One of the "big ideas" that I came to realizing through this internship is that my life is not going to go as planned. I also know now that I will change my mind about many things. Just in the past two years, I feel like I have grown into a completely different person. Some of the things I believe today are complete opposites of what I used to believe. I never would have thought that this is who I would be in eleventh grade. I also do not see this as a bad thing at all. Actually, I am happier than ever and knowing that I have a voice and have the freedom to make my own choices makes me happier than I have ever been. I chose this internship because I feel that this whole transformation mostly took place in my humanities class in tenth grade. I also knew that for my internship I wanted to do something with special education, so I thought working with Sarah Barnes would be the perfect opportunity for me to grow more as a person. It surprises me how much Sarah told me she has changed since she was my age. She used to have a lot of the same beliefs that I have today and I am not exactly sure they are beliefs that I want to let go of. She mentioned to me that she considers herself to have been some sort of hippie, and that is sort of what I feel like sometimes. I don't feel like money is at all important anymore and I really just want to have fun in life. Telling her this made her remember of her own beliefs when she was my age and assured me that she felt like she was more mature now and more responsible than she was just a few years back. She sees this a positive thing, and I just hope that when I am her age I don't look back and wish I had done something different with my life.
What are your plans for the coming semester?
For this coming semester in humanities, I plan on taking honors again. I will try my hardest to stay as organized and focused throughout the whole semester to get a better grade. I know Randy believes that it is not the grade that really matters but what I take out of his humanities class, but I college is very important to me and I won't be able to get into to colleges that I want if I don't have excellent grades. I want to get an A this semester and I feel quite obligated to do so since I pinkie promised Randy I would. I am also one of the slowest readers on the planet so I am extremely terrified by the idea of reading 7 books in one semester. I honestly do not know if that is something that I can do. It takes me about one hour to read a whole chapter. It is very embarrassing, but I just have troubles concentrating on what I am reading. It is definitely going to be a challenge for me and I just hope I can do it. I am willing to take that challenge and hope that my organization and my dedication to this class and to my education will pay off and prove that I am capable of accomplishing tasks that I consider to be very difficult.
For this coming semester in humanities, I plan on taking honors again. I will try my hardest to stay as organized and focused throughout the whole semester to get a better grade. I know Randy believes that it is not the grade that really matters but what I take out of his humanities class, but I college is very important to me and I won't be able to get into to colleges that I want if I don't have excellent grades. I want to get an A this semester and I feel quite obligated to do so since I pinkie promised Randy I would. I am also one of the slowest readers on the planet so I am extremely terrified by the idea of reading 7 books in one semester. I honestly do not know if that is something that I can do. It takes me about one hour to read a whole chapter. It is very embarrassing, but I just have troubles concentrating on what I am reading. It is definitely going to be a challenge for me and I just hope I can do it. I am willing to take that challenge and hope that my organization and my dedication to this class and to my education will pay off and prove that I am capable of accomplishing tasks that I consider to be very difficult.
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