Looking back on my 7th grade year I’ve seen growth, change, and improvements. It wasn’t all perfect though, I had to overcome many obstacles like handling my academics, being in sports, and having a social life. Being one of the hardest years I’ve gone through, it was overall one of the best years of my life.
Always being an all A honor roll student I expected everything to be easy, but soon I got a quick reality check and realized that it was going to be way harder. Sadly I didn’t always have all A’s and it wasn’t because I couldn’t achieve them it was because I slacked off and procrastinated. Dealing with 8 different classes in which all my main courses were advance and with Encounters, it was very tough to balance everything while maintaining a social life and being a student athlete. Though the advanced classes were hard the hardest class I had was Encounters because there was a lot of work and it wasn’t easy, but that class taught me responsibility and how procrastination can affect someone greatly. Not having all A’s this school year was very hard for me, but I learned that being smart can only take you so far and what matters is how much work you put in.
My social life has completely changed this year. I made many new friends that I would have never expected to meet and I’ve become very social. During the beginning of 7th grade I was a quiet person and had completely different friends from now. With the help of sports I’ve gotten to make new friends that I actually enjoy being around. Though I do have some new friends I’ve still maintained some friends from last year like Jimena, Izabella, and Alyna. Some new friends I’ve made along the way are Aubrey, Yazmin, Emmilyn, Genesis, and Moncerat, and even though I haven’t been friends with these girls for a long time I know that these friendships will last a lifetime. Seeing how much I used to hate school and now being happy to go to school I’ve realized that having true friends makes everything more enjoyable.
One of the biggest changes this year in my life has been doing extracurricular activities like sports. I was never really into sports, but I thought I might as well try out because I had nothing to lose. I ended up actually doing every sport the school had to offer like volleyball, basketball, track, and soccer and I’m actually glad I did all of them. Being in sports was the best thing that could have happened to me because I learned how to be myself and make new friends. Maybe I wasn’t always the best but I always tried to have fun with my friends. I don’t know what my life would have been if I never did sports, but participating in sports made me have something to work hard for and look forward to. Though being in sports was one of my biggest obstacles it was a blessing in disguise. Overcoming how to maintain good grades while also being an athlete was hard. I learned how to be responsible and that even if there’s a challenge there’s always a way to overcome it.
7th grade was one tough year. I went through many obstacles but I also got many victories. Learning that this is just the beginning of when things are starting to get hard but I overcame it maybe now in the way I wanted to, but I overcame it. Realizing that now everything was going to be handed to me I worked hard to achieve my grades and the spots I earned in sports. For me, 7th grade has been my favorite year. I've made so many memories and I’ve learned so much. This is just the start to my great path and I know it will just get better from