Changes are always for the better right?

I think I have hit senioritis and I am only a junior. GREAT!! I have always been told "you are a straight A student if you learn to apply yourself, I know you have it in you", but do I? Do I honestly believe them when they say that? Yeah, I do. It's so easy to say you want to try harder but to actually do it is a completely different challenge. I am not a bad kid and I could be a very successful student if I tried. Today it REALLY truly hit me that my teachers have started to give up on me. I had a paper due yesterday during my third hour. Being the awesome student I am woke up at five that morning to type it. I was actually surprised that I could wake myself up and got it done. I was shocked. Anyways, I went to print it out and lucky me the one time I do an assignment on time my printer breaks on me and I'm already skipping my zero hour class just to get this assignment done. So I grab my flash drive thinking 'oh, no biggie I'll just print it at school.' I put my paper on the drive and realize I woke up and did my paper and didn't do anything with my appearance and I'm late.



Through the hustle and bustle of trying to look good for another Wednesday at school, I left my flash drive with the paper I had just written on my dresser....of course. I didn't realize this until I went to print out my paper which by that time was first hour so there was no way I could go home and get it. Well third hour roles around and there isn't much I can do but to tell my teacher the truth. So I did and all I get in return is getting made fun of in front of my whole class about how I was lying about having my paper done and how I didn't actually do it. As I sit there and here my teacher say "You didn't have it done" "yes I did" "no you didn't have your paper done, I don't believe you" I'm almost in tears at this point. I held them back in fear of what my class might say if I did in fact start crying. But I have never felt so disrespected by a teacher in my entire life. It was rude. It is one thing to not believe I had it done because if I were in his position I might not believe myself either, but to say it in front of the whole class and watch them smile as you're on the brink of tears over a paper you did in fact do was ridiculous. At that very moment I realized that teachers are beginning to doubt me. What I mean is that my teachers up until this point have always given me the benefit of the doubt on thing, but now they are starting to see a trend and how lazy I really am. I think I can honestly say that today was my breaking point. Now I am truly ready to prove everyone wrong. I'm ready to show that third hour teacher that I do my work and that I do it well. I'm tired of being looked at as the let down, the slacker, the procrastinator, or the lazy one. I'm ready to make a change in my academics. So here starts the new me and yes this wall post was submitted on time :)

Volleyball Regionals

While spring break is ending so is my club season. The regional volleyball tournament took place in Des Moines this weekend and it was the final tournament after a long season of hard work. As for my team, the Rapid Spikers, we did not show up to play...AT ALL! we came out strong in our first game on the first and second day but from then on we let other teams walk all over us. It is very disappointing to try so hard but watch your team crumble. I guess there is not much I can do now except for stepping up my game for the upcoming fall season :]

Spring Break Oh Nine

Spring break is a time for students of all ages to enjoy a week off, relax, and have fun with friends and family. Often times students go out of town to someplace really nice and come back with an awesome tan. However; I am not one of those students, I sat at home all break and had an awesome time doing that. I just hope that now going back to school will be easy. It is so hard to come back from such a long break and get back into the swing of things, but i guess we will see how things go....wish me luck

texting:]

Wow! I am now more than two and two thirds done with high school. It's a little scary to say the least. High school is all about grades right? WRONG!! Well I guess it depends on who you are asking. I mean ask any parent and they will tell you that this is in fact the truth; however ask any high school student and they will tell you this is the furthest thing from the truth. With so many great things to do with your time once you can drive and all who needs homework? I'm not speaking for everyone here but I'm fairly sure that a good majority of teenagers would much rather be doing ANYTHING but school work. The new popular thing for teenagers to do is to text message, and man oh man do I have an addiction to this one. Although, my parents have recently found out how to deal with bad grades, they take my texting away. Ughh. LAME is all I have to say. That is how you make plans and how you talk to your friends; taking it away is like taking away an entire high school student's social life in one phone call to the cell phone company.

a change in direction

Hey everyone! I know my original idea for this blog was to be about volleyball, but that became such broad topic to talk about that I think I'm going to take this blog in another direction. I just deleted all my posts from my last term of blogging (there weren't many), but I did. My hope for this term of blogging is to be on time and regular with my posts and also make them relevant topics to my life and the things that impact me. I don't necessarily have a "main topic" but I guess it all has to do with the things going on I'm my life right now. It may be interesting for some and really boring for others, but it's going to be a lot more fun and interesting for me so that's all that really matters I guess. I think by taking this blog in another direction I will have alot more to say and a many more opinions on a variety of topics. Just thought I would let everyone know what I was doing.

A new term brings new topics

Oh the joys of high school. As a junior entering my third term of the year i start to look back; the good, the bad....the ugly? It never really hit me how much people influence your life, how you see yourself, how you act, how you treat others; every single part of your life is affected or affects some one else. High school is supposed to be your 'best times' or so your parents tell you and we should 'live them to the fullest'. But in reality high school is hands down one of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with. Everything that you have to deal with here forces you to make life decisions and if you make the wrong decision you can potentially ruin your whole reputation that you have worked this long to perfect. Things in high school get around so fast and are blown so far out of proportion there is nothing you can do to stop it. From all the cheating lies and deception of your boyfriend/girlfriend, friends, and even people you don't even know; it's like walking through a field with hidden landmines. If you mess up and someone hears about it that landmine explodes and you're now filled with a world of drama. I am not saying that I don't get caught up in the drama and mistakes of others, but I sure do hope that I never have to face that drama myself. I guess what I'm trying to say to anyone dealing with the "joys of high school" to watch your back and be very careful who you trust because that may be your downfall in the long run.