In 300 words or more reflect on the first semester of your freshman year in high school. Use the following questions to guide your reflection:
How can you improve next semester?
How did you grow or change as an individual?
What mistakes did you make and how can you correct them or how DID you correct them?
Is your experience at Westlake meeting your expectations so far?
Remember, these questions are just a guide and you are free to structure your reflection however you see fit.
This first semester of my freshman year has been good so far.
ReplyDeleteNext semester I will improve by me not procastinating and getting my work done when it is due. Because I get off task and focused on other things that are not nessecary.
As an individual I changed by being more serious about my work ,I grew by maturing and being more open to many people and me being judgmental of people I didnt know.The mistakes that I made were procrastinating like I said and worrying about unnessecary things.I corrected them by me straightening up my act and study habits with motivation from my mother, if it wasnt for her i probably would have been motivated but not as motivated as I should of been.My expectations of Westlake were not met i thought that it would be a whole bunch of stuck up snobby upperclassman and people would be rude. But it was the exact opposite of what i thought. And I am so glad that it was because I doubt i would be able to deal with that due to my attitude.Now that i am passing all my classes i plan to finish working on my clothing line "Absolute Creation" with my partner and Samuel. I am in the fashion club and we are having a fashion show in which i am uber excited for . and my future ahead of me is so big and bright. I hope that by the time i finish highschool my clothes will be sold in boutiques. I have big dreams that i am already on the road to accomplishing at such a young age. The support from my friends and family make me strive to conquer this goal.
I would fist start by saying I am not a freshman but if this was my freshman year here at Westlake high school I think it would be an ok year. I think I would do better at my old school but other than that I met new friends and new teachers. Westlake has a lot to offer and I like all the activities here. If I was to change something about my self this year it would probably change my attitude. Not saying that I have an attitude but there is always a way to improve your attitude about school. The way I grow this year is I excelled in my reading and comprehension. I think I made a lot of mistakes this year a couple that I can name are getting distracted by girl not starting off the way I should have and that’s about it but next semester all that is going to change. the way im going to change it is by having no distractions. Im also going to change the way I start my semester off so that I can keep my grades up and not let them drop. And next semester its going to be better than the first one. I think I will also mature more in the next semester. When I mature that’s when I change my attitude and the way I look at my classes. other than my grades I like this school. it may not have a good football team but they have a good basketball team. And my even have a goo golf team depending on how good Mr.Guberman coaches it. I want to try out for football next session and try and make the football team a little better than it already is. Then after football maybe try some golf and see how that goes. I have experience with playing football but no experience with golf
ReplyDeleteDuring this first semester in high school i have learned a lot of things. most of the things that happened in the semester, i had already expected when i was coming out of middle school. Many of things in my life have changed since my middle school years. i have allot more responsibilities. When I was in middle school, my teachers let me get away with little things. In high school we often have more freedom, but at the same time; it is harder than middle school is. As far as the people and having to switch classes, high school is the same as middle school. When children start to age and mature, we are expected to have many more responsibilities. High school also improves responsibilities. I think that students should excel at their responsibilities and take their responsibilities seriously.
ReplyDeleteBeing organized I school makes a lot of things much easier. If most of your books and other things are organized you will be much less likely to lose assignments and get zeros. Many people are not organized and take their learning for granted. By doing this, you will prove to yourself, your parents, and your teachers that you don’t care about your learning. I can also improve on turning in all of my work. As you know, a zero on any assignment really hurts your grade. If you receive a zero on any assignment it can bring your grade from passing to failing. These type of things are not needed in high school.
