My
experience over the last three and a half years of high school has definitely
been a positive. Some people say they hate the environment that high school
presents to them, but on the other hand I love that environment. The main
reason I have enjoyed this environment, is because Cal High is such a diverse
school in terms of the classes, students, and teachers. The diversity of this
school has given me a deeper point of view on things like social situations,
communications, and outright survival. In my eyes high school is the same as a
big city, just to a smaller scale. In a city you need to be able to survive by
yourself without the assistance of others and need to be able to adjust to
difficult scenarios thrown your way. When you attend such a big school like
this then you really learn the skills to survive. I have learned these skills
and really tried to work on improving throughout my high school career. I now
feel that I am ready to survive in environment. I have learned about a lot of different
subjects, and they will be a huge factor in my success. Although in my opinion
the most valuable thing that I have taken from school is the life skills.
Coming into high school I had the ability to get good grades if I put effort
into it, but I had a lack of skills in social situations and mental toughness.
I am so thankful for high school allowing me to fix those issues. Now I feel
invincible in life.
My
first smart goal is to get straight A's in the second semester of my senior
year. I made that goal last semester also, but I took on a little bit more than
I could handle and didn't accomplish that goal. Now that I have more time, I
feel I can actually do it. The people involved will only be me and my teacher.
The purpose of this goal is for when my parents talk about high school, I can
just say I got straight A's in my last semester. I will continuously check
school loop to know where my grades. This goal will be measurable based on the
outcome of my final report card. I need to focus in class and have good time
management skills to obtain this goal. This is a realistic goal because I have
easily done this before. I need to complete this by June, when I graduate.
My
second smart goal is to improve my networking skills. The people that I talk to
in my internship are involved in this. I will measure the effectiveness of this
goal by counting how many contacts I have. I want to have ten times as many
contacts at the end of this goal. This is a very attainable goal because my
mentor in my internship is showing me how to get this skill. It’s a realistic
goal, because I have the proper resources to complete it. I want to finish this
goal by the end of next semester.
My
third smart goal is to save money from my job. I can measure this by seeing how
much money I have at the end of my time table. I can attain this goal by saving
two thirds of each of my paychecks. I want to save 2000$ by the end of the
year. I want to obtain this goal by the 1st of June.
I
think these are really good and obtainable goals.
