Advice
Freshman, slow down and focus on your studying. I know you think that you have fours year until you are on your own, and that it is going to take forever. But time will fly by faster than you think. You probably can’t wait to get and be on your own, but trust me, it’s not as great as you think it might be. You have bills, and don’t have anyone to fall back on if things get rough. Stay young as long as you can, you’re going to miss what you have.
Freshman Homecoming
Senior Homecoming
Accomplishment
My greatest accomplishment of all my four years in high school would have to be when I got accepted to All-State individual speech for radio broadcasting. My first year being in this category kind of sucked. The judge said I sounded really professional and it would have been a great radio show, if it wasn’t for me not making the minimum time requirement. So, I got a 4, which means you are disqualified. The next year, my junior year, I worked hard to prepare an even better radio broadcasting audition. I got a one at district, a one at State, and I got elected to go perform at All-State. I was very proud of myself at that moment, and I knew my speech coach was too. I look back on that, and just think of how far I have come in one year, and realized that there is always room for improvement.
Good Choice
At age sixteen, I could have dropped out of high school. Wouldn’t have to wake up early in the morning, could go out and get a job, make my own money and be the boss of my own time. But that was never an option for me. I knew my whole life that I was going to get that high school diploma, and that I was going to go on to college. Getting a high school and a college diploma was always my life long dream, and I never thought of the other options as a choice. When I have a goal, I am very straight forward and will do whatever it takes to achieve that goal. So, I worked hard to get this high school diploma that I will be receiving in May, and I will work even harder to obtain my college degree to advance in my career.
Regret
My biggest regret is not going out for more activities. Not going out for swing choir all four years, not going out for cheerleading, or track. I missed a lot of opportunities to become friends with a lot of different people, and I missed finding my true potential. Maybe I could have been an all-star runner, or maybe even make head cheerleader. But I will never know now, because I didn’t go out for a lot of extra curricular activities. If I could go back, I would and join the cheerleading squad, and go out for track, just so I don’t think back and wonder what if?
Love
I loved being apart of the music department. Band and choir were always my favorite classes. I loved to sing, and play tenor sax. Not trying to brag or anything, but I was good at it too. Band and choir are going to be what I miss the most for going onto college. I am not the university type of college student. I could rather just go to a campus and be able to go to my own house after classes are done. But I was considering a university, for the band and choir. I am however going to continue to sing in the church choir, and maybe consider joining a community band. Just so I can keep doing what I love.
Hate
I hated all the drama and the bullying. None of us seemed to get along, and when we did, it wasn’t for very long. People at this school target a certain person for a while, and after that person breaks, they go to someone else. Students here got mean too. I know for myself and a few other students, they wanted to move away or even go more severe to committing suicide. I hated that about this school. I couldn’t understand why people just would leave others alone and just focus more on their school work. I did, that is why I never had time for drama or bullying. I was too busy working on getting my life together.
Plans
My plans after high school are to attend DMACC campus either in Carroll or Ankeny for IT system management. After college I want to work at GOOGLE, and advance the technology world. I just have a passion and I want to work with computers. I plan to marry Tyler, and start a family with him. We want to live in Colorado in the rocky mountains, where we can have a cabin in the woods and listen to the elk singing off in the distance.