1.G- First of all. If there's anyone worth mentioning on this blog, it's him. He was the only person to ever really care about me. He was also the first person to break my heart. He taught me about love, and he enabled me to open up to people. G also helped me learn to love myself. I took everything he did to me and used it as a learning experience. I knew that if I was gonna love anyone else I wasn't going to make the mistakes I made with G, and I'd stop it before they do the same thing G did to me. My whole predicament with G was a learning and a changing experience.
2.F- I don't know if I ever talked about F, but I had considered her a friend at one point in time. The only thing F helped me see was that you can't trust anyone no matter how much you consider them a friend. She taught me that you can't make someone change for the better; they have to want to change on their own. What I would take from this experience is the fact that I can't tell all my business to everyone. Some things need to just be kept inside. The other thing I will take from this experience is the fact that don't nobody out there in this world give a shit about you. If you want to survive in this world, you have to learn to stand on your own two feet. F and my situation helped me grow up.
3.Dance team- Oh my gosh, did we suck this year! All those black girls on that team and we looked like we were just white-washed! This just taught me that I have to learn to embrace my talents and don't let anyone tell me what I can and can't do. This taught me to say something when I feel something is right instead of letting it get out of hand. Dance team also helped me be able to work with others, something I've struggled with doing since preschool.
4.Grades- I'm a smart kid, but I really didn't work to my potential this year. I still got a 3.7, but I know that I can do much better than that. My goal for next year is based on everything that went on with my grades this year. "If something seems to easy, try harder. I also need to learn not to do the minimum but the maximum. I have two more years of high school left and I need to make sure that I get good grades.
5.Advisory- Most people don't take homework assignments/big projects and actually apply it to their lives, so let me be the first to say I did. Our advisory project was problem solving in the real world. We had to pick a problem and use the problem solving method to solve it. I ended up picking the topic of college, and I actually applied everything I learned to my life. I am even more eager to go to college. I can't wait for all those new things that are waiting for me at college.
6.My advisory teacher: ms. s- She showed me that not all teachers are stuck up. She taught me that I can get close to someone who isn't necessarily in my age group.
7. My science teacher: mr. a- Helped me realize that science really is interesting. Helped me realize that not everything is going to be handed to me on a silver platter just because people like me. Helped teach me new things that I plan on using in real life this year.
I know I used to say that I regretted a lot ofthings, especially when it came to my love life. But I recently heard this quote and I plan on using it to the fullest for the rest of my life.
"When it comes to matters of the heart, the only sin is letting love slip away
because of what people say."
