Student Blog: 2019 Begins
When you return back to school after a long period of time it can be a little scary. All the new students, buildings, teachers and expectations can be a little overwhelming in the beginning. But you eventually reunite with your friends maybe even make some new ones and it all begins to feel the way it did when you left. Personally, I feel as if my first week back to school has not been too bad. I settled into my classes quite quickly and adapted to how crowded the classrooms, yards, and buildings have become.
However, I am really looking forward to achieving more this year. I will admit that in year 8 and 9 I didn’t take things very seriously, but now the older I am getting I guess the more mature I am becoming. I have a goal to improve my grades, impress my teachers and make my family proud of what I have accomplished and I strongly believe that I will be able to succeed at that by attending the lessons I have chosen. There are a few new classes that I am now enrolled in that I wasn’t able to have joined beforehand, which I am also really looking forward to this year. I can see myself improving more than one skill with these classes, again hoping to achieve my goals.
This year I am studying a new Global Studies class, I love History and fortunately for me, my Global Studies does focus a lot of attention to History. I find it extremely easy to engage and announce personal thoughts around the topic without feeling nervous or uneasy. Believe it or not, I spend a lot of my free time studying History and Geography so I feel completely comfortable when attending the class. My second favorite class would have to be Child Studies. I have always loved kids and babies, in fact, I have been babysitting since I was 9 years old. Although Global Studies is my favorite class, Child Studies is something more I love to engage with. Before having the dream to become an Air Attendant, I considered becoming a daycare worker because I loved the idea of working with kids so this class is the closest thing I have to that now.
Last year wasn’t a very good year for me, as I mentioned before I didn’t take it very seriously and gave up a lot of opportunities I could have had. So this year I joined back into a class I have previously left, in hopes to show my family and teachers that I am here to learn and improve myself. I left dance because of my immaturity of not being civil with people I didn’t get along with, I gave up one of my biggest hobbies and any the multiple opportunities that were waiting for me. Entertaining people is what makes me feel good, so when I decided to enroll in dance I kept reminding myself that I was here to entertain and improve. So far things have been fine, but it is going to be a challenge to stay on track to my goals.
Although I have preferred classes that I would rather learn more than others, the important classes are where I, unfortunately, think that I am not going to do very well in, especially Math. However, I am going to push myself to achieve at least a passing grade if not more. There are a lot of sources that are available to help me learn so it is best not stress yourself out and make everything a lot harder. I am fully aware there are teachers available to talk too, there is always digital devices and of course any friends or classmates you can have conversations with. Overall, I think I mainly need to improve in my confidence considering that is going to be what I need the most for my last two years of high school, also to help prepare me for the rest of my life.
