Junior Year Research Paper

Have you ever had to move away from something and you thought it was going to be the end of your life? I used to live in Colorado. For almost nine years I enjoyed growing up in Greeley CO. I met a lot of people, and finish school all the way up to half of my sophomore year. I was really excited to start my second year of high school. I thought it couldn 't get any better! I had all my friends in the same school and most of my classes. Since I wouldn 't be on the bottom as a freshman it was way more exciting to become a sophomore! I had great classes and the teachers were good. I passed all of my classes for my first semester. Between the one year you have two semesters and the end of the first semester you get your winter break and the end of the second semester you have the

My first year in high school was the most challenging year I faced. I had few friends, intimidating classes, and a very low self esteem. My first few weeks were hard trying to fit in. Everything seemed so challenging and I couldn't help but hang out with the troublemakers in class. It was the only place I could find myself being able to make friends. Then one day, in mid September, I came across a student who wanted me to join this program named the Civil Air Patrol. I wasn't so interested at first glance, but the more I looked into the program, the greater my interests grew. One day I decided to go to one of the meetings out at the Aurora Airport. That day was the start of the greatest program that I have ever participated in. The Civil Air

When looking overall at Junior year, you view your grades and consider how you probably had a lot of pressure on you and your classes were harder than you expected going into it. My Junior year revolved around those ideas while taking a turning spin when my cousin passed away. Losing him was like losing the other half of not only myself, but my family. After the accident, we realized that he was our backbone. Focusing throughout school while the memories of that day streaming through my mind were never untroubled when trying to get through junior year. So yes, I had a fall out, but learning how to push through and keep your head high is what got me to raise it all up and continue trying. The feeling of walking through Illinois State University was a strong connection of feeling like a second home for the next four years. It’s that type of feeling

My Freshman year was the best year ever! I got to be in marching band, FFA, and I got a tremendous academic placing. I definitely did a great job this year compared to last year. I broke out of my comfort zone and worked my hardest to get a high GPA, and join some different clubs. I met new friends and even passed driver 's ed.

My life’s journey as a thirteen year old is very similar to Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. I have had to had to overcome some challenges that have been both mentally and physically. I went through depression and the problem of keeping myself from doing anything harmful to myself and others and finally getting help and seeing therapists. I have had to go through tests, which challenged me, and have gotten passed them with the help of many mentors. Then I had to decide to get better without falling back into the same hole again.

I was born December 9th 1999. I grew up in a good sized city called Oregon. My dad always wanted to live out in the country, so we moved when I was in the 6th grade. I now live in a small town called Pemberville. I live there with a younger sister, an older brother, and my parents. I play football and baseball through my home school, Eastwood High School. I attend Penta Career Center, I’m currently in Construction Electricity.

Senior year has been crazy! Mostly, non-stop assignments with an overwhelmingly short amount of time to get the done. Senior year has really pushed me to limits. I have had to make numerous sacrifices, but the outcome has definitely been worth it. Senior year is full of “lasts”. The last first day of school, the last first high school basketball game, and many

The thought of wasting the last two weeks of my summer before ninth grade for band camp was a real bummer. Although I met some of the best people there and it truly changed my life, it did not seem the best waking up at seven o’clock every morning. Getting my schedule in the middle of band camp was not the best because I immediately wanted to go into the school and route my classes, but marching up and down a grassy field was stopping me. I remember getting sick to my stomach when I went home and looked at my schedule before the first time because it was just then hitting me that I was going to be a freshman at Sherando High School.

High school was always a challenge for me, it was really tough to make it through. I made a lot of mistakes in highschool and learned from them. At the beginning of high school it started off great I was passing all of my classes, doing the best I could possibly be doing. I remember making great friends, having good peers, and having people to reach out to if I needed them. I had a really great friend named Emalie she was always the one I could rely on. I also had the greatest childhood friend still named Dakota, that was probably the best thing. Such a long friendship. I had a wonderful step mom who always supported me with everything I did. My father and mother started to work together, I got to spend more time with my father like I wanted to things just seemed like things couldn 't get worse.

One of the hardest years of my life would have to be my freshman year in high school. It was a big change if scenery and the people around me treated me as a lesser being. I was the only freshman that qualified for the varsity basketball team and the upperclassman treated me as such. Every day I had to prove myself to my older teammates that I deserved a spot on the team, but it was extremely difficult.

I asked God " why god do you have to take him, he 's so young?"

If anyone looked at me they would think I am an ordinary college student. I wake up every morning wishing to get a couple more seconds of sleep. I make my way to school I listen, I learn, I make my way back home and I study, or depending on the day I go to work. Some days are as simple and relaxing as these, but some are not. Some days I wish to get hours of sleep, I can sleep for 9 hours and still manage to not want to get out of bed. If I could I would just lay there all day and cry. But it is days like these that I know I have to motivate myself the most.

Last year, my junior year, was exciting for me because back then I knew that I was literally one year away from being a senior, but I also faced some very difficult challenges. One of the biggest challenges that I had faced last year was being kicked out of my first high school, Villa Angela- St. Joseph, for reasons that I feft were not as serious as the things other people were doing, but in reality, it was not about anyone else, it was about me. I was in trouble. I had to accept and own up to the responsibility and consequences of my actions. Although I had some pretty hard setbacks, I did have great times as well. Some of the successes I had, before getting kicked out, were being able to make friends with two new teachers, that the school had hired, when the new school year had started. My American Government teacher was Mrs. Elizabeth Adkins and my CP English 3 teacher was Miss Robyn Spangler. Another success I had was making great grades and attending the rest of the time I had spent at the school with my boyfriend, Brandon Crawford.

My high school experience was a long frustrating learning experience. I didn’t know what to expect, or what i was getting myself into. Nobody gave me the tools to understand the main focus of each year.

We were put here for a purpose and our job is to figure out that purpose. In life, we are taught lessons throughout everything we do and high school is the one of the places that teaches you the most. In high school, we are faced with a lot of challenges, hardship, and people those good and bad. High school is an experience that we will never forget while going through life’s journey. The lessons that we learn prepares us for our next steps in life. In my experiences from high school, I have had some ups and downs, but now my life destined for greatness. I now have a sound plan on what I am doing in the future and with the guidance of friends, family, and teachers my goals are all realistic and attainable. High school will help mold and shape