Being A Successful Student

Applying to be apart of the NHS community is no easy task; it requires you to be a successful student and at that, a good person. In my case, being a successful student not only means doing well in all my classes but also having good relations with teachers and the people outside of school. As I grew up, I’ve noticed that I’ve had a lot of opportunities and benefits that most people do not. It troubles me how reality is so cruel, so grueling that it would cause a huge impact if a person makes even one mistake.
When I first enrolled into Maspeth High School, I had already made up my mind to work hard and to strive to be one of the top people in the class. In my middle school years, I did not have any motivation or realization of how much it …show more content…
I wanted to do good, and so I first began with the library. I did what he wanted me to do for and in the library, this created a great relationship between us and is still continuing on. What’s more is that he’s also into tennis, which spurs the relationship to be stronger and to have conversations with each other without having to make it awkward. I expanded my views a little more in sophomore year and applied to a program called Young Governors. It’s essentially a group of teens that are hired (or volunteers) to address issues in the community. Sadly, I was too busy in the summer to participate in any events they had, but I had learned about all the projects they have done in the past. One of which is the creation of a garden in Elmhurst, and I watched a video of people explaining what the purpose was for and why they were doing it. It impacted me greatly because it looked like it was something fun and at the same time productive for both the earth and community. But what I have contributed to the community is the tutoring of kids at prep. I go to prep a lot and I’m normally asked by my teacher to help those in the next class with their homework or classwork. Teaching kids younger than me, is very fun and is a great learning experience for both sides. Apart from helping them with their work, I feel obligated and responsible to teach them how to be respectful to others and to be logical in making decisions. I want to educate them of reality and how it is when they grow older, because making decisions is very hard but in order to make them they first need to be well educated of things. If they make a wrong choice it can easily affect their life in a negative way. Knowing that kids nowadays can be easily influenced it’s better if people influence them in a POSITIVE way, and that’s how I have done it in the prep. I hope that when they grow older, they can do the