Well hey there, this is a sad but at the same time, very happy post! I'm sad the year is over but I'm also REALLY happy because its almost summer! I'm writing a letter to my fellow classmates and to the rising 9th graders who may enjoy to know what high school is all about considering the fact that none of us never got anything like that. This was such a fun year and I really do love high school but it was so much different than last year or any previous years. In that sense, i'm talking about friendships, work ethic, amount of work to do, what is expected of you and the fact that now, it actually counts... Last year (in 8th grade) I really didn't try very hard, I made horrible grades all year long except the first quarter. I guess I just didn't have the motivation that I now have. I mean, it didn't count for anything later on in life so I just didn't feel like I needed to try very hard. That was a very big mistake...
I don't know what happened over the summer, but I guess I had a reality check because the first day of high school I really had it set in my mind that I wanted to succeed in life, so in order to do that I needed to work my butt off! English I was probably one of my favorite classes, I learned so much and I improved greatly from previous years. I thought I was a good writer before, but now I actually do feel like I know how to write! I mean, freshman, ya'll are going to learn a lot so be prepared. Some things ya'll should know. I recommend you get either one big binder or you get notebooks for every class and a binder for handouts; I say this because I got a different binder for every class and it took up so much space! My backpack was so heavy every single day. Also I am telling you now, do not throw anything away. I never had any problems with this because I have always kept everything I have ever been given in class or have written in class; but I promise if you don't keep it, it will come back and bite you in the butt because you will need it for future things, if not then for sure for the exam. Another thing ya'll are probably all worrying about is that you aren't going to get a school supplies list. It's OK! I panicked too, but all you need is pencils, pens, paper and binders or notebooks. Something else to keep in mind for english I next year, when Dr. D tells you to annotate, DO IT! When the test comes and you've forgotten chapters 1 and 2, if you've annotated then you can go back and look at your annotations and see what questions you had and what words you didn't understand or what connections you made. I promise, it seems stupid now but it really does help. Especially if she lets you use your book for part of the test, then you're really going to be glad you did it!
Classmates, you guys this has been such a fun year! I enjoyed so much being with yall and understanding how you work best. It was fun teaching each other different study tricks and helping each other with homework or studying. I got to know so many of you guys really well and it was super fun! I will always love my block 2 english class(: I hope we all have so more classes together next year when we're sophomores! ahhh thats so weird to say...
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