do the last 2 weeks of school. so not many of us finished. most of us like myself had other work to finish from other teachers, so I decided to finish my other classes first. I’ll be meeting with that teacher this week after school on Thursday so I can know what couple assignments I’m missing. but as of this semester of 2015-2016 I am on pace and will plan to stay like that.
My senior year is very important and that is why I must use it efficiently. There are many things I hope to accomplish during my senior year. Graduation is my top priority because if I don’t graduate I feel like my future will be in jeopardy. Clubs and extra activities is what I need to participate in most, because that is very important for college acceptance. So ill be looking out for some. Keeping up my grades and staying on pace are the most important for me. If I do succeed in those 2 my senior year would flow by fast like nothing. As for my future after high school I plan on staying in school. Either college or university, not sure yet. I want to be a registered nurse, with a degree. Preferably bachelors. To achieve that I have to have my diploma with at least a gpa of 2.5, the better the gpa, the more chance you have to get in. Have a good score in the SAT and ACT tests because most nursing degrees require the submission of standardized test scores.
This first journal has been exciting and interesting. For the fact that it seems like I’m writing into my own personal journal. So that's exciting. Writing this made me think about college more, to the point that it’s actually stressing me, it has me worried. The good thing is that this was easier than I thought it would be. I thought it was gonna take me days to finish. what also made it easy for me to write this was that I think about these questions on daily basis, so it wasn’t hard.
So far my senior year is going great. It seems like I never left school for summer vacation. So everything is the same it’s good though, I haven’t had any problems with anyone or anything. This year I got really good classes. I have intro guitar,economics, english, digital art, chemistry, food/nutrition, and office aid, so I'm happy about that. The classes that I’m most enjoying are intro to guitar, food/nutrition and office aid. the least would be chemistry, because it feels like I'm back to math class.
I’m currently not on pace. Last second semester I didn’t complete intro to food service. That was because the teacher gave us the last 2 mt's to do the last 2 weeks of school. so not many of us finished. most of us like myself had other work to finish from other teachers, so I decided to finish my other classes first. I’ll be meeting with that teacher this week after school on Thursday so I can know what couple assignments I’m missing. but as of this semester of 2015-2016 I am on pace and will plan to stay like that.
My senior year is very important and that is why I must use it efficiently. There are many things I hope to accomplish during my senior year. Graduation is my top priority because if I don’t graduate I feel like my future will be in jeopardy. Clubs and extra activities is what I need to participate in most, because that is very important for college acceptance. So ill be looking out for some. Keeping up my grades and staying on pace are the most important for me. If I do succeed in those 2 my senior year would flow by fast like nothing. As for my future after high school I plan on staying in school. Either college or university, not sure yet. I want to be a registered nurse, with a degree. Preferably bachelors. To achieve that I have to have my diploma with at least a gpa of 2.5, the better the gpa, the more chance you have to get in. Have a good score in the SAT and ACT tests because most nursing degrees require the submission of standardized test scores.
This first journal has been exciting and interesting. For the fact that it seems like I’m writing into my own personal journal. So that's exciting. Writing this made me think about college more, to the point that it’s actually stressing me, it has me worried. The good thing is that this was easier than I thought it would be. I thought it was gonna take me days to finish. what also made it easy for me to write this was that I think about these questions on daily basis, so it wasn’t hard.
Journal 2
Since my last journal entry, a lot has changed quite a bit. I've gotten more stressed since then, been keeping me in my toes. I surely been more busy. Senior year everything is changing, from having difficulties in my senior project too already taking steps to prepare for post graduation life and with first semester coming to an end I have a lot I need to accomplish. All of this is overwhelming but also worth it. First semester went by fast and having to do so much before than is stressful. I can only imagine how the end of second semester will be like.
I'm doing okay in my classes so far. In econ, I am off pace by a little bit I just need to do an essay for mt2 eot, but I've been procrastinating a lot about it and as for chemistry too. In able to be on pace for that class i just need to retake mt1 eot. In english I need to fix my senior weebly page like add pictures and also need to do clubs and activities. For digital art, food nutrition and intro to guitar,I'm on pace. Thankfully, those classes have been pretty easy for me, glad they are so I won't be stressing towards the end of the school year with too much hard classes.
