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13 May 2019
Growth Trajectory
develop skills, traits, and behaviors that help an individual thrive and be successful in society.
However, personal growth does not come easy and often require difficult experiences and
learning how to overcome obstacles.Throughout my four years of high school my growth has
been significant.
A negative trait I possessed my freshman year was being forgetful. I would constantly
assignments, homework, and tests without writing them down, but I was wrong. Having eight
blocks made it extremely difficult for me to keep up with due dates of assignments. I was
accustomed to being able to remember assignments like I did in middle school and I believed
high school would not be any different. However, the amount of work given in high school is not
comparable to middle school. I noticed that I would often forget simple homework assignments
for my elective classes and my grades began to drop. I was too busy with the work of my core
classes that I forgot all about my elective courses. When I began to see my grades significantly
drop, I realized that I needed to be more organized. I started writing down assignments and due
which helped improve my grades. In the future, I plan on keeping track of assignments through
an agenda. I know that college will push me to further improve this trait. The amount of work in
productivity which can ultimately reduce stress. During my freshman year of highschool, I
possessed poor time management skills. When I had leisure time, I would not take advantage of
it. I would spend great amounts on my phone or watching tv instead of completing homework.
Being a student athlete challenged my time management skills. Putting off assignments until the
last minute caused me to feel overwhelmed. This made it difficult for me to manage both school
and soccer. This led me to experience unnecessary stress and fatigue. I would come home late
from practice and still have to do an abundance of homework for the next day. I was affected
academically because my assignments had poor effort. I realized I needed to improve the way in
which I managed my time. Now, I take advantage of my free time by utilizing it to complete
assignments. I set deadlines for myself, I prioritize work from most to least important, and I
schedule tasks.This helps reduce my stress level as well as increase performance level in the
During my freshman year of highschool, I was extremely shy. I would struggle when
attempting to socialize with people I was not familiar or presenting in front of an audience.
Interdisciplinary Projects in school or socialized with others, the easier it felt. Soccer also helped
push me out of my comfort zone because I met new people and I had to perform in front of a
crowd. Being a summer bridge leader also helped push out of me out of my comfort zone
because I had to interact and socialize with students I was not familiar with. It pushed me to
grown significantly and developed positive traits, skills, and behaviors. My motivation to