The start of my junior year seemed like any other typical year in high school. My freshman year was really easy. I would just mess around, I wouldn’t really care for school, id talk to friends, and spend most of my time on my phone. When I started my sophomore year, I heard that the school district was going to change the system to students working on their own pace. I was behind in some of my classes because of my freshman year. I found out that I was supposed to put more effort because if I would fall behind I was not going to proceed unless I try. As junior year goes on it seems more stressful. I’m trying hard to get a level 4 in my English class. Even though I’m not going to attend a university because I always had a passion in cars and going to attend UTI, I’m still trying my best in school and try to push myself to do more than I think I could do. Baseball is just around the corner and it is just going to make it more stressful. I am taking accounting 1 because I want to open my own business one day. I have a lot of support from my teachers and my parents that are pushing me to doing my best in school. My dad is mainly the person that asks about school since my mom works late. When the report cards get sent out, my dad always makes sure I have 3s and up. If he sees otherwise he will question me right away, he asks why am I falling behind or he says “do you want me to take your phone away since it’s a distraction?!” My baseball coach is another person that pushes me to do my best in my school work so that I may be eligible to play. I am happy that Mr. Guss pushes me to do my best in my English class because he knows what I am capable of. Yes, it is true that he can be a strict at times but he does it for our own good so that I can actually do work and extend my knowledge. It is very easy to fall behind in school but luckily I have been staying on pace. This semester is almost over and I am wondering how my next semester will be like; will I fall behind, will I still stay on pace. There’s times in class that I need to listen to music so I can be in my own little world and not get distracted with what’s around me because I’m those type of guy that get distracted easily, which makes it somewhat hard to stay on pace. There’s times when I get on my phone when I’m in class but I’m starting to realize that it’s just a distraction and probably will be the reason cause of me falling behind. As the year goes on I’m learning not only extending my knowledge but I’m also learning life experiences.
Beginning of a new year
10/25/2015
Well senior year has finally come and so far it has been going good. The classes that I am taking this year, are classes that I am looking forward to because they are classes that I have to get creative with like wood 2, auto 2, and digital art. The subject economics seems boring, but Mr. Traeger actually makes a boring subject into a fun class. I am learning economics pretty well. Nothing much has changed since last year, my friends are the same ones and my friends and I still hang out in the same spot as last year. One thing that has changed is that I went from being a junior to a senior. There was a day when I saw my parents and they were proud and i wondered to myself why they were proud so my dad took the report card and gave it to me. I saw that I had passed all my class and found out they were proud because of that.
I hope that I stay on pace with all my classes this year so I can graduate. One way I will stay on pace is by paying attention in class and when I understand something asking questions will always help. Another way I will stay on pace is by doing my homework and turning it on time, that way if there is something wrong I can always revise it before the due date.
There are two things that I look most forward to which is graduating and hopefully getting accepted into a university. The reason this is what I look most forward to is because when I graduate it will finally show me that I have made it after four long years of high school and getting accepted into a university will mean that I will expand my education. The second reason why this is something I look most forward to is because I will put a smile on my parent’s face and it will make them so proud of me.
One goal for this school year will be to finish all my classes before the final day to turn in work. The way I will achieve this goal is by really trying my best, paying attention, and going ahead of the teacher. I want to finish at least all my classes two months earlier. Another goal for the school year is to finish my senior project on the time even though I do not know how to start it yet but I will find the right way to start it. One of my goals that I had for the future was to attend UTI but during my junior year I fell in love with accounting so now i’m debating to either go to UTI or accounting. I feel that I will end up applying to a university to go for accounting and I will make working with cars as a hobby at home. We’ll see how the rest of my senior year goes but so far it has actually been pretty good and if it stays this way I am going to like my senior year.
Over Winter Break
I had the opportunity to have an experience to work in an office over my winter break. It was some what an experience to have a feeling what I will do in the future which is being an accountant. The office I got to work in was the Lindsay Chamber of Commerce. The things I did in the Lindsay Chamber was filed papers in there correct accounts, learned how to read invoices, and spread the word on the Lindsay Chamber social media when there was going to be different events. I personally feel it was a good experience working in an office. Also during the winter break I spent time at family gatherings eating tamales and posole.