I am having a difficult time with my senior project because my junior year english teacher didn’t help us work on it. The only thing we did is create the website and do our job shadow. Mid. junior year, I did my job shadow and she lost my paperwork which caused a lot of stress. Now what I have to do is gather the same papers and take them back to the person I job shadowed so she can sign them again. I am enjoying how fast and how stress relieving senior year is. Although I am falling behind, I know I will get it done and be out of high school in the next couple of months. I like doing my senior project, even though it can cause some stress. I like being able to write about myself and how my high school years have gone by.
I haven't yet thought about preparing for post graduation life, because it hasn't hit me that it's my senior year. I know once second semester comes I know it will life by, which I would then need to really prepare myself for post graduation life. As of right now I only have some steps to prepare myself, like where I'm going to live, college I will be attending, and to get a job. Once graduation gets closer preparing is all I will be doing and getting my life together. Preparing for this will be stressful and overwhelming because high school will soon become a memory and I will then begin a new chapter in my life.
I'm doing okay in my classes so far. In econ, I am off pace by a little bit I just need to do an essay for mt2 eot, but I've been procrastinating a lot about it and as for chemistry too. In able to be on pace for that class i just need to retake mt1 eot. In english I need to fix my senior weebly page like add pictures and also need to do clubs and activities. For digital art, food nutrition and intro to guitar,I'm on pace. Thankfully, those classes have been pretty easy for me, glad they are so I won't be stressing towards the end of the school year with too much hard classes.
I am having a difficult time with my senior project because my junior year english teacher didn’t help us work on it. The only thing we did is create the website and do our job shadow. Mid. junior year, I did my job shadow and she lost my paperwork which caused a lot of stress. Now what I have to do is gather the same papers and take them back to the person I job shadowed so she can sign them again. I am enjoying how fast and how stress relieving senior year is. Although I am falling behind, I know I will get it done and be out of high school in the next couple of months. I like doing my senior project, even though it can cause some stress. I like being able to write about myself and how my high school years have gone by.
I haven't yet thought about preparing for post graduation life, because it hasn't hit me that it's my senior year. I know once second semester comes I know it will life by, which I would then need to really prepare myself for post graduation life. As of right now I only have some steps to prepare myself, like where I'm going to live, college I will be attending, and to get a job. Once graduation gets closer preparing is all I will be doing and getting my life together. Preparing for this will be stressful and overwhelming because high school will soon become a memory and I will then begin a new chapter in my life.
Journal 3
My winter break was good, but definitely not productive. Other wise I had a great time with my family, We went out to dinner several times, out to places, visited relatives, & played a lot of board games. Me, my mom, and two younger brothers went to the movies twice. Homework didn’t get so much done. I had quite a lot of homework I had to do, but decided to leave it towards the end of the break and last couple days of break wasn’t so motivated to do much. So now I have to do it all even if I don’t want to. I have to since the end of the semester is coming to an end.
What I’d love most about first semester was the first few rallies that we had, football games, just overall the feeling of being a senior. One thing I totally regret is not joining new clubs. I told myself that I would at the beginning , even looked into joining art club. They rarely even said what clubs were available and what days they met. What would’ve helped was for them to set out tables with the different clubs and a signing sheet so we can just go check out what each one we’d like to sign up for. Like when i was a freshmen they did that, it was pretty cool honestly.
One thing I need to accomplish is finish my classes before the semester ends. That I definitely have to do. I need to start preparing for when I graduate and leave for college because these coming up months are gonna fly by. By the end of the semester I want to be working, I don’t want to be depending on my parents for money. I want to start paying stuff on my own. Be independent.
My college applications are going great. I’m happy that I got admitted to 3 out of 4, still waiting on one more. Which is Sacramento, but that’s gonna take a little longer. I got admitted to Bakersfield, Fresno, & East Bay so far. My parents aren’t taking this too well. Like when I talk about it, it seems like they're not bothered by it. Then at times my dad tells me I can’t go out of Porterville and Visalia. I know that for sure I will be attending one of them. I don't see myself attending COS, or PC and that's because I always dreamed of attending a four year university, that's my goal. Plus I know if I stay here it won’t be good for as if I leave I’ll be more independent.
What I’d love most about first semester was the first few rallies that we had, football games, just overall the feeling of being a senior. One thing I totally regret is not joining new clubs. I told myself that I would at the beginning , even looked into joining art club. They rarely even said what clubs were available and what days they met. What would’ve helped was for them to set out tables with the different clubs and a signing sheet so we can just go check out what each one we’d like to sign up for. Like when i was a freshmen they did that, it was pretty cool honestly.
