4th+Quarter+Reflective+Essay

My freshman year has been like a ballon floating into the air. It's becoming something unexpected once I had to let go. Never knowing when it's going to pop and just end. This year has came and gone so quick. Looking back over time, it's been a good year but also a surprising year. At the end of my summer break I had people whispering in my ear about how it is to become a freshman. So I was scared about entering into high school and becoming a freshman. Although I knew I was capable of passing my freshman year, I was still doubting my self believeing that I was going to fail. Now that it's the begining of 4th quarter, I no longer feel frightend because I have passed all previous quarters. Therefore, since it is 4th quarter, I'm going to strive to get my attendence up and maintain a 3.6 GPA. If not higher.

Freshman year has taught me a lot of lessons. Being a freshman isn't like elementry school. I've learned that no matter how late a paper is due, or how late homework is, still turn it in. It's better to get a 50% then to get 0%. I remember in elementary school that some work didn't count if it was missing. Another thing I learned that will help me in reality once I get out into the world is the world is full of challenges and you have to face them one day or another. Things don't come to you very easy. You sometimes have to take them full on and attack it. You can't be scared of the little things nor the big things. Those big things might become huge achievements for you, your life, and your future. Although you see people attack things differently, you do it your way and the easiest way to accommodate you.

Being a freshman isn't as hard and complicated as you think. I had some good times this year and some rough times. Most of my teachers give us easy, but up to ninth grade standard work. The only class that I find to be complicated is Geometry. Well that's the cost of taking a tenth grade class. Although his class can be difficult, he still entertains us every single day, if not every second. Thanks Mr.Gray. Another class I find to be diffilcult at times is Physical Science. I don't know why I find it hard honestly, I just think it is. The crazy thing is, I'm passing with an A. The rest of my classes are easy. Ms. Posta makes class a lot easier than I thought it would. She gives us group projects to do and also individual projects. We mostly write now, but hey that's apart of school, right? However, Ms. Hagan's class is by far the most easiest class in 9th grade besides Gym. All you have to do is complete your work and turn in your notebook and that's not very complicated. So for class of 2014, I hope you won't fail Ms. Hagan's class, it's not difficult, trust me. I really never had any complcated times in school. Just missing all this school and then having to do homework after homework after homework isn't easy. So I strongly encourage Class of 2014, be here all the way.

When you enter into high school, it's not something to play with. You have to buckle down and set your goals before your even enter in to high school. When you enter into high school years, you have to maintain a certain GPA, you have to have a certain amount of credits to pass and last but not least, do not slip behind. Once you slip your first to quarters, you basically have to do double work. You have to do the work assigned to you and also credit recovery. You want to make sure you have all of your credits needed by the end of each quarter. Slipping behind and then trying to get back on track isn't very easy. You have to worry about home and school and that can be a hassle. So whatever you do at your upcoming year, try to stay on track with school. It's not easy, I know, I've been through it, but push yourself and just try your hardest and you'll get there.

I've learned a lot through out my years in junior high and high school. Therefore, being in the 9th grade has a lot of goals to set to it once you move to another grade. A goal I would like to set for myself is to attend school as much as I could. Unfortunately, I had to miss over 60 days, if not more this school year. Some things I can do to achieve this goal is to not be so sick and probably take better care of myself health wise. Missing school can be a big hassle because you tend not to have all the work you need even though you might get some of the missing work. I try to get all the work I miss when absence but somehow at the end of the quarter, I have a paper missing. So my set goal is to attend school more so I can get all missing assignments.

I want to keep a GPA of at least 3.6, if not higher. I acheived this goal in 3rd quarter. My second quarter GPA was a 3.0. I'm happy my GPA that is current and I would lioke to maintain it. The thing is, I don't know if I could maintain it throughout high school. To achieve it this quarter, I attended school much more than what I did in the previous quarters. I completed all work and made sure it was turned in on time. If something was late I still managed to get it in. Although I would like straight A's, I don't think that will ver happend. However, I did say I was going to strive to do so. Even though I know that won't ever happen, I can still try. I know I have to push myself as much as I can to achieve everything I want, but that's just something I would really have to buckle down on. I can still try though. When I have reached my goal, I will look on my powerschool twicw a week and make sure I turn in everything that is need to be turned in.

I know during my summer break I need to maintain all the knowledge I learned in all classes so I can be prepared for the next grade. I need to at least pick up a book every other day so I can stay on track with work. I know I should still look at things and look back over my old test so I remember the important things. Although, I should all have it in my head. One thing I know I'm going to have to keep going over is Geometry. That's going to be the main thing I make sure I look at over and over. When I do this I should be well prepared for the 10th grade. I'm pretty sure my 10th grade teachers are going to give us a review to make sure we remember most if not all things. I should study for that and I will be prepared and ready. Over the summer, I know I'm not doing anything so I have no reason not to do this.

Although, this school year was good and many ways. I know I will be prepared for the 10th grade. I've learned many things that will help me in the future when I get older. I know that i need to attack things full on no matter were what it is. If I want to do it, I know I have to do it and push myself into doing it. That's the main lesson I know I need to hold on to because I know I don't usually do it. Therefore, this school year has taught me a lot of things this year and I'm prepared for what ever. I thank my teachers gor that! -**//__Kayla Casey__//**