Personal Essay
Senior Year. The year that is your last one until responsibilities catch up with you and it’s time to get serious. I don’t think that’s true; We’re all loaded with responsibilities no matter the age or time; even at the age of thirty, the task of tidying up is still the creeping feeling that haunts the back of the mind until attention is given to it. Though in high school, the main responsibility is graduating with good enough marks to get somewhere but I am part of the group whose main responsibility is graduating with flying colours and a scholarship from the university I intend hope to attend. It sounds grueling and it is, but it really only ever feels burdensome if there’s no purpose to it. A Scholarship is a purpose so
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Kuwait is a very unique country to put it lightly; there’s not much to do there unless you want to risk your safety. My old school wasn’t very encouraging with extra curriculars so i had to work with whatever activity we were lucky enough to be able to participate in. I used to take part in a lot of annual seasonal competitions such as Gift wrapping, Calligraphy, Crafts etc. From Grade six to eight I used to take part in an Australian exam our school used to be given but it stopped after Grade 8. A lot of things stopped by the time I was in highschool; school work became the most important thing and distractions weren’t allowed. So I would attempt to do stuff out of school; I took tutoring lessons for school and I even took one to improve my Arabic and become more comfortable with it. I’d also babysit for my relatives whenever they needed me to and honestly, babysitting more than seven kids is not easy. As for leadership qualities, I used to usually get chosen to be the class monitor and other positions that required leadership qualities. In Grade ten, however, I was seen as someone with the potential to be a leader and was chosen as one of the senior
The idea of having to go to school every day for at least twelve years conjures a lot of different emotions – some may be excited about the idea of learning new things and exploring their minds, while others may be exasperated just by imagining the curriculum they must complete during this time span. The term “senioritis” is derived from the feeling of irritability during a student’s last year of high school; this can cause a nosedive in GPA, lack of effort in assignments, and leaves the student with little to no determination to finish the school year. With this said, as years pass through a student’s academic journey, their passion, if there ever was any to begin with, is likely to dwindle down by the time
Senior year. The year known for its “lasts” of everything and the start of one 's adulthood. It’s also a busy part of life- college applications, college acceptance, graduation, and even get to know what the terminal disease “senioritis” feels like. Senior year is the last year that I will get the chance to cheer on the football team every Friday night, running track every Thursday, as well as seeing my favorite teachers on a day to day basis. This year is my year, the year that is going to change everything that I have ever known. Senior year is the year that will impact myself, my friends, my family, as well as everyone that surrounds me. It will be the year of change.
In view of this “illness,” junior year also takes a toll on individuals. There is the ACT and the pressure to obtain a certain score to receive a scholarship or to be admitted into a dream school. As a matter of fact, the college application process is exhausting in itself. The stress seniors build up before they click
“In a study entitled “The Lost Opportunity of Senior Year: Finding a Better Way," released in 2001, the commission found that for many students, that year "becomes party-time rather than a time to prepare for one of their most important life transitions. ... Many students reported 'ditching ' senior classes because the atmosphere encouraged them to consider senior year a farewell tour of adolescence and school." The commission also suggested that senioritis may, in fact, be most pervasive among the "best and the
My project that I will be doing for my Senior project is helping out the Swan Falls Assisted living center here in kuna. I would be playing games, helping them get around, make cookies, and anything else they need. I want to give back to my community and help others out as much as I can. I also would like to donate blankets and warms socks to everyone that lives there since it’s winter and its cold. It’s a very nice and generous thing to do and some of those people in there don’t get to see their family since they live out of town, work, or medical issues.
I remember my senior year. I worked my tail off. I'll say that again, "I worked my tail off." That felt good to say. From the first day, waking up to the 6:30 alarm to get through security on time to last moments and receiving my gold cords, I worked hard.
Junior year. A time of momentous self growth and a time in my life when I felt like I really had it all together. Apparently, everyone else thought I had it together too, because I was voted class president! At our school the juniors plan the prom and I really wanted this position so that I could bring some of my personal pizzazz to the habitually mundane proms hosted by Yale High School. I knew this was my last chance to provide myself and my peers with an exciting and remarkable prom experience.