I have grown highly over this semester. I have mainly grown in maturity.some of the things that I use to do, I don’t do anymore. Lazyness is one of those things. If I can follow the rules, complete all of my assignments, and stay on task I will be good to go in the rest of my high school years
Before I came to Westlake high school i told my self that I was going to make straight A's and not fool around. As you see that did not happen of course. then when i arrived at Westlake high school i thought ok its not so hard then i started slacking stopped doing homework stopped paying attention in class i don’t know what it was but it threw me off very badly. i am so mad at m self for not doing the right thing. I know it is a little to late to try and improve my grades now, buy for next semester i am going to come to class on time. i am going to do all work class work homework all work. i will try not to be disrespectful that i am still working on. i am going to keep my grades up for all classes not just for this one. if need be i will move my self to the front of the class room. i am not promising not to talk because it is so boring if you cant talk like really who does that. i think individually how i grew I probably came into this school all sweet and innocent. The other teachers thought i would be their favorite student well as you see that has changed for most of them but not for all of them. if i could go back in time i would change everything from what i have already done. and i understand this is not going to affect you this is all going to affect me badly. i have made so may mistakes this year it just don’t make no sense. I be trying to tell my self to get it together but i just don’t listen. My experience at Westlake is most definitely not meeting my expectations so far they are no were near them at all. Next year for me will be a whole nother story and i promise you that one.
ReplyDeleteMy freshman is year is not what I expected at all . In 8th grade I expected 9th grade to be fun exciting plain and easy. Know that I have almost finished my 1st semester I feel a little disappointed. Its not really hard but its not as easy as I planned so many things are different from middle school witch I am use to I love certain things like our freedom and cool lunches. I think high school is a challenge especially as a freshman because I feel like were the lowest so feel that people look down on us. or don’t show us as much respect unless your popular. At Westlake personally I feel like it’s a big ghetto fashion show and you have to wear true’s or meks and expensive clothing to be cool. I like high school thou because in a way I like being challenged and I like fashion. But other than that I love high school. Because im beginning to find myself and become a lot more mature then I was last year and it kind of gives me an idea on how to act mature because they don’t baby you in high school . I grew in my knowledge because ive learned to challenge my mind become more intelligent I think I also grew in maturity EXTRMELY witch im still working on . im improving on how to close myself out from distractions and peer pressure . the mistake I made in high school was trying to get straight on the popular committee witch was wrong because ive learned being popular isn’t everything in act its nothing at all you just know more people then me. I have a lot of goals that I need to do well In 9th grade to past those goals . I want to go to Julliard college so they ask that you do well in high school including your freshman year I plan to be one of the honor 9th graders because my gpa is really amazing witch im very proud of.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first came to Westlake I was happy and excited, because I knew I would have more freedom than I had in middle school. But then I started making certain mistakes. Mistakes that I wasn’t sure was allowed. Some of the mistakes I made was getting attitudes with my teachers, skipping classes, And distracting my classmates. As I went through this semester I began to notice some changes in myself such as, turning in all my work on time, talking a lot but respecting others, and spending a lot more time in my classes. This semester I am trying to pass all my classes and get all credits required. This semester was a hard one for me but I’m pretty sure that it will not be the hardest one. The experience at Westlake that I had, has made some of my expectations so far. Some of the things I thought would happen was that I could come to classes whenever I wanted to without getting lectured, I also thought that I could communicate with my friends in the hallways before and after the bell. I am passing all my classes I wish that the teachers would give out extra credit opportunities almost every week. That way all my grades would be even better. But any who I couldn’t fail even if I wanted to because that type of stuff isn’t allowed inside of my household. Many of these teachers up here at Westlake are so hard on the students at times and they wonder why the students disrespect them. You have to give respect to earn respect. But after all high school is great and it is preparing me for my future. I hate the fact that we have 4th period for the longest because some of these teachers gives out so much work with less than an hour.
ReplyDeleteThis first semester of my freshman year has been good so far.
ReplyDeleteNext semester I will improve by me not procastinating and getting my work done when it is due. Because I get off task and focused on other things that are not nessecary.
