Journals
My thoughts when I started my senior year were that it was going to be a stressful year. I was behind in three of my classes and thinking about how I was going to get ahead. There are so many changes this year on campus. For example, we got a new principal and fourteen new teachers. Other changes were new counselors and new administrators on campus.
The three classes that I’m not on pace in are Geometry, U.S. History and Language Arts 11B. To complete History and Geometry I need 2 measurement topics. I’m looking forward to finishing them by the end of this semester. This makes me feel stressed about being behind. To get on pace I am planning to stay after school to finish up junior year classes by the end of this semester,however, it still feels like my junior year. My main goal for right now is to graduate. I want to walk with the rest of the graduating class of 2016. Another goal is to play a sport and be more involved in this last year of school. After graduation I’m looking forward to going to college. My goal is to become a barber and to study building engineering. A big part of senior year is the Senior Project. It is making me kind of nervous because I have to finish uncompleted classes and still have to do my project. This year I still have Economics and Government to pass in order to graduate this year. I’m researching barber schools to find one that will be right for me. My job shadow is at the Main Line Barber Shop, in Lindsay. I still am trying to set a time for when to go,however, I still don’t know who it will be with. This appeals to me because when I was younger I would go to the barber shop to sweep hair. Being around the shop and the many different people is what interest me to become a barber. Journal 2 Things have changed since the last time I wrote “journal 1”, First off, I only have one more semester left in my senior year. Also, I have now finished three of the classes in which I was behind pace in. The classes that I finished were Geometry, U.S. History and Spanish -first semester. For Spanish 1, I do have to go back and finish the second semester. This semester I’m doing alright in my classes, I've gotten mostly 3’s in all of them. I have worked hard to get this far and I don't plan on giving up now. This semester I need to finish Economics, Government, and two of Mrs. Koch classes. These are my next accomplishments that I need to achieve. My Senior Project has given me a little trouble because I can’t find enough time to work on it. One of the things that I still need to do is color my life map. This week I am doing my job shadow at Wild Bill’s Barber Shop. It should be interesting because being a barber has been a dream of mine. Senior year is going by fast, there are a lot of personal things going on that I must deal with that are taking up my time. Hopefully things get better in time, but the most important thing is that I have to graduate. The senior project also has things that i enjoy though, if i had to pick something that i could say i enjoy the most it would be my life map. I like how it allows you to see what u have gotten past in life and what your future will hopefully look like. It also shows you that life gets tough at times but if you never give up and always keep trying you will succeed and get where you want in life. Soon i will be graduating and what i am doing to prepare myself for post-grad life is getting a job. I plan to apply at a few different stores and hopefully i get a part time job soon just while i find something better. I am also talking to people that work in the fields that I want to be in in the near future. I have support from my mom and some school staff however, i still feel like i’m on my own. Thing is that even though you have people there to support you there is only so much they can do for you or only so much they can help with. Many things that you do in like only u can do, no one else nor can they help you no matter how much they want to. I just hope that with the help of the people i have and my hard work everything in life continues to get better and better and i get where i want to. Journal 3 This winter break which is my last one as a high school student was very good. Most of the time I stayed home with the family making food and watched some movies or also some of the TV shows that we most like. For example Joe DIrt, American History X, Saving private Ryan as well as some documentaries. I also worked in the orange fields a few days, for the most part we start at 5 in the morning and get out like around 3 those were some long and tiring hours. Another thing I did over the break was hangout with a few of my friends in a couple of different occasions. The friends i mostly hang out with were Favian and some of the girls that we talk to. Reflecting back on my first semester I regret not putting myself to work sooner and knowing that I now only got five more months to go It's like i feel like it's only like five days away. The reality of last semester hit me right before we went to winter break. The main reason it hit me is because I started to fall behind and i quickly realized i am running out of time. I started going to night school and all my work just seemed to pile up on me and it's like there is just more and more for me to finish in such a short amount of time. Before this semester ends I want to accomplish finishing language Arts class and Intro to Food service. I also need to take Foods and Nutrition and need to finish digital art with Mr. Yang. Those are the last few classes i need to finish in this last semester. As far as college applications go, I am barely going to start applying to some colleges. The ones I plan on applying to are Porterville College and College of the Sequoias. I also want to apply to some barber schools in Fresno and Bakersfield because those are the best ones around here. If I find some other colleges that are good for me I will also apply to those. Now in regards as to having a job after graduation there is always a couple options, one clear option is working in the fields to make some money while i go to school. That job seems to always be there, but if all goes as planned hopefully i can find a job that gets me closer to being a barber or maybe just find a part time job that is less physically harmful than working in the fields.
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