D School? Yeah...

Personally, not to be rude or to diss my own school but yes, I do believe Bayshore deserves a D as a school grade. The students and teachers, well most of them, are lazy and really don't care. Some teachers, that I will not name, don't care at all about the students learning or not. They just put up notes and expect you to teach yourself. Even when you ask for help they ignore you or give you a bogus answer that makes you even more confused then before you asked. That's not how most kids learn. I learn from examples and help, not from notes. I'm not saying all teachers here are like this, I have A FEW extremely good teachers who I will never forget but other then that I think a lot of people should be let go. As for the students, I feel like we have a lot of very intelligent people here but they are outnumbered by how many immature and unfocused student we have as well. Most of the kids here don't care if they get into college or even make it out of high school. I feel like every year there are more and more dead beats who could care less about anyone or anything around them. The administrators are okay, i guess. I feel like a few of them are racist and I would give examples of it but I don't think that's the best idea. If I were principle I would ask the students what was the best way to get them to learn and to get them motivated. I think if the athletics were better people would have more school spirit and be proud of this school. I feel like if they saw something good going for this school that it would inspire them to keep doing better instead of not caring.

L.O.T.F.

In the book I learned that people can be very cruel under certain circumstances and that even kids can be greedy for power and obedience. One thing I would have done differently is stayed together. When all the kids split up and Jack took power is when everything went downhill. If I had been there I would have tied Jack up and done things the smart way like Ralph was doing. I would have kept a signal fire going and I would have had assigned days for people to do certain jobs. I feel like if they had stayed together they wouldn't have had any fatalities. In our project I feel like me and my team accomplished a lot. We got to make a newspaper about the book and we had a lot of fun doing it. We put in pictures of things that happened in the book and articles about what happened to the kid on the island. I feel like we messed around a lot but we still got everything done and had a great time doing it. All said and done though I think the newspaper looks really good and there are some really important parts from the book in it.

What if...

Today we get to pick our own topic to blog about and it has to start off with what if. So what if I never went to Bayshore High School and I went to Manatee High School? I feel like my life would be a lot different. They have better athletics, better grades, and A LOT more school spirit. I almost feel like my life would be a little better off then it is now. One thing I know would be different is that I would have my drivers license. I live only a few blocks away from Manatee and it's a short walking distance but somehow, it's not my district. If I had gone there I would have had to walk to school and that would have driven me to get my license instead of bumming rides from my friends like I do now. Also, Manatee has a drivers education class that I would have signed up for my freshman year. I wouldn't have skipped as much because I wouldn't have been around my brother and I would have been around a lot more of my friends that I've known since middle school. I also feel like my grades would be better because almost everyone at M.H.S. strives to be better. But thats also one thing I wouldn't like about the school. I don't like stuck up or fake people and that is basically what the school is full of. But I also feel like I would be a different person, like I wouldn't be as nice. Some old friends of mine from middle school changed so much after they went to that school. They became snobs and acted like old friends meant nothing so to tell you the truth I'm happy I came here. Yea, I messed up a lot at this school but I feel like I became a better person here too and I feel like I was supposed to make those mistakes so I could learn from them. And if I hadn't come here I wouldn't be friends with the amazing people I know now.

I don't even know where to start.

Getting pregnant my senior year is definitely not something I ever planned on happening. There are so many things I have to get done before the baby is born that no teenager, no matter what, is ever going to be ready for. And on top of that, I still have to worry about school and getting into college. My plan for all this is to hopefully just stay calm and let the pieces lay where they fall. Some people will read that and say "that's stupid, I would freak out if that happened to me." But I've never been like that. Everything happens for a reason and God never gives you something He feels like you can't handle. I'm just taking everything one step at a time right now and hoping for the best. I don't really have a plan yet truthfully, I just want to finish this year with good grades and a scholarship to go to college. I'm going to overcome all this by just working hard and staying focused. I know that everything will be okay and that I have plenty of friends, family, and teachers who are very loving and supportive to help me through all this. And I am very appreciative of that so thank you all so much for being there for me. <3

My thoughts to all you freshman.

Aahh freshman year. That's a funny thing to talk about. I was so nervous and intimidated by everything and everyone. Everything was so different compared to W.D. Sugg Middle School. At Sugg, ha, we ran that school and then I came here. New people, new teachers, new hallways. I think I got lost almost everyday for my first week of high school . Thinking back I think it's funny how nervous I was compared to how confident I am now, but there are a lot of things I wish I could go back and change. For instance, as a freshman, I had an older brother that was a sophomore and man did he love to skip. And I loved to skip with him. My grades slowly started slipping and my drive for a better education slowly slipped away with it. Even when I came to school I was not interested or involved. I ended my first year with a low GPA and a very angry mother. Sophomore year wasn't any better for me, if anything it was worse. Now that I am a senior, I have seen how those mistakes are effecting me as I try to find scholarships and colleges who are willing to take me. I have had to work my whole junior year to make up for those mistakes and it looks like I will work all of this year too. My advice to you, don't skip, don't get cocky and think "you got this", and don't get caught up in peer pressure with drugs, alcohol, parties, and people who aren't worth your time or wasting your education for. High school flies by, no matter who you are, so like I said, don't waste your time!

My senior year I want to....

There are plenty of things I would like to accomplish this year. One thing I would like to do is just graduate. I really want to get a scholarship to get into college. I want to go to Florida College of Natural Health for massage therapy. I want to avoid skipping school too much this year so I can avoid getting any bad grades. I want to end school with a good G.P.A and plenty of knowledge on how to blog. :) I am looking forward to being a new mother. It was Not expected but I will work with it and it will be o.k. My goal this year is to try to get out in January(because of the baby) but still walk with our class in June. I want to take my second semester online with novel stars so this could happen. I would still go to B.H.S while I did this, I would just be in Coach Stubbs class for first period. I have already talked to my councilor about it so I'm hoping it will happen. I know this will be a shock to everyone reading this but I have it under control and it doesn't change who I am. If you have anything bad to say, I don't want to hear it.