Jesus Prado

Mrs.Brewer

Avid 10

31 May 2018

My Sophomore Year Reflection

My second year of high school has been a huge step up from freshman year. I have
faced many struggles this year ,sometimes, I have almost wanted to give up. I have had times I
didn’t have time to do my assignments or didn't even do my work. I have also help someone
cheat on their Chemistry test and ended up getting caught with consequences of zeros on our
test. Then there were times where I made my video games more important than my school
work. With all these bad choices I have done have unfortunately gave me my first C letter grade
on my transcript in one of my classes.
For each struggle I had I still manage on moving forward and fixing them.I first made my
school life and grades my number one priority besides my religion and family. I studied more on
my free time and tried to make every second in my life count to learn new things. Next thing I
have done was to dig deeper into all my work.I was usually brief with all my work but I needed to
put more effort to make myself A letter grade worthy.
I have learned a lot from this year, I worked harder and grew up a bit. I learned from a lot
of mistakes I have made in the past like to never help someone by giving someone answers but
by tutoring them so they can understand what they are doing. I have also learned how to
manage my time and gained better study habits. And most importantly I learned that I work
better when I am not around my close friends because I usually tend on talking more than
working.
Some people I like to thank for helping me during my sophomore year is my Avid teacher
first. I usually don't stop and ask for help but when I do I never hesitate to ask Mrs Brewer she is
smart, kind, and super cool. Secondly is my counselor Mrs Rodriguez I get to talk to her about
anything and when I need something she can always find a way to help me out. Lastly is my
football team, I can trust most of them we are all in the same game so whenever we need help
someone on the team can help or everyone works together and finds out a solution.
 Im proud on how my grades have been lately I managed to get from an F from the
beginning of this semester to an A+ and I also have an A right now in english which is one of my
hardest subjects.I am proud on being on the AHS football team and being the MVP offensive
lineman for sophomore year.I also am proud on getting bigger football has pushed us to stay fit
and work out in the weight room and I don't regret it at all even if it causes me to get out of
school until 5 pm everyday.I am proud on what good friends I have made this year and stayed
with since the beginning of highschool.
Now about Avid, I have been in avid for about 4 years now and it's been a big help for
me. I love how they start making you do good habits like being organized, responsible, and
taking good cornell notes. There is much more into it though, we also get tutors twice a week
that can help with any class subject.Then the part I really like is being introduced to many
different colleges and learning about them.With avid I have already planned my future on what
college I want to apply for and what major I want to take.
I have reviewed my API goals from avid and I have done everything I have put down for
me.The only thing I have to work on is being more outgoing and make more friends around the
school. Lastly,I want to work on joining more sports and not be afraid to try new things like
joining track and the boys volleyball team. I will just have to update my goals and do them next
year.