Reflection

I can't believe that I have one more semester of high school left!  My four years of high school flew by in a blink of an eye.  I used to say how I wanted to graduate high school and leave but now I don't want to leave.  I feel that it is time to reflect on my last 3 1/2 years of high school.  I have had many successes in high school, but I also have some weaknesses to improve on in the future.

I will begin with what went right in my high school career. For one, I did very well academically.  I ended up with all As during these past seven semesters with an exception of one B+.  I studied diligently and my hard work shows on my transcripts.  I am also proud that I avoided the drama that high school can bring.  I tried my best to avoid overhearing gossip and I stayed out of people's problems.  This helped me avoid any necessary stress that I do not need in my life.  Furthermore, I am very glad that I had a fun social life in high school.  I learned how to balance school work with friends and extracurricular activities.  I believe that having a balance really helped in my success in the classroom.  I have great memories that I will remember forever.

Although I had a lot of peaks during high school, I also have a few areas of improvement.  One area that I could improve on is being more self-confident. I always cared about what people thought about me.  One goal I have during my last high school semester and beyond is to be confident in myself and to do what I want to do, regardless of what others think.  I will know that I have reached this goal when I stop asking myself if other people would judge me if I do something a certain way.  I want to be 100% confident in myself by graduation.  Achieving this goal will take time and I will need to build up my emotional strength in order to achieve this goal.  In addition, I also have a goal that I will practice yoga four times a week in order to become more at peace with myself.  I can get really hard on myself and I am always busy so practicing yoga will help me to relax and will allow me to reflect more on my life.  At some points during my years in high school, I would become so stressed with either school or softball that it would build up inside me and would make me unhappy and sick.  By practicing yoga, I will able to allow my body and mind to be strong and relaxed.

Not only do I have goals for myself regarding my health, but I also have goals regarding my family and internship.  For my family, I want to be able to converse with them without arguing.  This can be achieved if my family and I agree to listen to each other.  I want this goal to be achieve in two weeks.  Arguing with my family just causes me stress and I cannot deal with this negative energy any more.  Regarding my iQuest project, I have a goal to write down a journal entry every day I go in to volunteer.  The entries will be about everything that happened in the hospital that day.  These entries could be short or long, depending on if the day was eventful or not.  I want to have the journal so that I can look back in the future when I am hopefully a physician assistant, I can see the time when my passion for the health field had begun.

It is the end of January of my senior year, which means that I am finished applying to colleges.  I applied to five UCs and two private schools in California.  I applied to UCLA*, UC Berkeley, USC, UCSD, UC Davis, UCSB, and USD.  I am looking forward to hearing back from these schools in March!

Not only am I looking forward to hearing back from colleges, I am also looking forward to high school events such as senior ball, senior ditch days and pranks, assassins, senior picnic, as well as the last few parties and kick its with my friends.  I plan to spend a lot of second semester with my friends since  I won't be able to see most of them ever again after graduation.  I am also looking forward to my last softball season ever.  I have played softball since I was five and have chosen not to continue my softball career in college in order to focus on my pre-med studies.  I have been appointed captain of the varsity softball team at my high school.  I will enjoy every last second that I have left of this game.

Furthermore, high school is quickly coming to an end.  I want to make this last semester of high school the best one yet! Although I am sad about the thought of me graduating high school, I am also excited to see where my future takes me.