I should be asleep so I can get up early tomorrow for graduation practice and the senior lunch but I was trying to find my camera, which I cannot find. However, in the process, I found this journal and thought it would be a perfect journal for Delaney, Emmy, Nina and I for our traveling journal we will be doing this summer.
So I guess I’ll just discuss about my thoughts on what I’m feeling right now. It’s a mix of butterflies with excitement, nerves, and confusion. I keep thinking that I’ll soon wakeup and find myself taking more notes for Econ class. I’m really hoping that’s not the case.
This feeling though, is good! I’m ready to move on to a new place, create sort of a new life for me in college. Maybe meet a guy and fall in love for the first actual time. But who knows, a lot could happen or nothing could happen.
So since I know some of you reading are on the road to graduation, I thought I’d give you some tips for you in your senior year*.
1. If you have Schwabenbauer DO YOUR WORK! His class is honestly the hardest and he doesn’t accept late work! So DO NOT procrastinate! This could go for any teacher you have, just ask one of the graduated seniors or one of the kids that know the school fairly well, there is always that one teacher that you don’t want to procrastinate in his class.
2. DO NOT miss more than three days in the semester (unless school related). You will have to take both the Gov/Econ final if you do. From what I’ve heard it’s hard a crap! This also goes for any class you might have at a different school. You don’t want to miss too many days in the last year of high school because you might end up with some nasty consequences.
3. Take MAD notes in Hislops class. A lot of the stuff he, and I’m sure MANY other teachers talk about are always just in his stories and you want to be sure you write down as much as you can so you can study from them and get a good grade in any class.
4. SAVE ALL YOUR TESTS! If you are from where I am, save them mostly for Gov/Econ just in case you have to take the finals. However, it is a good idea even if you don’t have to take the finals. You make sure you have all the correct answers on them and sell them to the pathetic kids who missed more than 3 days. It’s a great way to make money and you feel great afterwards because you don’t have to take the tests.
5. When you are assigned a project such as a giant seventeen page paper or you have to create a business for Econ class, get started RIGHT AWAY! You cannot afford to mess up big projects your senior year since because it all comes down to your grades in the end.
6. GET RID OF POWERPOINT! It’s so boring and it’s way to overused! DO ALL PRESENTATIONS IN PREZI.COM! It makes them look better, plus no matter how many times you use it, it is always different and there are endless possibilities with it! Plus teachers get really tired of PowerPoint’s.
7. GET A JOB! Senior year might be stressful and busy but you are going to want to be saving up now! Trust me! Plus you can always have a little extra money to go out to lunch with friends when the school’s lunch is not looking very appetizing (which is usually always).
8. Star applying for scholarships AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! If you are a junior, start this summer but get your FASFA filed ON JANUARY 1ST! It’ll save you time later and also you get more opportunities for scholarships and grants, as well as work-study!
9. Start looking for colleges NOW! That way you can get a dorm right away (plus it’ll be better) and you don’t have to worry about wondering where you are going to go. If you don’t know what you want to study, go to a community college or a 4-year college close to home first and go and at least get your general’s out of the way, you can easily transfer to a different school and continue.
10. DO NOT SLACK! I’ve said this a shit load of times but I cannot stress how important it is. If you slack your grades will go down and you could be on the verge of not graduating, like a certain red headed friend of mine. Just keep up on things and try your best; it’s going to be hard as f*ck but it’ll pay off in the end when you walk across that stage to get your diploma. (Sound cliché I know but it’s true)
xoxo
JW
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