My Sophomore Year..

My sophomore year of high school was one that made me laugh so hard that I had tears of joy and also is the year where I have met so many new people that I can't keep up with all of them. I have enjoyed this school year but I am ready to move on to my junior year. I have learned many things this year which include responsibility (autonomy), friendships, and a lot of academic things as well.

I am ready to move on to my junior year because of the responsibility I have learned to have and use. I really need to have a lot of self control and autonomy packed into my lifestyle, especially in high school. I need responsibility in my life because I am growing up and the "grown-up world" isn't going to treat me like a little kid for long, it will eat me up and spit me out. I need autonomy too; autonomy means to do what you're supposed to do all by yourself without being told to do it. This year as a sophomore I took a Spanish II class and that's how my teacher ran the class, through autonomy. So in order to pass the class you had to do the work either in class or at home and if you didn't then you would fail her class. This really helped me to realize that I am not going to have a teacher or my mom on my back all the time telling me to get things done. I will definitely use these lessons through my whole life and they will help me to succeed.

I have also learned about friendships. Some of the people in my life at school have either been there forever or I just met them but either way they will be there for me no matter what. I think I learned that friendships are important at school because they help you get through everything ranging from the cafeteria rumors to the teacher "hating me". Friends are good people to have around and sometimes things go wrong but there will always be a way to fix it, and you should. Some friendships surpass sophomore year too, and I know that all of mine will.

This year, as a sophomore, I had a very hard academic schedule to follow. My schedule looked like this, Hon. Algebra II/Trigonometry, Gifted Course, AP World History, 10 Hon. English, Spanish II, AP Chemistry, and last but not least an Athletics class. My schedule was one that consisted of five AP or honors courses out of seven! This really helped me to stay on the ball with all of my work to get all A's and that wasn't easy. I also had to keep with two sports while getting all A's. What I learned from all of these advanced and honors classes is that I can do it again for my junior and senior year and this will help me a lot when I am trying to get into college. When I make it all the way to the college level it's going to be a good feeling that I made it all the way from high school all while taking the harder classes. Maybe even in college I can take more AP and honors classes again because I will already be experienced on how to handle passing so many.

My sophomore year has been a pleasure full of it's up's and down's. I want to move on to my junior year though because I am ready to grow up and get out of high school, with a diploma of course! All I know is that I have a great understanding of responsibility for the life I have ahead of me. I know how to keep friends and to be loyal to them too, and I have a good academic background already behind me while I am still going to go for the above and beyond for my academic career that I still have yet to accomplish after high school.