Expectations by Christopher
Christopherof El Paso's entry into Varsity Tutor's November 2014 scholarship contest
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Expectations by Christopher - November 2014 Scholarship Essay
Students coming into high school from middle school might have certain ideas of what the next couple of years of their life is going to be like. For me, not much changed following eighth grade because I attended a ninth grade academy in result of the vast amount of students their were in the high school that I intended to go to. So really, I had an extra year to prepare for my first year in this overcrowded high school.
If there is one thing I have learned apart from academics in high school, it is that you have to do the best with what you have. You have to choose who to talk to and you have to choose who to call your "friends" - you even have to choose who you become acquainted with. Grades come first before anything. I was lucky enough to have parents that really push me to do my best because I never had to experience loss of credit or retaking of any classes.
Aside from my parents helping me out, I had strong self-motivation going into high school. I tried my hardest not to settle with borderline grades and instead over achieve. Middle school to high school is not much of an easy transitioning. There is no starting over in school - there is only more and more work. It is all about finding a balance between the best years of your life and your grades. There is always a wrong crowd. Regardless of the setting and situation.
My expectation of high school in eighth grade was very exciting. I am going to meet new people and learn about interesting things. I am going to obtain so much knowledge. And this was true. What I didn't know was the way these things would present themselves to me. There were some obstacles which I overcame, but I got through that my way. It was in the most loneliest days that I learned the most.
The biggest thing you have to learn to accept these coming years is that it's okay. It okay to be kind to yourself. It's okay to be wrong. It's okay to get mad. It's okay to be flawed. It's okay to be happy and it's okay to move on.
