My Sophomore Year!!!

Wow I can’t believe my sophomore year is going to be over by the end of the day. This year has been great, all my teachers and friends I’m going miss them. What I have learned from being a sophomore is a lot. I have learned that having good grades and studding can really help you at the end. We always think well how is this going to help us in the future? Our teachers don’t teach things just to teach them, somehow, some day we will all understand and get stuck in a place and say wow I guess I really do need this. You always have to worry about yourself and do your work on your own. You shouldn’t copy other people because the only one you’re really cheating is yourself, you won’t learn by copying. I was always very shy I didn’t ask any of my teachers for help I would just try and figure it out myself well that didn’t always work. I finally grew out of my shell and started asking questions ever since then; I got better test scores because I finally understood the work.

This experience being a sophomore was a good one and can’t say that all the times were good because there were some bad. What I have learned is school has a lot of drama and you just have to ignore it. You can’t pay attention to drama because it’s not worth it drama isn’t going to get you your diploma, it’s not going to get you anywhere. When you just focus on your school that’s the best thing you can do. A lot of girls and guys think that school has to be about having a boyfriend or girlfriend, even having friends, but that’s not what it’s about. When you think that going to school sucks just think it will all pay off at the end. That’s what I have been learning and figuring out because once you get off track it’s hard to get back on. That’s what I have learned the hard way.

I do get good grades but I started to slack off and get lazy I thought there was no point in doing the work. All my work started to pile up and it was so hard for me to catch up. That’s why I don’t ever want that to happen again, it’s just easier to do things when you have to don’t put it off. All of my teachers this year have taught me a lot and I’m glad I got the teachers I did. For example in the beginning of the year I had this one English teacher I wasn’t learning what I knew I should have been, I didn’t like that class because she wasn’t a great teacher. The day I started really learning English was when Mr. Leh came. He taught our class how to be confidant, not to be scared to go talk in front of the class. He was tough on us only because he knew we could do anything. He really believed in us.

Now ever since then I can go up in front of people and talk I’m not as scared. He taught us how to write well. In the beginning we couldn’t write good stories because some of us didn’t know how but Mr. Leh changed all of that now we all can write a lot with one topic that he would give us. I always say everything happens for a reason and I’m glad he became our English teacher. I know all my teachers are preparing us for what’s coming, where going to be graduating in 2012. That means some of us already have jobs, some of us are still looking for one. We also have to prepare ourselves because our parents and teachers aren’t going to be holding our hands our whole life telling us what to do and how to do things. That’s why we make mistakes and learn from them, our parents and teachers are already teaching us wrong from right so we need to take that as well and use in the real world when were on our own.

I learned that geometry is hard but what if I want to be an Architect then I’m going to know geometry in order to build a building or it won’t come out the way it’s supposed to. I’m going to know how to right good if I want to be a Journalist or work at a desk all the time for writing reports, Spanish ill need to know that for people who speak Spanish and need help I will be the one to help them also you get more money for that. All of these will honestly help and from now on I’m not going to complain about school I’m going to suck it up and get on with it because school is going to help me have a better future.

I want to thank my teacher’s because they all have taught me something new. Something I will remember and use when I’m older. I know now everything they are teaching me isn’t just useless I’m going to need it later on and maybe not right away but I will sooner or later.

Final Essay..

What do you see in this picture? I see strong heroes. I see U.S Marines. They fight for our country because they know they are doing the right thing. I chose this picture because my Uncle was a Marine for 4 years. His dream always wanted to be a Marine and he finally did what he wanted to do most of all. He said he loved it but he came back home because his family was more important he has two children that he never really got to see.

My uncle and I are very close, were only 11 years apart I am 15 years old and he just turned 26. When my uncle left I was so devastated and scared I didn’t know what to think I didn’t know if I was going to ever see him again. When he would come visit everyone it was great we would spend as much time with him as possible but the day he would have to go back that’s when the tears would come back. My aunty his wife stayed in Albuquerque but when we heard that they had to leave as well that was hard to. They were going to be far away, they had to live in North Carolina.

After that I felt empty I thought I would never see them either. It was really hard for my aunty because she was raising two children practically on her own. She had her second baby without my uncle because he was overseas. So I can’t imagine how she felt. When my Uncle graduated from Boot Camps we all got to go to California now that was fun. When we were looking for my Uncle we couldn’t find him until he came up to us. He looked so different we didn’t recognize him. That moment I was so happy that I got to see him I was so proud of him.

I do look up to my uncle because he is such a strong person and when he came back from war he took things very well. He wasn’t the same person but he wasn’t too different. He is still the uncle that I love and is really close to. I wouldn’t want to trade him for the world. He says he misses it and that he would like to go back but right now I think he is focused on his family but he loved what he did and that was fighting for our country. I love my uncle to death and I thank him for all that he has done for me and the family. He is my hero.

Wisdom quotation

"Life is full of obstacles but you can get through them just stay strong, live life as if was your last day, have no regrets just forgive and forget".

What does this quote mean to you? To me it is saying even though life might take you on a bumpy road or path you can always get through just stay strong and have faith. If something bad happens to you or say something happens that you’re not happy with just remember everything happens for a reason something good always comes out of something bad.

You should always live life as if it’s your last day to be on this world. So don’t hold grudges towards people because when that person passes way or something tragic happens, you will regret not making peace with them. You need to tell the people you love that you love them every chance you get because you only have one life you should live it right do good things. Even though we all make mistakes that’s ok because that’s how we learn that’s how we move on and we won’t make that mistake again.

I try to be happy all the time, I don’t like being sad because when I’m sad I know I’m making everyone else sad. There is a saying “be happy all the time because every second that you’re sad or unhappy is a second of happiness you can’t get back “. That is true, I know when someone passes away your going to be upset for a while but that person wouldn’t want you crying all the time being I think those people would want you to tell wonderful stories about them so more people can remember them I’m not saying you’re not going to miss them because you will but you will see them again one day.

That is what that quote is saying to me and I will try and lave every moment like it’s my last. Smile everyday and be kind to one another, make friends because at the end it’s all going to be worth it

Extra Credit!!

Human cruelty has to stop, look what you’re showing your children. Were not all that different from each other, so why hurt one another? It’s like some people get joy from seeing people suffer I don’t think that’s right. What if you’re hurting someone say for no reason and your laughing about because you like seeing that person hurting, you should think what if that was you I don’t think you would like it so why do it to someone else?

When you do things like hurting other people then it's just making you look bad. Some people think hurting each other will prove a point but what point are you trying to make? Nothing good comes out of cruelty. People think by hurting someone it’s for a reason or they deserved it but in reality no one really deserves it just move on be the bigger person about it.

Yeah people kill in war and maybe people think well “what is the difference between killing in war and killing just to”? Well the difference is in war they have a purpose they aren’t killing or being cruel to other people because they are having a bad day they are killing and fighting for their country. They know they have to do it because they are trying to save their country they do it because they have to and they are hero’s.

I think cruelty needs to stop because really you’re hurting yourself and everyone around you. In reality you’re hurting yourself because you can live the rest of your life behind bar or die with the life sentence. I think there is no point in cruelty it needs to stop were not all so different were all human beings, we all have families and feelings.. There is also a saying treat someone the way you want to be treated.