Bayshore is a D school.

Personally, I think the whole grading schools is ridiculous. Do I think the D grade is an accurate assessment for the students? For the majority of students, yes. I feel like most of the students at Bayshore don't care about the grades they get, they can just do the credit recovery thing. I think that bogus, if you fail a class take it over. Giving kids an easier way to redo classes with minimal effort isn't helping the fact that some kids just don't try. It's allowing them to not have to try as hard as they should. The teachers try as hard as they can but you can only do so much. Honestly, the way I see it it's just like parents, if parents try to hard to make their kids do something they'll just rebel and it makes the situation worse. So teachers supposed to do. It's the same with administration, the stricter they get the more rebellious the kids get. I really don't know what there is to do because I'm not a principle and I never will be one, but those are just my thoughts.

Lord of the Flies Reflections

I kind of like our project. I wish we could have finished it earlier but for the most part I'm happy with it. Our projects are due today and we are not prepared so we have to wait until Wednesday to present it because Garrett is not here. The only problems we had with our project was finishing everything and recording it on time, Which unfortunately did not happen. I actually wasn't really a big fan of LOTF, but before we read it I had always heard about it and wanted to know what it was about. the only thing I would have done differently is pushing to finish it so we could show it today.

What if...

What if my parents never met. If my step-dad and my mom never met I would be a lot happier. If they had never met I also would still be in Manassas, Virginia. I would be a lot closer to the rest of my family and I would probably see them more often. My 3 year old sister would not exist and I would probably be a lot different. My personality would be different, my taste in clothes would be different , and I'm pretty sure my taste in music would be totally different. It would be weird to grow up around my family because we're kind of opposites. I'm extremely pale and listen to Death Cab for Cutie, and my cousins are obviously black and they're favorite singer is solja boy. If my parents never met I would not live in Florida I wouldn't have met my friends and my boyfriend. I don't know if I would Be happier or not but I'm happy now even though my step-dad and I aren't cordial.

Oh obstacles.

In my senior year I have been presented with a lot of obstacles and it's only the third month of school. Being told you probably won't be able to graduate is something no one wants to hear, and unfortunately that's what I was told. When someone tells you you can't graduate it's defeating. I didn't even want to come to school anymore, To me there was no point.

As you know I transferred to Bayshore from Cardinal Mooney my junior year. Well, there were problems with my transfer and my transcript were never sent to Bayshore. That means that my freshman and sophomore years of high school did not exist. My mom told me not to worry about it and by June of my senior year everything would be sorted out. June of my senior year would mean that I would graduate without applying for any colleges, therefore not being accepted to any colleges. That was not going to work for me.

Luckily everything has been worked out and I will be graduating in June, and will have applied (and hopefully gotten in) to colleges. I still have obstacles I need to get past, like picking a college and being able to take ACTs and Sats, but for now I dont really have much to worry about. I'm just kind of taking life day by day.

My letter to a freshman.

Let's see, My freshman year seemed like it was just yesterday but i don't really remember much about it. Freshman year isn't really as exciting as everyone says. I'm sure any one you ask will tell you they don't remember much about it. My freshman year I went to school at Cardinal Mooney High School. I was friends with good kids and I was one of the two freshman on varsity cheerleading. In a catholic school you would think no one has sex or does drugs, But whoever came up with that obviously did not go to a catholic school.

My freshman class at Mooney was the most hated class probably in the history of incoming freshman. My class was loaded with girls who wanted to date senior boys and boys who thought smoking weed would make friends. I think the only reason I avoided these decisions was that i had friends that kept me grounded. None of my friends like drinking or partying like the rest of our class, This is why we bonded.

In your freshman year you have to be careful who you associate yourself with and it's is critical to evaluate the people you call friends. My advice would be to join as many clubs and activities as you can. It will seem pointless but in your senior year you will thing it's the best thing you ever did. I'm in my senior year now and I am thanking myself for every little thing I did as a freshman. People will tell you no one looks at what you do your freshman year but trust me the things you get involved in when you're in ninth grade will help you a ton in twelfth grade.

Finally, I'm a senior.

So I'm finally a senior and I feel the same as I did last year, and the year before. Sure, I'm excited to graduate but I don't feel as excited as I should. Everyone around me is burning with anticipation and I'm just kind of going through the motions just like every year before. I think I'm more scared than excited. I don't know why no one is scared to death for college, I am. I'm a creature of habit, I'm not really a big fan of new places.

This year I really just want to get everything done early. I hate doing things last minute and being extremely stressed out, so I'm getting applications and college stuff done early. I have hard decisions to make though. I'm torn between two schools. One has exactly what I need but is way too expensive, and the other is closer to home and it's less expensive, but it doesn't have what I want. Plus I have to worry about ACTs and Sats, who knows how that'll go. So basically this year is making me kind of wish I was still in elementary school so I wouldn't have to worry about anything. All I would have to do is cut and paste and color.

But I am excited to be on my own and finally be in the career I want to do for the rest of my life. I'm excited that people are going to have to start respecting me like an adult and not treat me like a kid anymore. And I'm definitely ready to be out of high school and on the way to the rest of my life.

LOTF

So in art we have to do a project. My group chose to do a puppet show. We've planned it out already we just need to make our puppets and write a script. Should be interesting.
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