Entering high school my freshman year, many things were new to me, and I wasn’t sure what I was going to get involved in as a student. The only thing I was sure of was that I was going to play high school soccer. I’d been playing soccer since I was about 8 years old, and finally having the ability to play for the high school I grew up watching was exhilarating. My main goal going into the soccer program was that I wanted to make the varsity soccer team by my senior year in high school- my brother had been a former varsity player, and I greatly wanted to fill his shoes and leave my mark at the school. Throughout my four years in the program, that was my main focus, but I was happy to discover that I was also making friends along the way. Although
The transition from middle school to high school is what shaped me the most and this adjustment has changed me in both good and bad ways. As a freshman, I enrolled in a private school, called Bridgemont High School. It was a very small school and did not have the same help as the public schools offered. I didn 't have an ELD class and classes providing extra help were limited. Eld means einglish language development, these classes are classes to help develop your english speaking skills even though i can speak english i had poor grammar.
When I got into my first year of high school and the coach handed me a varsity jersey, I thought I had the world in the palm of my hand. Little did I know, that first year was going to be a major wake up call. It was a very rough soccer season for me that year. I was no longer the most talented or biggest on the field and, instead of being the most confident player on the field, I was now one of the most timid. This was brand new territory for me, and I had a lot of trouble handling it on and off the field.
During my freshman year of high school I struggled in many areas of my life including personal, social, and academic. I was in an emotionally abusive relationship, struggling with my self-esteem, and fighting to keep my grades above c 's. Since then I have grown, learned from my experiences and it can all be seen through my transcripts and the friend group I now surround myself with. I came into high school with a boyfriend who I had dated on and off throughout middle school. He was the kind of boy who did not understand the concept of how to treat people, and being so young I did not fully understand the way he was treating me. My parents were not his biggest fans because I often came home upset because of the things he said to me, and the way he treated me.
Soccer has been an integral part of my life since childhood. My love affair with the beautiful game began at the age of six, thanks to my parents who signed me up for the local youth league. As I grew older, my passion intensified and I participated in various soccer programs, including clubs, camps, and private training sessions, hoping that one day I would become skilled enough to represent my high school team on the varsity level. However, fate had other plans for me until last season, which marked the first and only opportunity thus far for me to don the blue and white colors as a member of our boys' varsity team. It was a privilege to finally be counted among the ranks after two consecutive years spent languishing on the sidelines as a
Throughout my high school experience I have learned things that won’t be useful to me once I graduate and on the other hand I have found many skills throughout high school that’ll help me reach to my end goal. These goals of are to go to college and find a job that excites me rather than doing the same routine I’ve been doing for the past 17 years of my life; wake up, school for 8 hours, then sleep. What a life. Being that, I will cherish my time in high school for it has taught me my lessons that I’ll be using for a while now.
For a long while, during my time in middle school and the start of high school, the thought of doing really well in school never dawned on me. I’m the kind of person that always think about life in the near future, never extending far enough to think about what I really want to do and where I want to go. My grades had always been average, never dropping low enough to hurt my future but also never rising high enough to push me far, until I reached tenth grade. My laziness got to me and I just didn’t care anymore. My GPA dropped so low, seeing it can make anyone gasp.
When I was younger, I thought that I would live in the same place forever. I thought that I would have the same friends forever, and that nothing would ever happen in my life to change that. It turns out that not only was I completely wrong, but I was also wrong in the sense that what one has previously experienced, will be better than one’s experiences in the future. Entering high school, I thought my life was all set. I was set to attend the prestigious contemporary global issues program at Freehold Township High School, which also happened to be the school that all of my friends were attending.
Hello Mrs. Kim. I hope you had an amazing summer. I can not believe how summer has gone this fast. And I never really expected high school to come this early. It is as if middle school was still on its way trying to find ways to squeeze in my life, or at least that’s what I feel.
In the middle of the winter of the 5th grade school year at Kaneland Mcdole Elementary, I decided to cover for my best friend so he wouldn't get in trouble from my teacher. It was very cold while I waited at the bus stop every morning trying to amuse myself by sliding down the icy driveways. Ethan S., Sergio, and Grant were my best friends in 5th grade. Sergio was Mexican and a little shorter than me. He also sat next to me in desks of 5 or 4.
The alarm clock is one of the most feared household objects. Waking up in the morning has always been a struggle for me and it is likely because I was up the prior night doing homework or catching up on social media. Other nights may include hanging out with friends, joking around even though we ought to be sleeping. In sixth grade, however, I hated my alarm because it reminded me of the upcoming day.
High school is always a unique experience for students. It is a time filled with discovery, terror, confusion, and many caffeine fueled all nighters. While all high school students share these beautifully tragic experiences, I can say with confidence that my time in high school has deviated a bit from the norm. Attending the Jacqueline M. Walsh High School for the Visual and Performing Arts (JMW) has allowed me to unapologetically be my authentic self while giving me the opportunity to thrive as the musician I always aspired to be. Growing up, I was a very introverted child who secretly wanted to be a singer.
People often say life is what you make of it. You can make the most out of it, you can not care, or you can trudge around constantly being down. Everyone wants to be memorable; to etch their self into our Earth, and me? I’ll be remembered as that one hyper, creative, nerdy, Jesus freak of a girl and I love it. The majority of people at Carmichael Middle School knows me as the one loud girl who always yells and jumps in the hallways (oops.)
Everyone changes in high school; however, some people change for the worse others for the best. From middle to high school I change to become a friendly person. My change in high school turned out to be good so far. When I entered high school I was terrified but confident because I was eager to see my friends, but I was also worried because I didn’t know a lot of people.
My first day of high school as a freshmen in a new level of education Is what I was thinking when I woke from slumber that morning in bed. Stepping foot on the campus wasn’t even the beginning, taking the school bus in the morning is where the first taste of being a freshmen and actually starting and being an high school student. I started to get really nervous and a sense of reality hit me. Walking towards the bus stop all I see is a huge group of high school students waiting around for the bus, calm and cool as I try to stay to be I approach the waiting area not knowing what to I’m getting into.