One thing I need to accomplish is finish my classes before the semester ends. That I definitely have to do. I need to start preparing for when I graduate and leave for college because these coming up months are gonna fly by. By the end of the semester I want to be working, I don’t want to be depending on my parents for money. I want to start paying stuff on my own. Be independent.
My college applications are going great. I’m happy that I got admitted to 3 out of 4, still waiting on one more. Which is Sacramento, but that’s gonna take a little longer. I got admitted to Bakersfield, Fresno, & East Bay so far. My parents aren’t taking this too well. Like when I talk about it, it seems like they're not bothered by it. Then at times my dad tells me I can’t go out of Porterville and Visalia. I know that for sure I will be attending one of them. I don't see myself attending COS, or PC and that's because I always dreamed of attending a four year university, that's my goal. Plus I know if I stay here it won’t be good for as if I leave I’ll be more independent.
Journal 4
I am nervous about graduation because that means high school is over, & I have to move out for college. It also means that soon I won't see my family often. I'll be living with other people and will have to completely be independent. What really gets me nervous is completing all my classes in time, I don't want to be in a hurry and stressing to finish up last minute. What I'm really nervous about is getting out to the real world, gonna have to completely be an adult, no more mommy and daddy. Plus that's hard for me because they're my everything and I also rely on them for a lot of things. Now I'm gonna have to be on my own. In the long run it’s good because it'll make me mature more like now I'll have to do everything on my own practically. But it's not going to be hard for me because I'm kind of already used to it in a way.
I applied to colleges, and have gotten accepted to 3 colleges so far, I'm still waiting on the last one which is CSU Sacramento. I've gotten accepted to CSU Bakersfield, CSU Fresno, and CSU East BAY. Its definitely a hard decision not only because there away from my home town but because I don't really know much about those cities and plus I don't know who I'm gonna be moving in with. I've been already looking at apartments and have talked about it with my family and some friends that are going to some of those colleges.
What I need to do is first get and stay on pace till the end of the semester. I don't know why I find it hard to stay on pace I manage to keep my things together but there's always that one class that keeps me behind. I do definitely try to stay up at nights and get my stuff together and do assignments but still. Specially when I want to stay after school on some days, I have CNA also and it's kind of hard for me because some teachers only stay certain days so I can't really stay after school as much.
I am most looking forward to grad nite, & that's because it'll probably be the last time we all get to hang out and have fun as our 2016 class. Also because it'll be my first time going out to a fun adventure place with all my friends, that's really exciting. In the meantime it'll be exciting/nerve wracking because graduation will be like one day after grad night.
Looking back into my senior year I would be most grateful for is having the help I needed from the Learning Facilitators. Most happy moments are my first and last everything during high school. Although they are also sad moments because it's my last year in high school. I haven't really had any more happy moments during my senior year since it still hasn't come to an end. I do know Graduation and Grad Nite would be my most happy moments during my last year.
I applied to colleges, and have gotten accepted to 3 colleges so far, I'm still waiting on the last one which is CSU Sacramento. I've gotten accepted to CSU Bakersfield, CSU Fresno, and CSU East BAY. Its definitely a hard decision not only because there away from my home town but because I don't really know much about those cities and plus I don't know who I'm gonna be moving in with. I've been already looking at apartments and have talked about it with my family and some friends that are going to some of those colleges.
What I need to do is first get and stay on pace till the end of the semester. I don't know why I find it hard to stay on pace I manage to keep my things together but there's always that one class that keeps me behind. I do definitely try to stay up at nights and get my stuff together and do assignments but still. Specially when I want to stay after school on some days, I have CNA also and it's kind of hard for me because some teachers only stay certain days so I can't really stay after school as much.
I am most looking forward to grad nite, & that's because it'll probably be the last time we all get to hang out and have fun as our 2016 class. Also because it'll be my first time going out to a fun adventure place with all my friends, that's really exciting. In the meantime it'll be exciting/nerve wracking because graduation will be like one day after grad night.
Looking back into my senior year I would be most grateful for is having the help I needed from the Learning Facilitators. Most happy moments are my first and last everything during high school. Although they are also sad moments because it's my last year in high school. I haven't really had any more happy moments during my senior year since it still hasn't come to an end. I do know Graduation and Grad Nite would be my most happy moments during my last year.