Final+Essay

At first, the thought of starting high school was scary, but now that I have completed a whole semester of my freshman year, I love it. I have maintained at least a 3.0 average so far this year. My ninth grade project was the biggest project of the year and the most difficult; when I got my grade back all I could do was smile. I was so proud of myself for working so hard and getting the grade I deserved. The level of sports I do is very high, so it means I have to work that much harder on keeping up my grades and studying when I need it. My family has always and will always be there for me. They help me with the goals I want to succeed in. School, sports, family, friends, living life, Aleah, and goals. That’s the definition of my life.

“School always comes first” my mom reminds me of this every day. I have always thought that I could get away with not doing much work in class, but I realize that’s kind of a fantasy. I never gave 110% until now, and that is something I wish I could go back and change. I think Foothill High School has really help in my study skills and writing level, but my reading still needs some improving. Mr. Geib is going to help me with that. I get a lot of support so I believe my smarts will become smarter.

First period I have dance with Mrs. Stevens. Dance is my P.E. for foothill and I really enjoy learning hip-hop, jazz, and soon to be ballet and tap. It’s sort of a challenge for me because I haven’t had much experience with jazz or ballet. NO experience with hip-hop, and about 3 years of tap, but I have forgotten all my hard work so it’s like starting all over. Dance is really helping me with becoming a lot more flexible. I’m about 2 inches for doing the splits. We have learned 3 dances so far and preformed them all twice. My favorite dance was our hip-hop routine. I wish we could have learned more in hip-hop.

Second period I have Geography/Health. Geography = not fun. Health = fun. At first Geography seemed okay, fun, not bad. It turned out being boring, hard, and so not fun. I almost fail every test in that class and I was so disappointed in the grade I got at the end of that class. But since I started health my grade went up to a B. So far in health we have made collages, worked with groups on projects, and watched pretty interesting videos. It’s not my favorite class. But it’s not bad either.

Oh my…Third period. Algebra 1. My worst subject, it’s defiantly not my favorite class. I haven’t failed one test yet In that class and I don’t plan on failing any. There’s just something about that class that I can’t stand. I go to after school tutoring with my friends Grace Moir and Adrianna Haas. They make it pretty fun and I like getting the extra help. Since it’s the end of the semester math got hard, and boring.

Forth period is English with Mr. Geib. He’s one of my favorite teachers. Mr. Geib makes English pretty fun. He reads books with accents, we watch those old school movies with the old books, and we rarely have homework. He’s sence of humor makes his class fun. We do to much writing (hint hint) Plus it’s my birthday everyday in that class…and everywhere else..

I have biology Fifth period with Mrs. Rizzo or Mrs. Vega. She recently got married so her names changed to Mrs. Vega. She’s a great teacher. Mrs. Vega is one of the nicest teachers I have ever had, but I don’t think she enjoys teaching fifth period bio. Because our class is so disruptive and I wish I was in a different class period. We have tons of homework which makes me dislike biology but other than that it’s an ok class.

Sixth period I have EDA (Education in Digital Age) with Mrs. Carr. That class is only fun for the people and friends that are in it. My friends Anika, Kazu, Katrina, Sam, Scott, and Jared are in that class are there pretty funny and bring the class to life.

Seventh period is my favorite class. Spanish with Ms. Leaf. Ms. Leaf is my favorite teacher which makes her class my favorite. Spanish is a pretty hard subject and it’s difficult to learn. I’m not a very fast processor so I feel like the people in my class fly past me understanding everything while I’m in the dust not understanding anything. But I have kept up my B average in that class and I’m trying very hard to bring it up.

The ninth grade project wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I did my project on Rainforest deforestation and the sloth. I didn’t care what biome I got at first but then my dad told me if I got rainforest deforestation that he would help explain the environmental issues. So that was the first biome I went for and I got it! So I was nervous but I was also expecting to do really well and when I got my grade back I was extremely happy. ( I got an A)

So far, in my freshmen year I have met a lot of new friends and also managed to keep my old friends. One person I have met this year is Brandon Ellis, he’s so nice and very funny, we really like to talk like unicorns. He likes poop. and to him its my birthday everyday. :D

My greatest friend at Foothill is Katrina! I met her the first day of foothill technology, she’s in my English and Health/History classes and we have been good friends ever since we met. Nina is somebody I can go to for anything and she knows I’m always here for her also. My best friend in the world is Vanessa Figeroua (Nessa). Nessa is the one person that I can completely trust with my life. She helps me with anything and everything and she’s like my sister. My parents love with and her parents love me. I’m so comfortable around her whole family; I even go to church with her almost every Thursday and Sunday. Vanessa is like my sister, we get in to many fights. big fights, little fights, and HUGE fights, but it doesn’t matter in the end we always make up in the end and become best friends again. I love this girl and always will.

My feelings for my family are so out of this world; it’s crazy. My mom is always pushing my towards my school related dreams for example my mom is taking me to Boston during spring break for a week to tour all of the Boston colleges and the college I have wanted to go to since I was 9. BOSTON UNIVERSITY. She encourages my goals like nobody else. My dad pushes me towards my sport subjected dreams, he has played volley ball all his life and that’s where my sporty side comes from. My big sister Kelsey is up at Academy of Art University enjoying the college life and San Francisco’s cold weather. She only visits during a holiday which is a good thing and a bad thing. Last but defiantly not least, Aleah. Aleah is my Little sister and my life. My whole life I wanted a little sister and when Aleah was born I was the happiest girl in the world. She’s 18 months and there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her.

At first I did NOT want to go to Foothill Technology High School. But now that one semester of being forced to be at Foothill surrounded by good friends and better teachers I have learned to love foothill.