On the first day of school, I was so nervous. I saw some people I knew from elementary school, but I didn’t walk up to them because I was afraid of being embarrassed. I hung out in my advisor’s room at lunch because she was the only one I felt comfortable with. After about a day or two, I made one of my first friends, Alli. After that, we stopped eating in Jess’ room, and starting eating in the commons, growing our group. In about a month, I made a whole lot of friends from different kinds of groups. I made friends by going up and talking to them and interacting with people from my classes and my advisory. I think that friendships are important because you can learn some life skills from having friends and they always have your back. My friends socially accept me, and I can tell most of them anything without having to worry that they’ll tell the whole school.
This semester, I went to a leadership workshop in order to work on my leadership skills , come up with ways on how to make the school better, and learn how to become a great leader with a different group of people. Working on my leadership skills have taught me how to work with other kinds of people, and how to get work done more efficiently. To learn how to work with different kinds of people, on a problem we all have to face, has taught me many things. I learned that being bossy might not be just bossing someone around, it could also be leadership skills. That workshop, has opened my eyes to who I am as a leader and I can improve at school by being able to pitch more ideas to my teachers and peers, and being able to lead a group in the assignment we’re working on. I have pictures of the activities we did to improve our leadership skills and a certificate of the leadership workshop.
At my old school, I didn’t really feel like I could advocate to the teacher without them arguing with me. Since I’ve come here, I’ve gotten better at advocating for myself. If I need to talk to a teacher about a grade or something else. I have emailed my teachers many times, advocating about a grade or an assignment. I am better at adovating by being able to tell my teachers how I feel about a grade or an assignment.
Even if I have grown throughout this semester, I think there are still opportunities and areas I can grow in. Time management is one of them. I am not good at Time management. I will be really motivated for a while, and do all my work at once, but after an hour or two, I will lose motivation, and end up not finishing my work. When I wouldn’t finish my work, it would cause bad grades and stress. I think with the new semester coming up, I can manage my time and only do bits of work rather than doing it all at once. If I manage my time a lot better, I could get more work turned in when it’s due, and not be overwhelmed by all the work and the loss of motivation.
One thing I want to improve on this year is procrastination. Last year, I would procrastinate almost every day, which ended up causing me to do assignments the night before they were due, and also being sleep deprived. I procrastinate because I don’t want to do my assignments. I just don’t know how to do it, or I forget about it. I feel like it’s an important life skill I’m gonna use for the rest of my life. The ability to overcome that, will help me improve in academic ways and even in life. I can solve procrastination by getting help if I am stuck, set a reminder, or even if I don’t want to do it, just think of the consequence in the future of not doing my work.
Question: How can I excel next semester to make my grades even better?