The reality of me graduating this year is hitting me more and more as the days go by. I remember when I had a whole year left and now i'm half ways done, 6 months left. I have been staying on pace with all my classes and hoping to keep it that way so I can graduate and make my parents proud.
College application have been going good. I am mostly done with the application now it's just a matter of waiting to see what college accept me. The most thing I regret is not taking the classes that I needed for college bound. That's mainly the reason why I feel that i'm not going to get accepted to colleges because I didn't take Chemistry and Algebra 2 because my mindset was to go to UTI but then falling in love with accounting and understanding very easy made me want to change what I wanted to do in the future but when I wanted to change my classes, it was to late to get the classes I needed.
I haven't really looked for a part time job for accounting since I don't have a lot of experience in the accounting field and i'm not 18 yet. If getting a job it would just be to get me started in college and once starting college then that's when I would look for a job that I want to do in the future. If I can't find a job then maybe I would just become a bank teller to start of and work my way up in the accounting field just to get the experience. Something that I do want to do but I have heard it's a lot of work and stressing is becoming a Tax Return Preparer. To become this it means i would have to go to school to get my bachelor and then take a Certified Professional Accountant exam.
First Semester came to an end
Well my first semester as a senior is coming to an end and lately I’ve been thinking about my future and what it holds. How will my life be after high school will I even be able to get in a university? In one month I will be eighteen, it means i'll be considered a legal young adult. I will be graduating in five months and I want to leave high school feeling confident to take the next step in this world. I feel like I am ready to grow up because I am never going to stay as a kid.
Not much has really changed it been kinda stressful trying to keep up with my classes and applying to universities, but i'm managing through it. I have been staying on pace with my classes except in Econ. Econ is easy to learn, but when it comes to taking the test I panic and it is what causes me to fall behind. I was able to finish Econ on time and now have time to work on my other classes to finish them early also.
I have started my senior project and it's been pretty easy the only problem i'll eventually have is with my exit interview powerpoint, but I know asking Mr. Gonzales for help will make it easier for me. It's been scary thinking of graduation, but it seems exciting graduating because I know I have accomplished something and it'll be time to go to a next step in my life.
I hope that I am able to attend a college because I want to further my education. I have the choice in two life careers which are accounting and automotive. I have decided that I want to pursue my life in accounting. Accounting in high school has been fun. I have enjoyed it a lot. It makes me feel that working in the accounting field will be easier than learning it. Mrs. Caballero has helped me learn a lot about accounting and tells me that I learn and understand accounting very well.
In the month of December I was given the opportunity to have a have a job experience in an accounting office in Lindsay. It was a good experience to do because they taught me what to say when someone calls, filling, advertising, etc. With these experience it demonstrated that working with a business is something that I want to do in the future as a permanent job. I have been told that working with a business is very stressful but that is worth it at the end.
Not much has really changed it been kinda stressful trying to keep up with my classes and applying to universities, but i'm managing through it. I have been staying on pace with my classes except in Econ. Econ is easy to learn, but when it comes to taking the test I panic and it is what causes me to fall behind. I was able to finish Econ on time and now have time to work on my other classes to finish them early also.
I have started my senior project and it's been pretty easy the only problem i'll eventually have is with my exit interview powerpoint, but I know asking Mr. Gonzales for help will make it easier for me. It's been scary thinking of graduation, but it seems exciting graduating because I know I have accomplished something and it'll be time to go to a next step in my life.
I hope that I am able to attend a college because I want to further my education. I have the choice in two life careers which are accounting and automotive. I have decided that I want to pursue my life in accounting. Accounting in high school has been fun. I have enjoyed it a lot. It makes me feel that working in the accounting field will be easier than learning it. Mrs. Caballero has helped me learn a lot about accounting and tells me that I learn and understand accounting very well.
In the month of December I was given the opportunity to have a have a job experience in an accounting office in Lindsay. It was a good experience to do because they taught me what to say when someone calls, filling, advertising, etc. With these experience it demonstrated that working with a business is something that I want to do in the future as a permanent job. I have been told that working with a business is very stressful but that is worth it at the end.