The first semester of my senior year, is coming to an end. That means that as my senior year comes to an end, my exit interview is getting closer. I have been working on my senior project this whole year, and finally I feel like it's finished. I have been working on my exit interview. The big step I must take before reaching my graduation day. I'm very excited for my exit interview presentation, I have been practice on the daily. With friends, family, teachers, trying to ace my presentation. I'm thrilled to know that I get to present my high school experience to a room of panelists. Many students from previous years have said that it's intense or frustrating, but really all you do is talk about yourself. I am a very talkative person so I feel that the presentation will be easy for me. Fingers crossed. The hardest part about my exit interview preparation was trying to figure, what should be said and what I shouldn't say. I'm looking forward to what this year has in store for me. New year, new opportunities, new blessings. I want to be able to go through this year with my family and friends. I want to travel to new places. I want to complain less, and experience more. Not knowing what is going to happen next, is the exciting yet scary part about life. That's why this year I plan on staying humble and just going with the flow. As senior year comes to an end, i'm looking forward to gradnite. I'm so excited because i'm going to get a chance to meet new people, make memories and have fun! No matter what gets in my way, i'm going to get back up and conquer all that I want to achieve.
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As I begin to look back at my senior year up to this point, I have been on pace with all of my classes. Being on pace with all my classes is a really big accomplishment for me. Especially because I was involved in activities at the beginning of the year, and I’d never be at school. I have been motivated since the start, to try to do level 4’s for most of my classes, getting involved with the school and much more. One major class that I am struggling with is AP Spanish Literature. I find that kind of odd, because I have known spanish my whole life, so I shouldn’t be struggling with the class. The class itself is very fun, but I’m just getting homework thrown at me left and right. I’ve never had that much homework for just one class. It’s not that the course is hard, it’s just that I have a lot of work to do for that class. I struggle in that class because, the work has to be done in a specific way and if it’s not done that way then the teacher will return your work and have you fix it. My senior project so far, is actually coming together. I am preparing my website and trying to finish my page so I can do early completion which is coming up in January. I had the chance to job shadow a first grade teacher and what I learned is that, I love children and I wanted to see if I would be able to pursue a future in teaching. The way they participate and anticipate what will happen caught my attention. As i’m getting halfway through my senior year, graduation is getting closer. So, I have been applying for CSU’s, UC’s and scholarships. I have applied for financial aid to help me economically with school. I already finished applying for all of my CSU’s. Those schools are Fresno State, CSU LA, Sonoma State University and CSU Fullerton. I am currently still working on my personal statement questions for my UC’s. My main college that I really want to attend to is UC Riverside. After visiting the college, my sophomore year I knew that was the college I wanted to attend to. There are many things that are scaring me when it comes to college. I’m afraid of not getting into college, not having enough money for college and of course not trying to accomplish my goals once I get into a University. I have been saying the same thing since the beginning of my senior year, “I can’t wait to graduate, so I can become independent.” That was a lie, I personally am not ready to move forward with my life. Only because I have been the baby of the family my whole life and so I was always being cuddled. Now that I am going to be off on my own, scares me. Not knowing what to expect for myself in the future, gives me this mentally of, me not being able to handle all of this responsibility of being on my own. If I were to stick to this mentality then I’d end up giving up, and I don’t want to do that. Many activities that I have been involved with since the beginning of my senior year, is golf. I was so proud of myself when it came to golf because, I am now able to call myself a League Champion. Other than golf I have been involved in many clubs within the school. I have been helping around in food booths, blood drives, and community service. One main thing that I was involved in this year was Homecoming! I was nominated to be homecoming queen. I enjoyed every minute of homecoming. Everyone got to dress up and enjoy all the lunchtime activities. Another great week, was bell week. We had pretty clever dress up days that a lot of people participated in. I have been to many different places with ASB. I got to have a rivalry breakfast with Strathmore’s football captains and Lindsay’s football captains for rivalry week. With ASB I also got to visit Bakersfield to go to a Josten’s Renaissance and hear two mens stories. It was very inspirational and has helped change my mentality towards school and people. My senior year has just started, and I have a lot of mixed emotions. I am looking forward to what this year has in store for me. We are almost done with the first week of this school year and I really am enjoying my senior year. Like I said I have mixed emotions, so sometimes I am not looking forward to school and I don't want to be here. I am very anxious to graduate because one, I want to leave and become independent, but I don't want to leave my family.
Senior sunrise and sunset, homecoming, Friday night lights, sports and activities, those are just some of the things that I am looking forward to this year. Many of the activities that I am involved in have gave me a better perspective in school. I'm more involved with clubs and sports this year than I was my previous years. One of the classes that has helped me with community involvement and taking part in school activities is ASB. I know this year will go by fast, but I am looking forward to all the things that I can accomplish as long as I keep striving for greatness. Senior year isn't just about all the fun things, I have to work hard for what I want to accomplish. I already know I am going to struggle, I may not achieve what I want to, but I am going to keep trying and hopefully attain them. My senior project is currently in the making. I do have a lot of questions about most of the assignments or a lot of assignments that I haven't even started. A lot of the tasks that I was supposed to finish my freshman and sophomore year, couldn't be done because I didn't know how to work on them. So, I am currently trying to figure out how to draw out my life map while trying to write journals, all by a specific deadline. I am trying to finish my website early, so I can present my exit interview on an early completion date. Some of the things that I am looking forward to this year, is applying for colleges. I am ready to become independent. One of my main goals is to attend to UC Riverside. I do not know what I want to major in or what degree I want. I don’t know what is going to happen this school year but I plan on maintaining the same mindset that I’ve had throughout my previous years, which is to not procrastinate and stay focused. Another goal of mine is to be able to make my family proud, both my last year of high school and in the future. |
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