Sophomore year was an easy going year compared to my other years before and after. Sophomore year was a year where I thought of my dreams and future. Even though I haven’t participated in any school clubs, I still felt fulfilled. Sophomore year was a year filled with new challenges. After quitting NJROTC my sophomore year, I had to take a health and gym class. It was both of these classes that I dreaded the most. In gym I am not a person who loves to participate, because it occasionally gets
The bus came to a screeching halt, the students stood up and started gathering their things. Sophomore Destiny Oatts trudged down the steps, ready to get off and go into school when she lost her footing and fell forward. “I was walking off the bus, and I guess the people behind me were in a rush, and I was just trying to get down the stairs. I missed a step, and my foot slid on the edge, and I thought I was going to fall backwards, because that’s usually what you do, but the person behind me tried
I have done throughout high school, but that was just the PG version. Sophomore year is when things really began to heat up. One day over at Alex’s we found the key to his parents liquor cabinet. We did exactly what 15 year old guys would do, took some sips and wow did we think we were badasses. Looking back opening the cabinet taking a few sips and locking it back up really quick was quite comical. One night during Sophomore year it was Alex, Cal, and I, Alex drank a lot and we started to walk around
something up if I tried something new. People keep telling me to do something new and interesting so I can add it to my résumé. All I had ever focused on was school. I was known as only an intelligent person, but I wanted to be known as something more. Sophomore
season we unfortunately did not make it past the first round of district games. The team ended the season with a record of nine wins, twelve losses, and two tied games. Sophomore season we lost three of the seniors as well as five other key players from the year before. Our varsity team was made up a team of five freshman, five sophomores, two juniors, and a senior. However, we did gain a new head coach that believed in us individually and as a team. According to him, even though we had an extremely young
leadership means having the confidence, integrity, and ability to lead by example and do what’s right, so others will follow. To me leading comes naturally because people have always looked up to me. My earliest memory of leadership was the summer of my sophomore year in high school. We always had summer workouts leading up to football camp, which lead to our season. That summer, I knew my team needed to come together because the senior running back was not being a
echoed through the empty hallways of County High school as we heard the news. "How did that happen?" I thought to myself. This had to have been planned out previously by someone. This event was the Student Government elections held last year, my sophomore year. I had big plans. I wanted to be the Junior Class president. Being Junior Class president is a big responsibility due to prom, concessions and other fund raisers, but I wanted the position anyway. I knew I could handle it. My mom gave me a great
that he needed to act like an adult and apologize to the Pigman, John called him on a pay phone one afternoon and offered to go to the zoo in the upcoming future. It took Mr. Pignati everything he had in him to say yes. The following day the two sophomores presented themselves at the zoo waiting patiently. An hour and a half passed, and the old man finally showed. He instantly wanted to go and see his best friend, Bobo the baboon. While the three took the tram to the zoo exhibit, the ride became very
In this current year of National Honor Society, we didn't have a treasurer, which added more responsibility, tasks, and stress to the current officers, and advisors. Having a treasurer this upcoming year will make it easier for both upcoming officers and advisors. I, Quaja Wimbleduff, would make an excellent Treasurer for National Honor Society. My goal for being treasurer is to ensure that National Honor Society’s money is properly balanced, and distributed. For the past two years
into playing soccer, because I had a confidence problem or insecurities about what type of player I am. I would say things about myself that would lower my confidence level, just wanted to give up. It was the start of the 2016 soccer tryouts (sophomore year), I was so looking forward to it. I was so proud of myself, because during the practices & training over the summer I felt as if I improved so much more. That I could actually make my goal by being on jva. I was incapable of making varsity
the thirty students in a class like the book they are analyzing. Erudite teachers ponder whether or not Divergent is an appropriate read for Community Unit School District 200 high school students. It is important to keep the book as a part of the Sophomore English curriculum, in order to further the students’ education. Water and circles. These might not sound interrelated, but in Divergent they are two of twenty symbols presented in the novel. Divergent has examples of symbols, which help students
their life; some people might listen to a song, talk with a friend, or take a jog to get over something that has happened. I like to think of my favorite quote, and my favorite quote is Finish Strong. Finish Strong came from my softball coach my sophomore year. He read some great stories from the book. Those stories along with the quote stuck with me ever since. I like to think of my favorite quote because it is inspiring, meaningful, and successful. First, Finish Strong is inspiring. Finish Strong
It is commonly interpreted that Grit and Growth Mindset work together in a great way to achieve success. The main idea of Grit is when one takes time to better things within their life. Being a gritty person is definitely a great advantage and beneficial in someone 's life because you will be able to excel at everything you do. The main idea of growth mindset is when a person believes they are capable of achieving an infinite amount of things within their life. Being gritty helps a person with a
me in the future years. I always knew I wanted to be apart of the medical field, but ask me if I would have seen myself as a pharmacist 10 years ago, I probably would have said no. I began volunteering at the hospital at the age 16 when I was a sophomore in high school, in the pediatric playroom. I was exposed to all types of medical professionals including nurses, residents, physical therapists and pharmacists, etc. It was not until I
For the past 10 years, competitive swimming exposed me to a variety of new people. My adult role models along with my closest friends all connect to my swimming career in some way. I was honored to be named a captain of my high school swim team, a recognition only few receive on our 50-member team. Being a captain not only meant leading pre-swim exercises and receiving an award at the end of the year, it meant having people look up to me and being accountable for my actions. When a swimmer raced
starters, we need to find a baseline for my high school English classes to establish how I am evaluating myself. My freshman and sophomore years I was in the honors program for English, but I wasn 't especially proud of my performance in any given area. Although I will say that freshman year I was proud to have wrote my memoirs, though the grammar lessons I learned sophomore year could have helped them out incredibly. While my performance was above average both of these years, I do not believe there
The Pigman by Paul Zindel is narrated, in alternating chapters, by two high school sophomores, Lorraine Jenson, and John Conlan. The author obviously had a high level of proficiency to create such an interesting story and characters with very detailed traits . Lorraine is a sensitive, compassionate girl who tends to become mortified over simple things. Conversely, John is a complicated boy who lies to his teachers and is in constant conflict with his father. Some of his avocations are playing
their significant other. Starting at young ages, most females are playing pretend marriage in hope that some day that dream will come true. For me my dream came true my sophomore year of high school. I knew that I found the girl of dreams or so I thought. Here’s the story of the first time I fell in love. My story starts my sophomore year at one of my JV basketball games. After winning the second game of our four game tournament my team and I were off to watch the Varsity play in their tournament.
In the short story Cradle Hold Harry, Dukes father, notices that Duke has some feminine tendencies and was small for his age. He didn’t like this. He tried to get him to do more manly things. Eventually, after a couple of tries to get his son to become a man, Duke got a girlfriend, Hillary, and Duke wanted to invite her over for dinner, so he talked to his dad and told him to “behave”. Hillary came over and grew fond of Dukes parents, especially his dad because he gave her a bracelet from New York