My Last Year of High School :(
I didn't take any honors or AP course until I was a senior. I was too afraid, intimidated by the smarter kids, many of whom now attend ivy league schools or colleges on scholarship. However, I thought to myself, "It's my last year at this school, I'm not gonna slack off. I'm gonna prove myself, even if it is too late". So I took AP Literature, AP Government and Honors Literary Humanities my senior year. Yes, it was a full course load, and I couldn't help but feel the effects of senioritis catching up with me. However, I worked my behind off that first semester, all because I was hell bent on proving to people that I was capable of working beyond an average level. Perhaps I was still bitter about the Discovery program from freshman year. I ended up achieving my highest grade point to date that semester: a 3.9, to be exact. I wanted to hug myself over and over again. I had not only proven myself to others...I had proven myself to me. I think the harder the work was, the more I felt that I wanted to succeed. I wrote amazing papers that year, papers that I am still proud of to this day. I felt confident in myself, and it was reflected in my writing that year.
Senior year was not a particularly big year in terms of my writing. I wrote a few songs, participate in Theatre and Forensics, wrote some papers, etc. This was a year of going out with friends, making the most of my high school experience and making lasting memories. I was still happy to write, and often did in my journal. However, I took a break from writing my second semester of senior year and focused more on preparing for college. It was a personal year for me, and writing took it's place on the back burner during that time in my life. This break helped me appreciate writing even more when I entered college in the Fall of 2007.
Senior year was not a particularly big year in terms of my writing. I wrote a few songs, participate in Theatre and Forensics, wrote some papers, etc. This was a year of going out with friends, making the most of my high school experience and making lasting memories. I was still happy to write, and often did in my journal. However, I took a break from writing my second semester of senior year and focused more on preparing for college. It was a personal year for me, and writing took it's place on the back burner during that time in my life. This break helped me appreciate writing even more when I entered college in the Fall of 2007.
