When I graduated eighth grade I would imagine having many accomplishments in high school. I began my freshman year in Joliet West when I was fourteen years old. At the age and at that age many teens are not thinking about their future yet. As months past I realized how bad I was doing in school but never did anything that would help me. Now, that I am a senior I came to realize how things would have been different if I would have asked for help when I needed it. I experienced failure by not passing many classes within my years of high school because of my poor choices.
My freshman year I wasn’t on track with mostly anything, my grades in my classes were way off the average. The average would be at least a C in every class. I believe that being
on my own were so hard for me because middle school was very different compared to high school. It was different in the way of teachers treating the students like little kids and getting to high school we have to be more on our own. I never felt prepared enough until the middle of sophomore year when I got more experience. I realized students should get prepared for high school because junior high doesn’t do that well in my opinion. But I can’t just blame junior high for not preparing me well because I know I made many poor choices. I had options to have asked for guidance in high school, teachers who could have helped me when I was confused on something. I would rather not attend school thinking it would make it better. Freshman year was by far the worst school year I have ever had. When I look back to that year it makes me feel so different because of the person and choices I make now. When I was that fourteen year old girl I felt like I didn’t know any better but now being seven-teen when I think about my mistakes I should have known better if I had goals to accomplish. After that year it became very hard to catch up but I did not give up. I regretted not asking for help when I needed it because it made me realize that getting help is actually the best choice. I continued my education even if I made a lot harder for myself. My bad choices lead me to failure because I chose not to care. Even though I thought middle school did not prepare me enough for high school, being in high school has been a great lead to where I am now because I have learned many things. Until almost the end of junior year I realized that it was time to try harder because the next year, my senior year, was going to be the end. Every year got harder because everything kept catching up to me by making up classes and credits. I learned many lessons through-out freshman, sophomore and junior year. One of the biggest lessons I learned from my experience was to never take advantage of opportunities like looking for help when I’m not sure if I’m right.
High school was not a completely dreadful experience, but I did not get a really an exceptional education. As I entered high school, I thought it would be a whole new exciting chapter in my life. I started out as an involved student, and went through all of the Advance Placement and Honor classes, and managed to be at the top 12% of my class. In high school, I basically placed myself to enjoy it; I joined all of the extra curricular activities I was interested in. I was in band, tennis, swimming, dance team, and Key Club. Sometimes I was at school for about fourteen hours a day, four times a week.
During 8th grade, I got called out to the counselor’s office. Entering the counselor’s office, the counselor told me that I was in the honors class. The day I graduated Junior High with honors changed the next 4 years in High school. I promised myself and my mom that I would be graduating High school with honors. For the past 4 years, I have worked so hard to be in the honors program, again. I started to take advanced classes and then I started to take dual credit classes my junior year. If it wasn’t for being in the honors program my 8th grade year, I don’t think I would be as worried about my grades as I am now.
Fellow students of Nobles, imagine you finally reach the summit of a mountain you had been planning to climb for three years now: a time when you physically pushed yourself so hard that your body no longer cooperates, but you were able to keep going anyway. What about the feeling of doing well on a test after giving up six hours of your last weekend to studying for it? Even something as simple as crossing the last item off of your to-do list produces the same feeling. I’m know we have all felt this euphoria at some point. Nothing is more rewarding than completing goals you set for yourself.
High school has been an irreplaceable experience for me. It has been a very hilly road with many ups and downs. I look back to freshman year and it is hard to believe that in only a couple months I will have reached my first destination out of many more. I feel like my high school experience has prepared me very well for college. Overall, I feel like I have been equipped for not only college, but also life as a whole. I have learned how to work with others and express what I think in a respectful manner. I have developed great skills and have found the real me. My experiences are the ones that have molded me into the confident person I am now.
My most meaningful accomplishment was making it through my first year of high school. However, it wasn’t the schooling that proved difficult. It wasn’t a social anxiety problem or having to eat the cardboard they served for lunch daily. It was the running. Literally running. My school had joined the state initiative to make sure that every student completed at least one year of an athletic program before graduation. Yet, I failed to think of a sport where being underweight and lanky helped at all. So I ran track, specifically the 1600 meter race thinking, “What the hell at least if I collapse it won’t be because I got tackled by Ray Lewis’s cousin right?” I remember always walking up to the starting line with my heart in my throat and the track
I was given this life because I'm strong enough to work for it. I'm not a Spartan by blood, nor a missionary on a quest, but I am persistent like one. I aspire to establish my objectives into reality because I'm the man in the mirror who’s going to make a change. I use to think great things came from the success I achieved, and failure, on the other hand, was unnecessary in my perspective. As of result, I was blinded like if I placed a wet towel to my face without noticing because I was given academic excellence awards, honor roll awards, haap awards, sports awards and community work awards; even though I was proud of these accomplishments. I started to alter the true purpose of these awards by thinking I was doing enough, but what I should
I have a broad range of accomplishments. Most of my accomplishments have been in several subjects such as mathematics, science, and even tennis. I credit my achievements to my own perseverance and growth, my mother’s support, and my teachers throughout school. My mother on the other hand, I volunteered at her workplace and I assist in managing a small business in operation, maintenance, administrations, and customer services with give me some basic knowledge of how the money work.
