Almost Winter Break 12/17/16 We are only a few days away from winter break and I haven’t done any work for any of my classes all this week. I know having family problems isn’t an excuse to slack of but it has hit me a bit too hard. Especially when Christmas and Thanksgiving is right around the corner and you know one of your family members won’t be there to celebrate it with you ever again. Yes, I lost one of my cousins due to suicide. It hasn’t been easy till this day, I have struggled to get up and come to school since I got the news. I think as of this week I will be behind peace in Government and French also. I’ll be four out of seven although it won’t be the on pace grading period. I know I will have to put in a lot of work to catch up and finish this semester. I will stay after school till I am caught up in all my classes, I will ask my teachers for extra help; I’ll do anything it takes to catch up as fast as possible. This year is very important to me; it’s not like any other year. This year is my last year. I have to make the best out of it, I have to enjoy it and participate a lot more because there won’t be a next year here in high school for me. This year I have enjoyed being a Leadership member the most. Leadership is a great class well, the best class. I wish I would’ve been part of ASB all my four years but I barely joined ASB last year, my junior year. Ever since I became an ASB member I have learned many new things, I’m not as shy anymore. I remember my freshman and sophomore year I was very quiet and shy, sometimes I would be scared to even ask the teacher for permission to go to the bathroom. Now I am capable to speak in front of others without feeling embarrassed, I can do advisory presentations without getting red and nervous. As 2016 comes to an end, I am excited for 2017. Obviously I’m part of the 2017 class; I am looking forward to many things this year. This is my graduation year and also the year I turn 18. I have a feeling this year has so much in it for me, I will explore many different things. I have never been as excited for a new year to start as this year. After attending required school for so many years I will finally be done with it. I will move on to the next chapter in my life and I will start freshman year again, the only difference will be that will now be a freshman in college then a university not a high school anymore.
How Its Been Going 11/18/16 We’re almost half way the year, near the beginning of Semester B and I am quite behind. I tried to actually stay on peace this year and I think it’s the year I have slacked off the most. I was actually doing well at the beginning of the year but that’s like every other year, I stay caught up for the first two months and then it all ends up going downhill. I believe I am currently passing six out of seven classes. Although I am done with Biology I am currently trying to catch up on English which is the only class I am not passing. I am determined to stay after school for the next couple of day’s till I am all caught up and am seven out of seven. My senior project is quite still a bit behind; I have a few things missing. It isn’t much that I’m missing on my web page just need to add picture’s and finish my next two journals. My Job shadow was based on a nurse assistant. On March 15 I job shadowed Liliana Lemus, which is my sister-in-law and was working at Living Waters in Porterville CA at that time. I learned that not any career is as easy as it seems. At first I thought it would be a piece of cake by the time I was into it I realized it was quite a mission being a nurse assistant and that you actually deal with different types of people which can always be interesting. My future has actually been on my mind a lot lately, the year is coming close to an end and I have yet not submitted any college applications. I know I have to set up a meeting with my counselor as fast as possible and ask her to help me apply to College of the Sequoias and for some financial aid. As well as any other senior graduating this year, I am happy to almost be done with school and going off to college, but I’m also a bit scared. I have yet not fully processed that this will be my last year attending Lindsay High School. I feel like just yesterday I went school shopping to start my high school freshman year. Going into adult hood will be difficult at first because there won’t be anymore “mom I need this” “Dad can I get this” It’ll be more like “Do I have enough money to purchase this” “Is this really necessary at the time” I will struggle at first and I know this for a fact. But, I have a very supportive brother that will manage to help me school wise the same way he’s been encouraging me to not give up and to become someone in life. I haven’t really been involved in many school activities but I have been involved in Leadership since last year and I can honestly say it’s the best class on campus, you learn how to communicate with other people and it’ll get you out of you comfort zone.
Starting Senior Year 8/18/16 I am currently starting my senior year although at times it feels like any other year. It’s barely the third day of school, but I haven’t quite adapted to my last high school year. I still remember my first day as a freshman, walking in through the front black gate shaking due to the fact that I was nervous. So far I feel like I have plenty of time ahead of me to get my work done, but I also know that this being my last year I won’t be able to make up work in summer school. I mean I will be able to, but I won’t accomplish my goal to make my parents proud by walking to receive my diploma. I have seven different classes that I am enrolled in and I like them all, I have four electives and three required classes. As of right now I am not quite on pace to graduate. The only class I have yet not finished and was supposed to be done already is biology. I need all the first semester of biology and two MT’s of second semester. I know biology was supposed to be done my sophomore year, but somehow I managed to slack off which wasn’t a smart idea. My goal for this semester is to finish all of biology and get a work period next semester. I know that in order to accomplish my goal I will have to work ahead of my class since I need all this semester and two MT’s of second semester. Besides biology I still need to finish my Career Pathway which is French, I am not behind on French since the class barely started.When I first started High School I had no idea what a Senior Project was. I didn’t start to hear about a senior project till the end of my junior year. As of today it is the first time I start to work on my Senior Project. I’m currently typing my first journal because it’s due this Friday. I feel excited about this project because it’s going to remain a High School memory that anyone can read since it’ll stay online. Any underclassmen can take a look at our websites and take advice from them so they know what to expect their last year. I don’t see this senior project as an English requirement, I see it more like something Lindsay High School is giving back to us, something to remember and we can read and maybe feel the way we were feeling when we were typing these Journals or how we described ourselves or the clubs we were in. My goal for this year is to graduate and finish all my work on time. My parents aren’t High School graduates and they constantly remind me that a good education is necessary to have a good life. Every weekend I actually go to work in the fields with them no matter how hot it is due to the fact that they didn’t finish their education. I want to Graduate from LHS and walk with all my friends the day of graduation I want to be able to go to Grad Night but in order for all that I need to be on peace to graduate. My plans for after Graduation are to go on to COS and get into the Medical Field and become a Registered Nurse.