Freshmen Year Reflection

                For my Freshmen Year Reflection as I look back on my year I have changed in a very big way positively. I learned how to control my anger, keep my thoughts to myself, get my work done on time and try not to wait to the last minute to hand in my work. Last year I had the worst behavior, I was very disrespectful and didn’t care about anything expect for my work. I would talk back to my teachers and be ready to fight a student who disrespected me. Now that I’m in high school my whole attitude has changed I realized that all that is unnecessary I can get my work done without having to back talk the teacher I can keep all my thoughts to myself because it’s not going get me nowhere in the long run. I also learned to control my anger by not letting the little things get me mad and take me out of my     character. I learned to pace my work habits and when I first get an assignment to do some work and then continue to finish it as time goes by without waiting until the last minute. I changed in a positive way for my better, I am a hard worker not disrespectful and I think before I do and speak and think about the consequences. Unlike before I didn’t care about what the consequence was I was going to get my way. I realized with everything that I do now with all my good behavior and good grades that I don’t get in any trouble no more that my life is much easier without having to worry about getting into trouble. If I keep my work habits up and keep a positive attitude I will be successful in everything I do.

This I believe

I was listening to a recording about how a woman with an interesting story about her nationality, and about what her and her family went through. When she said people get treated a different way based on their nationality. From my own experience of feeling like I have been treated some way is when I would be up the suburbs and in line at wal-mart and the cashier was rude to me and tried to let a Caucasian person in front of me but my cousin intervened. It made me think that stuff like that probably happens everyday to any and everybody. Sometimes it happens around my neighborhood and some of the public places I go to like restaurants and amusement parks. Since I live in a mostly African American neighborhood you rarely see different types of nationalities, a few Caucasians and Chinese people but mostly African Americans. The woman’s story really interested me and informed me about how racism occurs everywhere and its wrong no one should have to go through that. Everyone was created differently but equal, so nobody has a right to judge another person because we all have flaws no one is perfect. I think it is a great thing she’s doing by standing up for people around the world and fighting for our rights to not have anymore racism occur and its making to easier for everyone and benefits us all to not have to worry about getting treated any way because of our skin color or being a girl or a boy.