I found out about the program from, who attended the program. Although I have had several accomplishments that I am very proud of, the accomplishment that comes first to mind was winning first place in a series of three chess tournaments where excellent performance in the previous tournament is required to gain entrance into the next. In the first tournament I competed against members of my school in a round robin format which was held over several weeks. I ranked among the top four from this tournament as a result was eligible to move on to the next tournament where I faced the top placing students from other schools in my county.
My greatest achievement thus far is reaching my senior year in college. This upcoming semester I will be entering my senior year at Long Island University, where I am currently studying Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Being accepted into this highly competitive Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) program, which only took 12 students the year I applied, was just another key in that accomplishment. The DMS program takes a lot of focus, dedication, and ambition to finish out. With 12 hour-long days, I still found time for homework, studying, and my CF regimen. While doing that I also managed to finish out my junior year with 3.3 GPA which is hard for any student, especially one that has Cystic Fibrosis and Diabetes. I hope to soon be able to say
Personal Essay I’ve always have seen myself as a very independent and motivated person who goes for the things I want. There were a lot of key moments during high school that helped me to grow as a student that I would like to share with you. When I entered high school, I was very scared because I was at the bottom. I felt that I had to reach certain standards and to really focus on my grades to get through my four years of high school. On every homework assignment, and tests that were given I would always make sure to improve on the ones that I missed.
And now, not much has entirely changed in my outlook for high school. I still see how it will be more challenging, how I will be pushed to be the best student that I can be. But also, now, I see that high school is a perfect fit for me. How my thoughts in 8th grade all lead up to what I want out of the 9th grade, a challenge. I want to be pushed to my greatest potential, I want to be given hard work, be forced to increase my managing skills, etc.
Out of all the trophies I collected over the years from playing various sports, the biggest accomplishment I have ever achieved is making my way into college and starting my path to becoming a teacher. The experiences I have had in my field experiences and tutoring students brings me so much joy. The only way to describe it, is to say teaching fills me with more intrinsic rewards than anything I have known. I am proud to say I graduated from Boerne High School as a Greyhound. I played soccer for the Greyhound’s Varsity team starting my freshman year and, sadly, had to call it quits after a knee injury prevented me from going further with my soccer career.
Time flies so fast. Looking back, my high school is just like a movie, a lot of things happened. High School is four years of growing up and probably a time in your life where you go through the most changes. In high school you are able to discover yourself and find out who you are as a person. Each year is special and unique in their own way. My journey through high school was a tough one, especially because I decided to not only focus on academic work but also to invest quality time in extra curriculum activities. I wanted more than just academic excellence; I wanted to be a leader, I wanted to add value to every aspect of my life, I wanted a rounded education and not just mere schooling. My success story is what I will like to share with you; how I really made it and how this defines my personality. My journey in High School was scary, exciting, and successful.
Good afternoon everyone. Friends, family, staff members, honored guests and fellow graduates. On behalf of the Grad Class of 2016, we were selected by our class to give some parting words. Today is our day. After thirteen years of knowing only these walls around us, our time here has come to an end. We are officially stepping forward into our futures. No longer united on one path, as we are now branching off on our own, taking our own paths.
I have made many achievements in my life. I am happy to be such an achiever at things. I remember my first achievement which was in kindergarten. In kindergarten I got on the honor roll for the first time. I was so happy, but I was just happy because my mom was happy. I didn’t even know what honor roll meant, but I finally founded out that is meant that I got all A’s. My mom was so happy for me, and I got lot of money for my A’s. After that my next achievement was that I learn how to ride a bike. When I first started to ride a bike with no training wheels I kept on falling. After I kept falling I didn’t want to learn anymore, but I saw that my little cousin was riding a bike, so I just had to learn how to ride a bike. Finally, after all the sores and burses, I learned how to ride a bike. I still fall every now and then.