Final Blog Post

My attitude towards reading is not necessarily negative, but it is not really positive either. I am basically in between. I don't mind reading if I have to do an assignment, but I don't really have the attitude where if I have free time, I sit down and read a book. I would much rather prefer going outside or hanging out with my friends. I think I probably have time to read, it's just not something that I think about doing when I have time.I definitely think I could make a better effort to read more often, but I would need some sort of reminder to take the time to really sit down and read. Some of my goals I have for future reading is to try to read at least a little bit each day, whether that's right after school or right before bed, I think I could definitely do this with just a little more effort. I also want to try and read different genres to get a different look and to get something new. If I could do these things, my attitude towards reading would definitely be better.

This picture definitely describes my attitude towards blogging. I don't like it at all. It just seems like it makes our independent reading no longer independent. I just don't really like having to write about what I read either. I feel like I could have done better with my blogging, I just didn't really make it a habit to blog every two weeks. Once again, I just didn't enjoy blogging at all. It seemed so repetitive also, like every blog post was the same, and that is another reason I didn't enjoy it, it was so dull for me.

My Freshman year was pretty great. Nothing really bad happened to me. No upper-classmen picked on me, which I didn't expect to happen to me, or to anyone. That is something movies exaggerate a lot, kids going to High School and immediately getting picked on. That doesn't happen, at least not very often. I do feel like the classes got harder and there was more homework each night, but it wasn't as much as I was expecting there to be. I went in thinking I would have at least 2 hours of homework every night, but it wasn't that much. There were times where there was, but it was not a frequent occurrence. I think I learned a lot this year, that I just need to go with the flow and do what I need to do. If I have a test, I know I need to study, because you just have to. You could chose not to, but you will quickly learn why you should when you get your grade back. There are just some things you have to do, and there is no getting out of it. I think Nike sums up what I've learned pretty well- "Just Do It." Some goals I have for Sophomore year is to try and keep a high GPA. This is probably a goal for my whole high school career, but it still is something that I want to accomplish. So my year has gone pretty well, and I hope my years of high school that have yet to come will be as good, if not better than my Freshman year here at William Mason High School.