Senior Final

Signing up for this class as a junior I was unsure and a little hesitant, when I saw that it was creative writing I figured oh, no! I’ll be writing all the time. But I was wrong I boy was that a good surprise. I am glad that I finished this class with a smile and a good grade.

 This is quite weird that this is my last Tuesday as a high school student, my last day in this class. Which is kind of nerve wrecking because then I have to go into the real world and be a grown up. That is frightening in itself…Haley being a grown up? That doesn’t even really make sense does it? Ha-ha, no fellow classmates and anyone else who read this, the answer is no it doesn’t make sense; it seems like just yesterday I was in middle school or even 5^th grade and just moving here. This was an interesting class; it was cool reading about everyone’s life and there plans for after school. It was definitely better then actually having to write on paper every day. I also liked on Wednesdays when we would do the boy/girl activity that got the little mouse in our head spinning. This also caused laughter and a little competition. And of course the girls finished with the most points. This class was a success for me and I am glad that I took it, it taught me to focus on today and not stress on the future, which was always on my mind.

The advice I would give to students coming up would be, if you do not like writing then you probably shouldn’t take this class, although you will learn a lot of stuff about yourself that you didn’t know, and you will learn more things about your classmates. Even if you don’t like writing like most of the students in my class, it will prepare you for college, you have tons and tons essays and this will help you.

My favorite blog post was when we typed a sentence and then rotated seats to the right, and then the next person would write a sentence. It was the most exciting and interesting, but most of all we all got a good laugh out of it! Laughter is a good thing to have which we didn’t do often, because of all the typing. It was cool how one sentence could turn into a street race, or a fairytale ending in a house fire, or an alien invasion and that is how you can tell the different types of personalities in the class.

The most valuable thing I learned in class was that I can actually sit down and concentrate for more than 30 minutes. When I would sit down I would focus and try my best to finish the assignment with excellence which wouldn’t always happen because sometime I would draw a blank, but with the help of classmates they would give me ideas. Of course with the ones about myself they couldn’t help me but they could tell me what qualities I have and which ones I lack. I think that was another thing I learned about myself, and it was a good thing to hear from other people, people who see me every day. They have taught me to keep some things to myself, because I am to honest. Yea, that’s not always a bad thing but in some situations it is bad. I also believe it was a good thing to get criticism from my classmates to improve myself before I get thrown into the real world with millions of people.  

Valuable Lessons

1.       Treat everyone the way you want to be treated: I feel this is a really good lesson because if you treat people like crap then be ready for them to treat you the exact same. But…if you treat people polite then you shall also receive that.

2.       Bad things happen to good people: This isn’t something you can change it just seems like good people are always having tragedies.

3.       Time heals all wounds: Tragedy can happen in just a few seconds but time can help you heal and put the past where it belongs.

4.       Follow your dreams: If you don’t do so then you will always be living in regret, or always living in a state of what if? You should go for your dreams because you only have one life.

5.       This too shall pass: Living in a rut can be difficult but it will always pass and you can always overcome whatever the situation may be.

6.       Never regret, if it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it bad, it’s experience:  Don’t regret anything that happens, because everything happens for a reason.

7.       Always be yourself: If you’re being like everyone else in the world then there are no differences from anyone else. You should want to be your own individual self.

8.       Life’s a garden, dig it: Life is amazing, so enjoy every second of it. Why? Because you only have one.

9.       You can never be happy if you have never been sad: You have to be sad to become happy every once in a while. It sounds awful to say that but you have to go through that experience.

10.   Keep your head up: Someone could be going through something worse then you so keep your head up and be strong, there are tons of terrible things in the world so yours probably isn’t the worst! So just keep your head up.

Fine Line

Good
1. I'm Funny
2. I'm Entertaining
3. I'm a Good Listener
4. I'm Talkative
5. I'm Artsy
6. I'm Faithful
7. I'm Stylish
8. I Never Stink
9. I have a Loud Laugh
10. I'm a Planner

Bad
1. I have a Temper
2. I am Talkative
3.I have Spit-Ends
4. I'm Blunt
5. I'm Sarcastic
6. I have a Loud Laugh
7. I'm Lazy
8. I'm a Procrastinator
9. I like to Rebel
10. Can be Rude

Epilogue

I have learned about myself that I am still unsure about the future and that I am up for anything new. I have ideas planned for my future but if they don’t go as planned I won’t throw a fit, I like adventures and am willing to take them. I also love family; they are what’s important to me and I love spending time with them and making memories. I should improve on my temper, little things that set me off. Those things in life are not worth getting mad at and I shouldn’t spend majority of my time mad or upset. This class has improved my writing in the following way, I put little details into my writing now because without them the reader is lost, I also have enjoyed learning things about myself and I am able to write about what I have learned. It has helped me to discover hidden things that I didn’t really know about myself, for instance I am a very open person.

Caring- I care for people all people in fact; I enjoy helping them in fact, anyway that I can do so. I care for my family and friends and individuals in general.

Understanding- I try to understand every situation and when I do this I try and see what should be done to solve the situation.

Respectful- When I was young my mother taught be to respect people and that has got me a long way in life so far, in school I have noticed not a lot of people respect teachers, students or even their parents. For those people it is very fortunate they have not been taught this lesson because sooner or later they are going to get hurt.

I have learned to open up, that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to go to a counselor or have to talk to everyone about your problems but just write about your issues, or just daily things. It’s one way to get things off your chest and to just breathe. I have enjoyed this class for the most part, some of the assignments were kind of difficult because they made me dig deep and think about personal things and it tends that I usually try and erase anything bad that has happened. But your assignments brought them back up, and that isn’t always bad but for me trying to remember is…something in my brain just wants to remove it. It’s good to remember memories that have taken place in your own life.