Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Stress

Right now my life is very stressful due to deadlines, scholarship searches, applications, and JROTC. Even though I may look calm but in reality I'm a mess, so I rely on music to soothe my stress and helps me relax when I get home.

Usually I listen to pop/rock, but when I get really stressed I turn to Mozart and Beethoven.

My stress comes from two sources, school and home. My stress from school comes from getting the grades I want which right now I'm trying to get straight A's to bring up my Grade Point Average. Also from my JROTC class, as the S-3(the Operations and training Officer) I do a lot, like making lists for events, putting in bus requests on time, getting the training schedules out in time, and during later in the year we have the BFI(Battalion Formal Inspection) which is an inspection where the army comes and inspects the Bayshore High School Battalion and decides whether we keep our gold star and get demoted, but I can handle it even though I do get stressed out by it I enjoy it all the way.

As for my stress that comes from home, it mostly deals with college stuff. Like right now I recently got the practice or study books for the SAT and ACT from one of the greatest teachers, so now I need to crack down and study any moment I can between rifle team practice on Monday's, volunteering on Tuesday's and Thursday's, and staff meetings on Fridays, and family events that tend to sneak up on me on the weekends, but hey I got this far so I can't quit.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

School Grade

Bayshore has been a "D" school not because of the teachers or administrators, but because of the lack of enthusiasm from the student body. Teachers do all they can do to prepare students for the FCAT but not many students take it seriously and blow off any assignment they are given or claim they do not know how to do it or some other excuse.

If I were principal the steps I would take to improve our school grade, 1, get the parents together to inform them of the school grade and how they can help their student(s) to get them more focused , and 2, I would try to motivate the students by offering them small tokens but that are meaningful to them that would get them excited and motivated to achieve a high grade on the FCAT, which is where our school grade comes from.

As for things that ned to be changed or added, I believe more tutoring programs should be added. And to be changed are teachers. Why? Because there are many teachers who are to easy on students or are very lenient and give them to much of a free ride and students won't learn if given the opportunity to slack or are aware that the teacher is easy going.

Monday, October 19, 2009

LOTF Game

Jessica and I can across a few obstacles such as our lack of drawing skills and forgetting it at home(that one was all me) and not being able to find any good pictures of objects to draw like a plane crash or a boat. But other that that I think and feel pretty good on our final draft and I believe it may even be a best seller in board games(I'm only kidding) but it is a fairly good game and it isn't difficult and even a elementary school kid could play but may not be able to follow due to the lack of knowledge from the book.

One thing I did learn from the book is that given certain circumstances people even little kids are capable of murder. About myself, I learned that I need a better system for remembering things because we lost a day of working on the project because i left it at home, but other than that I don't think I learned anything.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

What if.....

What if I was an only child? My life would be completely different. To me my brother and sister are two of the most important people in my life, along with my parents. Yes we have our arguments and fights, but they are two reasons why I reach for the highest goal that I can, and why I managed to keep from falling onto the wrong path. They are a motivation for what I do and why I excel, they mean a lot to me, no matter how much we argue or fight. So if I was an only child I wouldn't have the grades I have, I wouldn't have achieved all I've achieved, and I would possibly be a trouble maker, I might have dropped out of school or skip school a lot.

So what I'm saying is that if I was an only child my life would be the complete opposite and my parents would be miserable due to my horrid and inappropriate behavior.
But thankfully it never happened, and I am who I am thanks to my siblings who are my inspiration to keep me from "falling from grace."

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Obstacles

Some of the challenges that I am or will face are getting my diploma, getting a great score on my SAT and ACT, improving my grade point average, getting scholarships, and getting accepted into a college.

What I plan to do to overcome is not easy, and requires something of me that I've never done before, studying. Studying never came easy to me, so somehow I was able to retain an immense amount of information without studying, and I managed to obtain six A's and one B(which always irritated me because the B was always one or two points from an A). As for the ACT and SAT I need to go and get the study books, and study. Scholarships will take a lot of research to find ones that I am perfectly qualified to apply for. Finally, getting into college will require meeting deadlines, and filling out applications.

So in the end I have to keep myself from slacking and make sure everything is in and done on time and how it's supposed to be done.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Letter to a Freshman

Dear freshman,
It is your first year of high school and it is one of the most important years of your high school years, so I recommend staying focused and never get off track because it is hard to to make up what you messed up and getting in all that you need to graduate.
See, during my freshman year it was hard for me at first to get adjusted to the way things run in high school so I didn't do so great, but you have the opportunity to keep yourself from going down that road by applying yourself 100 times better than I did. How you may ask? Well I learned to "up" my game by asking questions when I needed, or asked for help when I needed it because if you don't you may find yourself not caring or saying "I'll do it later" and never getting around to do it.
One of the best things that helped me was the JROTC class. I'm not saying that it is for everyone, but it's was a great help for me in getting my priorities straight and now I took am honor class or two the following years.
So in the end Don't follow the typical track of a freshman, and don't let yourself be influenced by your peers no matter what they say, just follow your gut in what needs to be done and you will achieve great things.
Sincerely,
A concerned senior

Monday, October 5, 2009

Senior Year

This year I plan to accomplish many things. One of which is to get through the year without any problems. Also, I want to get a good score on my ACT and SAT tests that I am going to take in December. I also want to improve my grade point average. I also want to get accepted in to a good college because I will be the first in my family to get into college.
Some of the things I am looking forward to this year are the senior privileges, senior trip to Disney World, the military ball for JROTC, Field Day in JROTC, and getting the maximum rank that I can get in JROTC. What I would like to avoid this year is to get in trouble, fail, loose focus, have my grade point average drop, getting sick(which would keep me from attending school), choking up during the BFI inspection for JROTC, and falling behind in my duties as the S-3 for JROTC. My goals are to graduate high school, get into my ideal college, graduate from college, get many scholarships, and reach my highest potential that I can achieve during my last year in high school.