As an individual I changed by being more serious about my work ,I grew by maturing and being more open to many people and me being judgmental of people I didnt know.The mistakes that I made were procrastinating like I said and worrying about unnessecary things.I corrected them by me straightening up my act and study habits with motivation from my mother, if it wasnt for her i probably would have been motivated but not as motivated as I should of been.My expectations of Westlake were not met i thought that it would be a whole bunch of stuck up snobby upperclassman and people would be rude. But it was the exact opposite of what i thought. And I am so glad that it was because I doubt i would be able to deal with that due to my attitude.Now that i am passing all my classes i plan to finish working on my clothing line "Absolute Creation" with my partner and Samuel. I am in the fashion club and we are having a fashion show in which i am uber excited for . and my future ahead of me is so big and bright. I hope that by the time i finish highschool my clothes will be sold in boutiques. I have big dreams that i am already on the road to accomplishing at such a young age. The support from my friends and family make me strive to conquer this goal. Although this year hasnt been a big struggle like it was for me in 8th grade , I have improved way more than I have before and this year I seem to be more motivated before to strive for excellence.
Really the first semester i really didnt pay attention to my grades alo its not that i wasnt paying attewntion it was just that i didnt really take it that serious. i have alot of responsibilities in this school that i have more freedom then i had in middle school there are more teachers that dont care about teaching us but about getting a check. i really espected kids or my peers to act more mature in highschool since we are all mini adults bute its looks like peer preassure is worser now. well i learned to ignore stupid stupiduous teachers that respond in negative ways and do negative things because ishoundnt say anything wats the point of me getting in trouble i guess teachers do that when they are haveing a terrible life outside of school. but i also learned to stop talking so much in class , and t take my work and grades more serious. this is what i learned this semaster. Next year i will get better grades and have some what better behavior depends so i can live my dream of beig a architac and entrepeneur. The End
ReplyDeleteMy First Semester as a Freshman was very very very very difficult. It was crazy my first day when I started to get into the day of school. Well as soon as I woke up that morning I was excited and could not wait to get to school. My friends mom came to pick me up the first day to drop us off at school. So as i got in the building my friend was telling where i need to go at what hall was what and stuff like that. I guess You could shay he was showing me around like a real friend. Then as more people started to come to school I was nerves and confused and lost. I tried to follow my schedule but It just was not helping me at all. I didn't know any room numbers at all. That day was terrible so as the next day came It got a little easier to understand and I was getting to class on time and and knowing where each and everyone of my class. As the weeks went by we got our progress report and as I opened up mines I noticed that I was failing all of my classes. I couldn't believe It I D'Montai Fitzgerald was failing all of my classes. I've NEVER done this in my life. As I got home I was so scared to show my dad my grades. I knew that was going to get It, so I showed him and he told me that "If I didn't pull these grades up I was going to wish I wasn't born. So I got on my grind and started to pull my grades up. West Lake helped me to understand that It wasn't a joke, because when I first stared going there I took high school as joke.
ReplyDeleteHigh school made me to become a better student and to take school seriously because It all starts here. Well my experiences so far at West Lake haven't really meet but Its just my first year and I know there's more to come. So next semester I will strive to keep my grades up and take school seriously and not as a joke.
This first semester at westlake was cool i guess. Most of the teachers always writing students up over stupid stuff. And my fourth period teacher always kicking me out of class everyday. If a teacher wanted you to pass he wouldnt kick you out everyday. But anyways my expetations going into this school year was that i was gonna get straight A's and not get into any trouble. But that hasnt really worked out. But next semester im gonna make it opposit. Im not gonna get into any trouble. Im not gonna get kicked out of class or anything. Im just gonna go to school and go home.And do homework. And Thats the best way to succeed in highschool
ReplyDeleteThis semester I was trying to be A & B student, but I guess I told myself an lie. I was trying to do the best I can do. I started off doing well but I got suspended and when I did that it change everything. But everyday I wake up trying to get on my positive side so I can do well my first semester. Trying to stay out of trouble is not working for me so that’s why I am going to end my year as a good attendance student. My first semester should be my best semester. Next year I am going to be the best student I can be. Everyday when I come to class I am going to speak and do all the work I have assigned to me. I try hard to do my best but it seems like something keeps holding me back i really want to make it ut of high school and be Successful in life the teachers act like they want to help you sometimes but then again they don't Ccare i am trying to do my best i wqant to make somethung in life i want to make my family proud of me
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