Final Check-In Letter

Before coming to Mrs. Priester’s class I attended Our Lady of Peace (OLP), which is an extremely respected school. The work was a little harder in the fact that they treated us like college students rather than babying us. If you missed an assignment you missed it and you could not make it up. Also, if you had up to two Ds you had to take some sort of tutoring. It really was a prep school for college. When I entered the system I was placed at Polinsky. While I was there I still attended OLP. The stress from being in the system really had a toll on my grades. It was difficult, having to study for finals when there are kids yelling, screaming, cry, and getting restrains. But I am proud to say that I passed all of my exams with a C or higher. I personally do not like getting Cs but considering the circumstances I was happy. When I arrived at San Pasqual I was still in a transitional stage which also took a toll on my grades. But when I started getting use to the place I went back to being my old self again, I was getting As, Bs and occasional Cs.
Being in this class has opened my eyes about many things. It has taught me to look for a deeper meaning in things, to pass the surface of stories and poems and dig deeper. It has taught me a variety of new vocabulary word that I can now use in sentences and everyday life. Also, being in this class has not only taught me about academic skills but skills I will need and utilize in my everyday life after high school. For, example we had to turn in an application for a job at a store you though you would be good at. I turned in an application for a manager’s position at Charlotte Rouse. We had an actual interview and we had to dress the part too. When I first entered the room I firmly shook interviewer’s hand and the interview began. I was a bit nervous at first, but after a while I got use to it. And in the end I got the job as manager.
I have a lot of goals in life, both short and long term. One of my short term goals is to attain a 4.0 GPA at least once before I graduate in 2012. I feel my goal is very realistic in the fact that I have already gotten a 3.8 and to push myself to getting that one more A should not be extremely difficult. One of my long term goals and I am so excited to make it come true, is to get a major in kinesiology and continue on to study sports medicine. Whenever I think about me taking those classes in college makes me get butterflies inside my stomach, which lets me know that I am passionate about it. Also another long term goal that I have to make come true is to take care of my mom. She has not always been there for me, but the time when I needed her most she was right by my side. I love her with all my heart and I just want her to have a better life than she has now.
This class has also taught me how to appropriately disagree with someone and to handle things in a mature manner. It has also given me the opportunity to utilize time management. I absolutely hate giving presentations and this class has helped me peel back my shyness and shine through.