12-11-14
So far high school years have been somewhat chaotic because I moved from Lindsay High School to its rivalry school my freshman year, Strathmore High School, then came back late in the first semester my sophomore year to Lindsay High had my first year where I have an Advanced Placement class, and not just one AP class, but three (AP English Language and Composition, AP US History and AP Spanish and Composition) and I had to stay caught up with all my classes and balance my life outside of school.
I was ecstatic to be going to Lindsay High school because I had 3 family members graduate from LHS and they as spoke about how great high school was. But later I go the news we were moving to Strathmore and I had to go to Strathmore High. My first thought was out of all the schools I would possibly go to, I got stuck going to Lindsay’s rival school. When my family started to move we had to share my house with my grandparents and six of my aunts and uncles, so it was really crowded at my house. After what I thought was my last day at Lindsay High I stayed home for about a week without going to school and all the time I was home I kept wondering how life at Strathmore High would be like.
Then came the day where I had my first day of school at SHS. I thought I would get lost, but Strathmore High only has like 8 main buildings. I walked into my first class I as I looked around I saw an old friend from elementary and I knew I would survive Strathmore. After my freshman year I told my mom I was not going to go anywhere if I stay at Strathmore and in was more comfortable with Lindsay’s PBS system, so she told me that if I still don’t like it after my first semester of my sophomore year than she would move me back to LHS. Well my sister then got into a fight with another girl and that caused my mom to move us out of that school earlier than intended.
Afterwards, I began to get nervous about entering LHS again and I just kept thinking to myself what if everyone changed, what if my friends changed, and so many different thoughts. My first day back I had Algebra 2 and I saw one of my closes friends and I knew right away I would be fine. I later found out I had to finish a Physical Science in order to graduate and I was put in a behind Biology class, which was new to me because I have never been in a behind pace class, but a benefit of coming back was I was automatically out into the AVID program because I was enrolled in it in Strathmore. I was devastated to find out I had to finish 2 courses of science within one year.
Throughout the year I learned how to keep up with my classes and I even managed to finish up both Physical Science and Biology within the school year. At first I thought I would be able to handle these AP classes since I had a passion for history and English and Spanish was my first language, but I never imagined how difficult it turned out to be. The class I have been struggling with the most is AP English because I never knew I had to write so many different types of essays in year, much less in one semester. But somehow I have managed to survive this semester.
This semester has been a roller coaster of emotions. I came in junior year bright eyed and bushy- tailed and came out at the end of the semester drained of energy, (but I still have enough energy for next semester). However, I have figured out skills I have that I did not know I had until this semester; skills such as the ability to take notes as my teacher lectures and still absorb the information given to me, stay up until 2 in the morning and juggle my school life with my home life and survive pure junk food, skills I know would be helpful when I go to college. My AVID class is way different from last year’s AVID class, where everyone was in their own groups and everyone just did the minimal requirement to pass the class, and now everyone seems to talk to each other and the “newbies” have been able to keep up with AVID being their first semester in AVID and all.
So far I like how my classes are because last year I only had a few classes where I had my friends (the ones I hang out with at lunch and break) and this year I have them in every single one of them, I have someone to talk to and help me out if I am having trouble with an assignment whereas last year I had to work out things all by myself because the teachers were always busy. I don’t really know what to expect next semester, but I have a feeling some classes would be easier, like Chemistry because Mr. Coles said it will be easier from now on and other classes will keep my staying up late at night like my AP courses. The one thing I am dreading come next semester are the AP exams because I am positive I will be cramming everything I learned just before the test and I will have to remember every single thing I learned throughout the year for three different AP classes and then take them a few days apart. The only thing I am certain of next year is the fact that I will be one semester away from finishing up junior year and one semester away from being a senior.
So far high school years have been somewhat chaotic because I moved from Lindsay High School to its rivalry school my freshman year, Strathmore High School, then came back late in the first semester my sophomore year to Lindsay High had my first year where I have an Advanced Placement class, and not just one AP class, but three (AP English Language and Composition, AP US History and AP Spanish and Composition) and I had to stay caught up with all my classes and balance my life outside of school.
I was ecstatic to be going to Lindsay High school because I had 3 family members graduate from LHS and they as spoke about how great high school was. But later I go the news we were moving to Strathmore and I had to go to Strathmore High. My first thought was out of all the schools I would possibly go to, I got stuck going to Lindsay’s rival school. When my family started to move we had to share my house with my grandparents and six of my aunts and uncles, so it was really crowded at my house. After what I thought was my last day at Lindsay High I stayed home for about a week without going to school and all the time I was home I kept wondering how life at Strathmore High would be like.
Then came the day where I had my first day of school at SHS. I thought I would get lost, but Strathmore High only has like 8 main buildings. I walked into my first class I as I looked around I saw an old friend from elementary and I knew I would survive Strathmore. After my freshman year I told my mom I was not going to go anywhere if I stay at Strathmore and in was more comfortable with Lindsay’s PBS system, so she told me that if I still don’t like it after my first semester of my sophomore year than she would move me back to LHS. Well my sister then got into a fight with another girl and that caused my mom to move us out of that school earlier than intended.
Afterwards, I began to get nervous about entering LHS again and I just kept thinking to myself what if everyone changed, what if my friends changed, and so many different thoughts. My first day back I had Algebra 2 and I saw one of my closes friends and I knew right away I would be fine. I later found out I had to finish a Physical Science in order to graduate and I was put in a behind Biology class, which was new to me because I have never been in a behind pace class, but a benefit of coming back was I was automatically out into the AVID program because I was enrolled in it in Strathmore. I was devastated to find out I had to finish 2 courses of science within one year.
Throughout the year I learned how to keep up with my classes and I even managed to finish up both Physical Science and Biology within the school year. At first I thought I would be able to handle these AP classes since I had a passion for history and English and Spanish was my first language, but I never imagined how difficult it turned out to be. The class I have been struggling with the most is AP English because I never knew I had to write so many different types of essays in year, much less in one semester. But somehow I have managed to survive this semester.
This semester has been a roller coaster of emotions. I came in junior year bright eyed and bushy- tailed and came out at the end of the semester drained of energy, (but I still have enough energy for next semester). However, I have figured out skills I have that I did not know I had until this semester; skills such as the ability to take notes as my teacher lectures and still absorb the information given to me, stay up until 2 in the morning and juggle my school life with my home life and survive pure junk food, skills I know would be helpful when I go to college. My AVID class is way different from last year’s AVID class, where everyone was in their own groups and everyone just did the minimal requirement to pass the class, and now everyone seems to talk to each other and the “newbies” have been able to keep up with AVID being their first semester in AVID and all.
So far I like how my classes are because last year I only had a few classes where I had my friends (the ones I hang out with at lunch and break) and this year I have them in every single one of them, I have someone to talk to and help me out if I am having trouble with an assignment whereas last year I had to work out things all by myself because the teachers were always busy. I don’t really know what to expect next semester, but I have a feeling some classes would be easier, like Chemistry because Mr. Coles said it will be easier from now on and other classes will keep my staying up late at night like my AP courses. The one thing I am dreading come next semester are the AP exams because I am positive I will be cramming everything I learned just before the test and I will have to remember every single thing I learned throughout the year for three different AP classes and then take them a few days apart. The only thing I am certain of next year is the fact that I will be one semester away from finishing up junior year and one semester away from being a senior.