Hindsight is 20/20. It’s easy to wish you had made changes after you look back and reflect. However, what is done is done and you can’t change what happened.
When I was a freshman, I came back to school right after the quarantine, and my work ethic was shot. I didn’t really take school seriously because I felt like there was no point, and I wouldn’t need anything I learned in real life. After my freshman and sophomore years were over, I realized that I had spent the last two years of school wasting my time. My GPA was low, and I had stopped taking honors courses. That was when I realized that everything I do now will affect how I live my life after I graduate. In my junior year, I started taking classes more seriously and developed good study habits, but I had to work extra hard just to get my GPA to average. I also never got involved in anything in school, and I regret it now because there are so many cool clubs and sports you can participate in. I recommend getting involved because you get opportunities to make lots of friends and have a lot of fun. My best advice to any incoming freshman is to take everything seriously and not let your grades slip! But at the same time, don’t let school be the only thing you live for, because then you’ll get burned out. Have a good balance of school and life, and HAVE FUN!!
Here is some advice from other seniors:
- I would try harder in school- Gavin Ogle
- Get more involved- Maya Foxworth
- I would have chosen better friends- Autumn Newton
- Tried harder- Blake Kelly
- Tried harder- Eric Jackson
- I would have joined extracurriculars way earlier – Damon McDaniel
- I would’ve known that things would get better- Eli Preciado
- Had more discipline- lord ik amakeme
- Have fun- Addie Pearce
- Join extracurriculars earlier, and be more open to making new friends and leaving the ones who weren’t good for me- Milo Rabaa
- Take school seriously from freshman year. It really impacts your GPA, so getting something good freshman year will set you up for the rest of high school- Donavin Crowder
- Make my grades a priority and tried a lot harder than I did- Autumn Newton
- Take harder classes in my first year and take classes that I want to take, not ones my friends want me in- Connor Jaszcz
- I would keep my dreams and goals personal and choose wisely and INTENTIONALLY who I shared them with. Because everyone is not rooting for you- Ivana Goff
- Have joined so many more clubs and tried out for every sport ever- Ariel Buckenberger
- have had a better balance between school and life- Kyle Newberry
- Never procrastinated- Jaden Curry
- Start getting actual sleep at night, like 8 hours or more. Make it a habit. Then maybe I wouldn’t have a caffeine addiction- Brynna Tompkins-Stevens
- Go online, then come back senior year- Brooke Robinson
- …get more involved with clubs, extracurriculars, and opportunities like Early College or William D. Ford- Summer Stratton
