First+Semester+Final

When I first began school here, at Foothill Tech, I didn’t know what to expect of the school, of myself and of my teachers. I have been an exceptional student all through my school career, I have always found school easy and not very challenging. I set goals for myself before freshman year; the first one was academics, because that’s what shapes my life, the other was to do well in water polo and to constantly improve my surfing abilities. Now I can look back on my semester and say “wow I accomplished a lot.” I can only hope for the best, that the rest of my high school career will go as well or better that it did this semester. As I said academics are what make or break your life, so they are the main focus of my life now and days. Right now I am doing OK in school, I have a 3.4 GPA, I could be doing better. I am taking no honors classes this year because I felt I needed to get acclimated to the whole high school experience. I fell I could of bin more attentive in class and more on my schoolwork. I thought sense I want taking any honors classes that straight A’s were possible, but the school was a lot harder that I expected. This semester over all has bin a very new, and accomplishing first half of the school year. The first day of school I was introduced to foothill and high school in it self, by Mr. Dustin. I think that there could of bin a better teacher to introduce me to high school. Mr. Dustin is very monotone! Although he was a very good teacher, I really liked that we had a lot of labs and hands on stuff. I am doing very good in this class I have an A in this class. My least favorite part about the class is that if we r not doing a lab we are doing a power point, or doing busy work. I hope I can maintain that grade even after finals. In Geography/health I am doing very well I have a very high A, 97% at the moment. That is one of my best subjects, and one of my favorites. Geography/Health is very one of my favorite subjects, because I love learning about our planet, and some of its history. The main reason that geography/Health is so much fun, is because Ms. Adams. I love that class because each she makes each and every lesson fun, in one way or another. For example Health is usually weird to talk about, but yesterday she made talking about boob jobs and nose jobs funny. It’s also fun because she has an English accent; so whenever she gets mad at someone you cant take her seriously. I have the so famous angel potato’s, mother ship 3rd period, Ms. Falconer. Ms. Falconer is the exact opposite of Ms. Adams; in one aspect she makes everything awkward. I personally am really not very technical, so she calls me and my friend confused babies, she is the craziest teacher I have ever had. I currently could be doing better in that class, I have a B- in that class. The best two best parts about that class is that when she goes off on some random tangent she goes on forever, and it takes up a lot of class time. By far the most fun part about that class are the rolley chairs, they r so fun! One of the periods I look forward to is my English class. The reason I look forward to this class is that last year my English class was the most boring and none productive class ever. This year the class is very productive, we write a lot of essays. Although I hate reading books, it still tops out the last years of English. Over all this semester of English has made me stronger at writing essays, and made me like English a lot more that I did. 5th period is my all time least favorite subject, Math. It also has one of my favorite teacher ever. Mr. Villa is best teacher; he always finds a way to make math fun. He teaches in such a way that its fun, funny, and we still get the concept in which he is teaching. Something that makes Mr. Villa’s class is that if you do all of your homework you can probably do well on the test. I have a ok grade in this class, I have a B+, so there is always room for improvement. Then last period I have Spanish 1. This class was fun at the beginning of the year because I was learning a whole new subject, but now that I have bin doing it for a while I lost interest in it. I can’t imagine being a baby again trying to learn a whole new language. I have an A in this class but it is truly a challenge, I didn’t think that Spanish would be that hard. This semester academically has bin challenging, but fun. I fell I could of done better, but I turned out well. Foothill has had its corners and bumps but is good. I fell I made the right choice to go hear. I tried a new sport this year, and also excelled at the sport I all ready did. I tried water polo this year, it was really fun, and a way to stay connected to all of my friends at Ventura. Water polo also kept me busy so I stay out of trouble, and make a lot of new friends in the sport. My other sport is surfing, I love it without my life would be a living hell, it what I do to keep my mind off all the bad things in life. Water polo has improved my surfing a lot, that is one of the reasons that I picked the sport, the two sports work hand in hand. I have grown mentally and physically this year. Mentally I fell I can take on more stress, and responsibility. Physically I fell I have grown in strength, and that I am physically prepared for anything that comes my way. As I look back on this semester, I fell I have accomplished a lot, and proud of what I have become. I met most of my goals and expectations. I had become physically stronger at my sports, and mentally stronger in school, and at home. I know that in the years to come there will be many roadblocks and opportunities that will bring me up and put me down. Now I fell I am physically ready for anything, and I have the mental skills to find a way around any roadblock.