Semester+One+Final+Essay

The transition from middle school to high school was bittersweet. The fact that most of my friends were going to a different school made me sad but the excitement of being at a new place made the first day of school all the more better.

School has been going great for me. I’ve gotten so much closer with all my friends and even made new ones over these past months. I may not be acing all my classes but none of them are as hard as I thought they’d be.

First period I have dance with Amy. The first quarter we did hip hop and I felt that I did pretty good at our dances. The second quarter we did jazz. Jazz for me was fairly difficult and we have to choreograph a hip hop and jazz dance for finals. It's horrible because she is giving us absolutely no time to choreograph any moves so I think I'm going to fail.

Second period, I have Spanish one with Senora Leaf. I think she's an interesting teacher, but I think that my spanish class is not anything like I expected it to be. I find spanish to be fairly easy to comprehend but at the same time it's hard to remember everything she teaches us.

Third period, I have biology with Mr. Duston. I really don't like biology at all. Mr. Duston is nice and all, but he doesn't really teach us anything. Even if he does, I don't stay focused long enough in that class to remember anything he says.

Fourth period, I have Education in the Digital Age with Mrs. Carr. EDA is the stupidest class I have ever heard of in my entire life. I believe that this class doesn't have any significance in life what so ever. Even though this is a really easy class, because it is so boring some people don't get good grades in it,, but I have a A so I'm no complaining.

Fifth period, I have Honors Geometry with Mr. Huffman. He is probably one of my favorite teachers at Foothill. Because I'm pretty good at math, I find his class to be pretty easy. Mr. H is always talking about his gym training program thing and jokes around with me and everyone all the time. Whenever he gives us chapter exams, he lets us listen to our iPods.

Sixth period, I have Geography/Health with Mr. Prewitt. I think Mr. Prewitt is the silliest teacher I'v ever met. He is so silly because he's half deaf. His class is pretty easy, but everyone is always talking and getting off task because he can't hear us. I always feel really bad that he doesn't notice some of the things people do. Nevertheless, he's a great teacher.

Last but not lease, seventh period, I have English with Mr. Geib. I honestly hate the subject English with a passion, but this year is the first year that I can actually stand sitting there for an hour. All we really do in this class is read books and write essays about those books. I sometimes like that we don't do much, but I am confused on why we don't do more about English in general.

I've made many new friends here at Foothill. Some of my old friends though, from middle school, have been slowly fading away to where I never talk to them anymore.

My friend Jamie Power, has been my friend since kinder garden and she used to be my best friend in elementary school an middle school, but just until we went to different high schools, now we only talk when we go to dance together. We have been in the same Polynesian dance troop together for 7 years now. We joined when we were in second grade and are still pretty close with each other, but sadly, we rarely talk.

I met my best friend now, Maddy Do-linh, in sixth grade at Cabrillo Middle School. We didn't really know each other that well, but we got so much closer in 7th and 8th grade. Now that we are the only ones from our middle school group that went to Foothill for high school, we have made so many great memories.

My number one best friend in the whole world is Alison Pearl Barbee, but I don't get to see her very often. She lives in Newbury Park and comes to visit every so often. We tell each other everything and I miss her every second on the day. We have known each other practically since we were born because our mothers were good friends we they had us. Sometimes people mistake us for being sisters and we always just go along with it because that's how much we love each other. I do think of her as my sister because even though we disagree at times, we never stop loving each other.

This year I met Michelle Pablo and Claire Youngerman. They are crazy and amazing! I bonded with Michelle on a retreat for our church and got to make very fun memories. With Claire, I'm not quite sure how we got so close, but she's great and I'm glad I met her.

I meet so many different people when I play soccer. Almost everybody I get to know happen to be great and funny people, but sometimes I manage to come along a certain kind of person that's just naturally likable. I met Erin Maidman on one of my first soccer teams. She is the craziest, nicest, awesomest person I have ever met. We have so many inside jokes and we are always there for each other.

My family has been pretty good lately. They are always there for me and I know that they love my unconditionally. I don't think any body in my entire family doesn't care for me.

I've gotten so much closer with my older brother, Patrick, now that we go to the same high school. Last year we hardly ever told each other anything about our social lives, but now we occasionally talk about what's going on in our lives. We still never tell each other everything, but I'm glad that we can b more open with each other.

My great grandmother sometimes stays with us for days at a time. She is one hundred and and one years old and is still living life to the fullest. Even though her sight and hearing are stating to fail her, she still talks to everyone and eats all the food that we eat. She reallly is amazing.

I love going to visit my dad's side o the family. We always have the best food and make the greatest memories every time we get together. Usually holidays and birthdays are the reasons we have to be with each other. Because there are so many people on this side of the family, we never get together to celebrate only one persons birthday, we gather once almost every month to celebrate several peoples birthdays.

I am very happy with my first half of high school. I know that my freshman year is going to be great. All my friends and family are here for me and I am here for them, so this year will be smooth sailing for sure.