I Want To Be Throughout High School

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Throughout high school, you are told to express yourself. To not be shy and to do as much as possible within the given four years to try to start shaping your future ahead of time so you won’t be behind. Some people choose to dance their way through high school, participating in talent shows and class battles, while others choose to join clubs to go around helping their local community with their beloved friends. For me, I chose to do a sport along with the other 55% of the students at school. Doing an extracurricular proves that you are not only academically oriented but it’s demonstrates that you are able to balance out your time and your life in ways other students can’t or choose not to. Putting yourself out there and out of your comfort zone are just a couple more reasons to establish the fact that you are indeed different and worthy for whatever college you want to apply for or for whatever reason it may …show more content…

Taking only one AP class, it caused me to sleep at midnight because I did not plan my schedule ahead of time and I was being foolish, acting as if I can just cruise my way through the year like I did during freshman year. Expectations increased to the point where no more late work would be accepted and I’d get detention or my grade would drop lower than the deepest pit in the world. In the sport that I participated in, I had to prove myself worthy in order to be given a position within the team while new incoming freshman's not only looked up to the upperclassmen, but to those just a year above them as well. I had to set an image of myself where I too would be respected by all classes, teachers, and coaches while staying true to who I really am. Sophomore year was undeniably a major test to see how I would do. Maintaining a good GPA was surely and still is torture because keeping up with school and doing well in a sports is probably my one way ticket to my dream

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