High School Struggles

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During my first semester of freshman year, I have gone through tough times and some great times. Since the first day of highschool, I knew that highschool is not going to be the same as middle school. Some of the struggles that I have been going through, is always procrastinated my assignments. I have procrastinated so many things, that it has impact my grades a lot. In order to fix that, I will need to make time to do my work. If I keep delaying on my work in the future, I will soon fill my classes and not get the credits I need, in order to graduate high school. Another example of me struggling, is listening to the teacher. The reason I say this is because I will miss key information and not understand the assignments. If I start to pay attention more to my teacher I will know the details that I need to pass that task. Those are some the struggles that I have been experienced in the first semester of freshman year. …show more content…
Since the first day of high school, I knew that had to make new friends because most of my friends went to a different school. So I meet so many people that I can hangout. Friends are a big thing to have because they can help you through stressful times. That is why friends are important to have in high school. One big moment for me was when the grades came in for the first grading period. All of my grades were all above a “B”. That was huge for me because I knew that I am capable of having good grades. These are the moments that I enjoy during the first semester. In conclusion, I now know what are my biggest struggles and greatest successes that I had during my freshman year of high school. My great moments were better than my tough moments. I hope I can fix my problems and graduate high school so that I can have a bright

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