Senior year, the last year of high school. Senior year started on the day of August 17, 2015. This year will consist of the last time we can be a part of school dances, rallies, or our last and first games. Which goes for all of us we will be finishing a big part of our education and moving on to bigger and better things. So far senior year has been good to me. I have gotten the classes i’ve wanted, been staying on top of my work, and im back to school enjoying my last year. The classes i’ve gotten were government and english 12 which are classes that are required to graduate. The rest of my classes were electives and subjects that are needed for my pathway. Which includes; algebra 2, office aid, home economics, chemistry, drama, and CNA that would be after school. Since senior year had started i’ve been keeping up with due dates for homework. Throughout this year i would like to stay at the same rate or go even quicker. I want to strive for more level 4s than over the years that i’ve have been in high school. It will help me out with better grades and getting into a good school. I wouldn’t like to get behind or procrastinate because this is an important and stressful year. Also being in more activities as in; clubs, school activities, or out of school activities. The most i am looking forward throughout the year is mostly graduating and moving on. But besides all that i’ll be looking forward to school football, basketball, and softball games. Our senior sunrise and sunset will be something to look forward too also. At the end of the year i’m gonna enjoy going to disneyland with all my friends before leaving. Another thing will be my senior exit interview, i’m in the middle of excited and stress out. But the most exciting part of it all is graduating and knowing you’re done, i made it. My goals for this year and the future will not be easy but i know it will be worth it. I wanna be only focusing more on my school work than anything else. Another goal of mine will be studying and taking my SATs and passing it with a good score. Once i’m done with high school my plan will be going to a community college for the most 2 years for studying and getting into a good university. My second goal is passing my senior exit interview with 3.0, It’s a stressful assignment to think of so far this year and i’ll be practicing for a good grade. The requirements for me getting here is graduating with a 2.5 or 3.0. I’ve already have took health careers and biology, at the moment i’m taking CNA and chemistry. I’ll be studying to get my RN degree and bachelor's degree. For the rest of my future i’ll just see where it takes me Journal #2Since my last journal entry, my classes have changed quite a bit since the beginning of the year. I know senior year was not going to be easy knowing it’s the last year of high school, but it has been getting a little difficult. Many of my classes are fast pacing; more homework to do, more focus you have to be, and the end of topic test we have to take. My senior year has been more stressful than my junior year. As i'm moving closer and closer to the end of this semester, I’ve been having a hard time in two classes. In those two classes that i’m having a rough time in are chemistry and government. Chemistry seems similar to a math class; new equations you have to learn, formulas to know, and different steps to equations. In government it’s the worksheets you need to finish, remembering what could be on the test, and end of topic projects. In those classes it’s a hard time trying to keep up with the pace we’re moving at. The classes I have the best time in our; algebra 2 and drama. Algebra 2 is math i could understand, interesting but a great feeling knowing you could solve problems. In drama performing and building a character that is opposite from you and seeing how it comes out is a enjoyable feeling. Before this semester ends I want to accomplish many goals in the next few weeks. One goal is to be able to finish all the test I need to take or retake for both chemistry and government. I also want to be on pace, having all my work done once I get on winter break and perhaps take some work home. The difficulties to this senior project is getting the work done before the due dates. Also putting my website into place, getting all the information I need into it, and making it come out perfect. The pros to this senior project is talking about how you feel, what makes you feel this way, and why things are how it is. It is all about you, it’s your project. However, from all the difficulties and the stress senior year has been good so far. Getting into school activities, going to school events, games, friends, etc, senior year is not all that bad. But once I’m graduated and out of high school i’ll be going off to college to further on my education and getting into the medical field. So far the steps i’ve been taking to look more into the medical field is taking a class called “NATP(nursing assistant training program). This helps by training to be a nurse and working with real/living human beings and taking care of them. Through all of the my support team is my dad. He has helped me through it all, supporting me in the decisions I making and what I want to be. I am getting all the support I need through him. Journal #3 Over winter break, i’ve spent time with most of my family