Virginia Aguilar
AP English
Period 4
December 11, 2014
Journal Entry 1:
So far in my three years of high school, it has gone from easy going, to mild, to wow—game changer! In junior high, I thought that high school was this magical place that only the cool kids could get into. Boy, I was wrong. High school is an educational place where everyone goes after their eighth grade year; however, only the ones who want to succeed in life and put the effort into it, will.
Freshman year was easy going. Not much was expected of us that couldn’t be done in class. I did all of my homework in class after I finished my school work, so I had the rest of the day to watch movies, hang out with my friends, etc. The transition from my freshman year to sophomore year had me stressing out! It was harder because our teachers’ expectation of us rose; more pages or slides in our projects, strive for level fours, participation in every aspect of the class, and so on.
Then here comes junior year. That experience was like when you’re on a rollercoaster and your rollercoaster seat just completely turns upside down. Now I have AP classes, college prep courses, making sure to up my grades for reap and CSF, and definitely striving for level fours. Also, we have a great new AVID “mother” who requires much more of us than our wonderful previous AVID “mother” has. Now, there is no such thing as sleep. The only two words that are known as of now are stress and deadlines.
On the other hand, no matter how hard it gets, we all have to remember that we are doing this for a reason. In my family, I am first generation and I want to be the first in my family to go to college. My family is not able to support me financially, so I have to work extra hard and go the extra mile to receive fours in my grades and life skills to receive lots of scholarships that will hope fully cover my college tuition. If not, there are always loans or grants.
My most memorable moments here at LHS are mostly in AVID and in sports. This year in AVID, our little family has become so much closer. We have bonfires, our cliques have been broken, and our tutorials and Cornell notes are very effective and more purposeful. I have also finally found my talent, running. For years I have wanted to be an athlete. I was, and still am, shy, nerdy, and mostly known in academics; not sports. Cross country and track help me with all of this stress in school. Sports are really fun because I feel like I belong somewhere and that I’m actually a part of something. My teammates are my siblings and my coaches are avuncular. We travel together and compete as a team, but sometimes individually. After our meets we go to the nearest restaurant, eat, and bond even more. I never knew that running was my talent until my P.E. teacher told me I should join one of those sports, mainly because I ran my mile with all of the boys.
For the future, I want to be able to meet deadlines because I heard that in college you either turn it in on time or you don’t receive a grade. Perhaps that was just to scare me and college student’s grades just get marked down a grade or two. I hope that my dreams of college will come true and all this hard work will pay off so that I can become a pediatric registered nurse and save babies’ lives.
AP English
Period 4
December 11, 2014
Journal Entry 1:
So far in my three years of high school, it has gone from easy going, to mild, to wow—game changer! In junior high, I thought that high school was this magical place that only the cool kids could get into. Boy, I was wrong. High school is an educational place where everyone goes after their eighth grade year; however, only the ones who want to succeed in life and put the effort into it, will.
Freshman year was easy going. Not much was expected of us that couldn’t be done in class. I did all of my homework in class after I finished my school work, so I had the rest of the day to watch movies, hang out with my friends, etc. The transition from my freshman year to sophomore year had me stressing out! It was harder because our teachers’ expectation of us rose; more pages or slides in our projects, strive for level fours, participation in every aspect of the class, and so on.
Then here comes junior year. That experience was like when you’re on a rollercoaster and your rollercoaster seat just completely turns upside down. Now I have AP classes, college prep courses, making sure to up my grades for reap and CSF, and definitely striving for level fours. Also, we have a great new AVID “mother” who requires much more of us than our wonderful previous AVID “mother” has. Now, there is no such thing as sleep. The only two words that are known as of now are stress and deadlines.
On the other hand, no matter how hard it gets, we all have to remember that we are doing this for a reason. In my family, I am first generation and I want to be the first in my family to go to college. My family is not able to support me financially, so I have to work extra hard and go the extra mile to receive fours in my grades and life skills to receive lots of scholarships that will hope fully cover my college tuition. If not, there are always loans or grants.
My most memorable moments here at LHS are mostly in AVID and in sports. This year in AVID, our little family has become so much closer. We have bonfires, our cliques have been broken, and our tutorials and Cornell notes are very effective and more purposeful. I have also finally found my talent, running. For years I have wanted to be an athlete. I was, and still am, shy, nerdy, and mostly known in academics; not sports. Cross country and track help me with all of this stress in school. Sports are really fun because I feel like I belong somewhere and that I’m actually a part of something. My teammates are my siblings and my coaches are avuncular. We travel together and compete as a team, but sometimes individually. After our meets we go to the nearest restaurant, eat, and bond even more. I never knew that running was my talent until my P.E. teacher told me I should join one of those sports, mainly because I ran my mile with all of the boys.
For the future, I want to be able to meet deadlines because I heard that in college you either turn it in on time or you don’t receive a grade. Perhaps that was just to scare me and college student’s grades just get marked down a grade or two. I hope that my dreams of college will come true and all this hard work will pay off so that I can become a pediatric registered nurse and save babies’ lives.