Sophomore POL 32Q!
I have grown academically this year. From all of my schooling years leading up to this one I have had two main issues, homework, and motivation. Somehow this year I managed to completely change that. I have done more of my homework this year than I have in 8th & 9th grade combined. I changed myself this year, I’m a lot more reserved than I used to be, making me less social, and giving myself the opportunity to focus on the assignments I needed to do! My grades are a reflection of the time and effort I have put into school this year! The grades I have from this semester are better than both semesters last year!
I have learned how to handle situations, and confrontations. This wasn’t really a strength I knew I had, until Shane, my Humanities teacher, pointed it out. Over the last couple months my life has been hell, but I believe I have done a pretty great job at handling the chaos. In September I lost my grandfather, who I was quite close with! I handled my grieving much better than anticipated. I also had to deal with trying to find out who my real friends were! The only reason I knew I was handling everything well, was because of Shane's constant reminders!
I have also grown as a musician. I had the opportunity this year to be a lead vocalist for the IAM music class, and to record a song of my own in a professional studio! I have wanted to be a professional musician since I was 6 years old! I was given the ability this year to make parts of my dream come true. I performed twice this year, once was at the Henry Strater Theater, and the other was right here at school. Having people compliment how good I did, or how great I sounded gives me a feeling I can’t explain. When I had people in my Humanities class ask to listen to my song again, I had knew I had gotten everything I had ever wanted!
I need to work on not procrastinating. Even though I have gotten much better about doing my homework, I still wait until the last minute to complete it. I am not a person who works well under immense stress, making doing an assignment right at the last second, almost impossible. I have tried many, many ways to improve this, but nothing has worked very well!
I need to work on my group communication skills. When working on group projects, I space myself from my group members. I have a very hard time asking my group members what I need to be working on, and expressing my ideas. The fear comes from my extreme fear of failing, or being rejected. It’s not that I am afraid to be told no, its that I am afraid for my idea to be shot down, because it wasn’t good enough.
How do you stop self destructive tendencies?
I have grown academically this year. From all of my schooling years leading up to this one I have had two main issues, homework, and motivation. Somehow this year I managed to completely change that. I have done more of my homework this year than I have in 8th & 9th grade combined. I changed myself this year, I’m a lot more reserved than I used to be, making me less social, and giving myself the opportunity to focus on the assignments I needed to do! My grades are a reflection of the time and effort I have put into school this year! The grades I have from this semester are better than both semesters last year!
I have learned how to handle situations, and confrontations. This wasn’t really a strength I knew I had, until Shane, my Humanities teacher, pointed it out. Over the last couple months my life has been hell, but I believe I have done a pretty great job at handling the chaos. In September I lost my grandfather, who I was quite close with! I handled my grieving much better than anticipated. I also had to deal with trying to find out who my real friends were! The only reason I knew I was handling everything well, was because of Shane's constant reminders!
I have also grown as a musician. I had the opportunity this year to be a lead vocalist for the IAM music class, and to record a song of my own in a professional studio! I have wanted to be a professional musician since I was 6 years old! I was given the ability this year to make parts of my dream come true. I performed twice this year, once was at the Henry Strater Theater, and the other was right here at school. Having people compliment how good I did, or how great I sounded gives me a feeling I can’t explain. When I had people in my Humanities class ask to listen to my song again, I had knew I had gotten everything I had ever wanted!
I need to work on not procrastinating. Even though I have gotten much better about doing my homework, I still wait until the last minute to complete it. I am not a person who works well under immense stress, making doing an assignment right at the last second, almost impossible. I have tried many, many ways to improve this, but nothing has worked very well!
I need to work on my group communication skills. When working on group projects, I space myself from my group members. I have a very hard time asking my group members what I need to be working on, and expressing my ideas. The fear comes from my extreme fear of failing, or being rejected. It’s not that I am afraid to be told no, its that I am afraid for my idea to be shot down, because it wasn’t good enough.
How do you stop self destructive tendencies?