High school has been a very interesting experience: meeting new people, learning new skills, and being exposed to different aspects of life. Since freshman year the one class that helped me stay on top of my academics was AVID. The annoying Cornell notes and tutorials are beginning to pay off, I now know where to get help and how. As an “AVID family” we have not grown as much, our “family” was torn apart sophomore year to form a new one, with new students, old students, and a new “AVID Mother”. Our “AVID Family” is not a functional one, but we can depend on one another, sometimes. AVID has helped me make a solid decision on my career goals; I want to be a single subject, junior high science or history teacher. Aside from being in AVID I haven’t really joined any clubs, I joined a newly formed club my freshman year, “conspiracy club”, but that was a complete failure. We rarely met and when we did we would waste our time watching videos instead of discussing or debating over conspiracies. Our club was soon shut down and I was left with no club to fulfil my required 10 hours of clubs for AVID.
Freshmen and sophomore year was a breeze. Falling behind was never an issue, except in math of course. In science I was always ahead of the game, the first to turn in my work and to take the EOT. The same applied for my English classes; I always attempted level fours and turned in my work on time if not ahead of time. Health and wellness and tech basic were also very easy semester courses, while physical education, all I can say is that I passed the class. World history my sophomore year was also easy, I didn't struggle and I managed to get either level fours or three point fives both semesters. Junior year was a big difference, I took Chemistry, AP English, AP US History, and Careers in Education, Algebra II, AVID, and I took a tutoring period to earn extra credits. I didn't really struggle in chemistry, it was quite fun actually, excluding the entire math of course. Algebra II, AP English and AP US History on the other hand, I struggled somewhat to stay on pace but I managed to get my work done on time and I attempted most level fours. History was difficult to grasp sometimes, and English is was mostly correcting essays over and over again, which became very frustrating. Algebra II was my biggest obstacle my junior year, but I managed to find help from friends that were either ahead of me or that had already taken the class. Before I knew it, I was one of those students; on pace or ahead of the class and helping my peers.
Freshmen and sophomore year was a breeze. Falling behind was never an issue, except in math of course. In science I was always ahead of the game, the first to turn in my work and to take the EOT. The same applied for my English classes; I always attempted level fours and turned in my work on time if not ahead of time. Health and wellness and tech basic were also very easy semester courses, while physical education, all I can say is that I passed the class. World history my sophomore year was also easy, I didn't struggle and I managed to get either level fours or three point fives both semesters. Junior year was a big difference, I took Chemistry, AP English, AP US History, and Careers in Education, Algebra II, AVID, and I took a tutoring period to earn extra credits. I didn't really struggle in chemistry, it was quite fun actually, excluding the entire math of course. Algebra II, AP English and AP US History on the other hand, I struggled somewhat to stay on pace but I managed to get my work done on time and I attempted most level fours. History was difficult to grasp sometimes, and English is was mostly correcting essays over and over again, which became very frustrating. Algebra II was my biggest obstacle my junior year, but I managed to find help from friends that were either ahead of me or that had already taken the class. Before I knew it, I was one of those students; on pace or ahead of the class and helping my peers.