The end of first semester is near, so when I reflect on the past four months I see, major procrastination, fun times, and very stressful nights. In years before, I have always heard that your junior year is the hardest and you will have the most work, I thought they were over exaggerating and that they had so much work because of the classes that they chose. So for me, when I got a feel for how my classes would be, I thought it'd be a walk in the park. It is now four months later and I can't help but laugh at myself for thinking that, I've had so much work to do this first semester than I ever have in the past few years.
I've learned a few new things about myself along these few months though. One of the things I've learned is, I'm great at procrastinating, I will find every excuse not to sit down and do my homework. Almost every Sunday, I'll think of doing homework around twelve p.m., and next thing I know it’s eleven p.m., I’m exhausted, and homework is the last thing on my mind. I plan on gaining a better work ethic in which I'm more motivated to complete my work, maybe a week in advance of the due date, and not hours before it’s due. I really need to break my procrastination habits if I want to be successful in my classes.
I understand that education is the most important thing right now, but you also need a life outside of school too. While most people are out focusing on what's the newest gossip or at the most fun parties, I'm trying to balance my family issues, my education, and my social life. My great grandmother recently passed away and it made everything a million times harder, it hit me especially hard. It’s hard to balance school and your life outside of it, but I'm learning how to cope with the two. I have the support of my mom and my closest friends. I’m happy with whom, I surround myself with, and they are nothing but the most positive people. They lift my spirits all the time and help me through any problem that comes my way.
The one thing that I've never really gotten much help on is math. Math is like a foreign language to me, it just seems like a bunch of numbers and letters bunched together in random orders with an answer that’s impossible to find. I'm currently on MT1 of geometry. I look back and wish that I had applied myself to my math classes my freshman and sophomore year. I’m now in a class full of freshmen and sophomores and I feel embarrassed that I'm one of the very few juniors in that class. It makes me regret the time I wasted because I could've probably been on algebra 2 right now or even having no math class. I plan on correcting the problems that I have with completing my school work, because I know that it isn’t just going to get easier next year. I want to be on pace whenever I start my second semester and finish the year strong. Over winter break I plan on taking work home for math so whenever I come back I can take tests for all of them and be on pace before my senior year. I now know that if you want to do something, you can’t just sit there and expect it to happen right before your eyes, you need to work hard for everything you do, and that is exactly what I intend to do.
I've learned a few new things about myself along these few months though. One of the things I've learned is, I'm great at procrastinating, I will find every excuse not to sit down and do my homework. Almost every Sunday, I'll think of doing homework around twelve p.m., and next thing I know it’s eleven p.m., I’m exhausted, and homework is the last thing on my mind. I plan on gaining a better work ethic in which I'm more motivated to complete my work, maybe a week in advance of the due date, and not hours before it’s due. I really need to break my procrastination habits if I want to be successful in my classes.
I understand that education is the most important thing right now, but you also need a life outside of school too. While most people are out focusing on what's the newest gossip or at the most fun parties, I'm trying to balance my family issues, my education, and my social life. My great grandmother recently passed away and it made everything a million times harder, it hit me especially hard. It’s hard to balance school and your life outside of it, but I'm learning how to cope with the two. I have the support of my mom and my closest friends. I’m happy with whom, I surround myself with, and they are nothing but the most positive people. They lift my spirits all the time and help me through any problem that comes my way.
The one thing that I've never really gotten much help on is math. Math is like a foreign language to me, it just seems like a bunch of numbers and letters bunched together in random orders with an answer that’s impossible to find. I'm currently on MT1 of geometry. I look back and wish that I had applied myself to my math classes my freshman and sophomore year. I’m now in a class full of freshmen and sophomores and I feel embarrassed that I'm one of the very few juniors in that class. It makes me regret the time I wasted because I could've probably been on algebra 2 right now or even having no math class. I plan on correcting the problems that I have with completing my school work, because I know that it isn’t just going to get easier next year. I want to be on pace whenever I start my second semester and finish the year strong. Over winter break I plan on taking work home for math so whenever I come back I can take tests for all of them and be on pace before my senior year. I now know that if you want to do something, you can’t just sit there and expect it to happen right before your eyes, you need to work hard for everything you do, and that is exactly what I intend to do.