only on the holidays. I’ve also went to go visit my mother for a whole week. The rest of my break i’ve spent my time at my cousins and going places around my area. On the day of New Years my grandma had gotten into a accident and I went to go spend some time with her for couple days. Other than all that, my break has been crazy, fun, and caught up on some homework. Looking over first semester I was doing good on staying on pace in my classes until the middle, I had fallen semi behind. From this semester I regret getting behind in three main classes from not taking it seriously. I kept telling myself I can do my homework tomorrow, which I kept on repeating. I did not take advantage of my teacher by staying after school to get the help I needed. There's not much I loved about this semester, it was crazy. However, before this semester ends I’m going to be staying after school getting things turned in and hopefully finishing my classes on time. But I am looking forward for my senior year coming to an end started a new chapter in my life. Having the first semester ending wasn’t really hit me yet. I’m not worried about being half way through my senior year. But I know once getting further into my second semester it will hit in a way i’m going to feel sad and anxious. However, during second semester I need to start doing and finishing my community hours. My goals this semester is accomplishing my classes on time or even earlier. I need to be getting ready and practicing for my senior exit interview and finishing my website; adding, fixing, and changing, making everything perfect and ready to present. Another goal is to be more motivated and encouraging myself to working harder and not letting myself fall behind. I want my last month of senior year to be relaxing and be done with everything. My applications to colleges have already been sent. Applied to two community colleges; COS and PC. Both colleges have medical classes that I’m interested in, but I had not yet picked which one i want to go to. My progress in getting a job is going good, I’ve started in the beginning of the year, and I have been taking it very seriously. I am taking a class called “NATP” which is a program you go and help out in resting homes for the elderly. Within this program it’s helping me get closer and closer into being a CNA, if so I wanted to be. At the end of this program you take a huge test on everything you’ve learned from this program. If I pass I’ll get a state nursing assistant certificate. So once I have graduated highschool, I’m hoping I can apply to a local resting home and getting the job. I’ll be going to school and saving up for college. Journal #4 In just three months graduation will be here before I know it, these four years flew by. The end of this school year is creeping up and it’s getting closer and closer, and I have been growing more anxious as senior year comes to a close. The past months senior year did not scare me as bad, but at this moment I am ready to scream. I am nervous about everything coming to a close, nervous about keeping my grades up and steady, finishing any projects, and just all together finishing my high school requirements. But all in the end, it’ll be worth it.
My preparations for post graduation will be looking for a job, looking into anything and applying to them. For me getting a job will help me out a lot for when I go to college. It’ll help me financially when I move out of the house and getting an apartment with friends. Currently I am in a program “CNA” which will get me prepared and have a better understanding on what I wanna be and where I wanna go. I am hoping I will become a CNA as a part time job while I am going to college. I have managed to submit my application to College of the Sequoias. I am currently waiting to take the placement test. I have also applied Fresno City College and I am planning a date to take the placement test. Before I get ready to graduate I still need to finish all my classes and take end of topic tests. I am trying to pass my classes with at least a 3.0. Completing the Nursing Assistant Training Program and passing the exam at the end of the program will allow me to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. Another goal I have set is to complete my community service hours. Somethings I look forward to in the end of this year is mostly graduating and being independent. Graduation is coming closer and closer, although I am excited to leave I am going to miss all of the memories I made throughout my four years. I am not at the end of the journey of high school yet but I am willing to finish strong and will not let obstacles get in my way. I am also looking forward to becoming more independent when I leave to college. I am going to be starting a new chapter in my life, and it is going to be the first time I am living on my own. I am looking forward to show my parents that I can be responsible on my own. I am also looking forward starting college and beginning my education in the career I will advance to in the future years. Looking back at senior year I am most happy about the memories that I have made with friends. I am also happy my learning facilitators have been able to help me tremendously along the way. I am also happy that I have been able to push myself through the year, never giving up, and finishing strong. |