Being a senior can be one of the greatest times in life, but it does come with its own stress. Ever since I was a high school freshman, I knew that I wanted to graduate with honors. Graduating with honors comes with its own stress. I have to take all the required classes for each grade and take the extra classes that are part of the Sidney High School Honors Program. Now as a senior, I stress about whether or not I have taken the honors classes.
Throughout my life I have constantly faced challenges and set reasonable goals. Many of the goals I’ve set are short term and require multiple steps to achieve. One of those personal goals is to finish out the senior school year by taking advantage of as many opportunities as possible. As new chances come along throughout the school year, whether they be educational or extracurricular, my ultimate goal is to participate in as many of those activities as I can. My educational short term goal consists of the college process. The plan is to graduate high school with all the required forms and applications needed for college. All of these preparations have been inspired by the hope of a bright future and the idea that college will be much
Senior year, what can be said about it that hasn 't already been said. It is the time of excitement, fear, anticipation, and nervousness. It 's kind of a strange time, you are coming to the realization that your childhood is over and your adult life is about to begin. We begin to make plans, for most of us it 's the college route, because that 's all we know what to think and do. These days there 's a big push for everyone to go to college, no matter what, it 's the future. Bobby Scott says it best when he informs us “It is virtually impossible to compete in today 's global economy without a college degree.” I agree with this statement one hundred percent. I 've seen and heard about, college kids are picked over kids without a college for any kind of job. Even at McDonalds, which is crazy I didn 't know you needed a college education to flip patties. With that being said I do plan on going college, but not without some preparation. You see I grew know that money didn 't grow on trees, and if you wanted something you would have bust tail and get yourself. A lot of money is being thrown around when you start talking about college, and there are some expenses in college that I 'm kind of hesitant about throw myself at. Just because that has become the normal.
In my final year of highschool, I honestly feel like I have limited myself from change but at the same time I've improved enough to say that I have grown throughout my four years of highschool. To prove that I´ve grown, I'll compare my senior year to freshmen year academically and morally. My freshmen year, I was told by previous seniors that my first year wouldn't contribute to my graduation requirements. I believed in those words and proceeded to slack off until junior year, that's when I realized that even if it didn't matter, I would have a major effect on my effort. As a senior now, I've noticed that every year affects not only your graduation requirements but also you as a person.Since graduation is around the
When students graduate from high school they are expected to mature and become more independent in their lives. Some students in their late teens feel they cannot take on the responsibility that college brings. They may not be financially prepared for the cost of college or they just want to take some time to themselves and figure out who they are and what they want to do. Gap years are a dedicated year after high school when a student spends time either traveling, working, volunteering or just maturing. Many students use this time to prepare for life decisions that lie ahead. They may also use this time to enjoy themselves before the hard work of the college. They may decide to volunteer to give back to others at a time in their lives when
Being a teenager isn’t easy. You have a lot of things on your mind, a lot of things to worry about, a lot of things to carry, and when I mean carry, I mean both physically and mentally. During the 17 years of my life that I have lived so far, I believe that I have never carried this much before. Part of it, I think, is because it’s senior year. Actually, I think that’s the biggest reason why I feel so much pressure on my shoulders.
My senior year of high school…I want to enjoy people’s company, appreciate my family’s presence, and keep a permanent Polaroid of my “home town” etched in my memory. I have a purpose for the year, I know what I want to accomplish for the future, but I have to remember to make the most out of today because there may not always be a tomorrow.
Having spent twelve years of my school life in just one small red brick building, the years tend to fade into each other. But the year I remember most clearly and significantly is my senior year of high school, where I finally began to appreciate what this institution offered to any student who stopped to look. Before, school had been a chore, many times I simply did not feel motivated toward a subject enough to do the homework well, and seeing the same familiar faces around ever since I was 5 years old grew very tiring soon enough. But I began to see things from a different angle once I became a senior.