As my high school career is coming to an end it has subsequently made me look back at the past four years in remembrance. Through those years I can see myself being molded into the young man I am today, and I will say I wouldn’t go back and change any of it. Through two moments in my high school career, I found who I was and made me a better man so that I can have a sustainable future.
One experience was actually during one of my lowest moments in high school; the time I cheated on a Chemistry test. I've always been stellar at chemistry, but my peers in my class weren’t as much. We would take computer quizzes and most of the people I knew in my Chemistry class concocted a way of cheating on these tests. On one day I was particularly stressed …show more content…
Upon the weeks that led to the test I didn’t know what I was getting into since I have never taken an AP test, but during the day of the exam I was thrust upon the action. The amount of questions that required a comprehensive back catalogue of almost 600 years of European history was staggering. When time was called I didn’t even finish some of the questions and when I went to the FRQs they seemed almost of a different language of what they were asking of me. However, I was able to make it and relaxed because it was over with, and in the summer after sophomore year I was able to see what score I got. I got a 1. A one out of five …show more content…
After looking back, I realized I didn’t study as much as I should have in the weeks preceding the test. I did not make that same mistake during my Junior year, during which I had two AP test: U.S. History and English. This time around I started almost a month before the tests and I made sure I studied hard. I took the a portion of time everyday to study for both of those tests while I had done the work in my other classes. When I took them in May, I felt more confident than the year before hand and I was able to achieve a four-point two GPA during the semester. and it all came to fruition. In that summer I looked at the scores and I saw that I received a 4 on my U.S. History test and a 5 on my English test. Obviously I felt immense gratification, but more importantly, I finally knew that hard work does lead to your goals being
One experience was actually during one of my lowest moments in high school; the time I cheated on a Chemistry test. I've always been stellar at chemistry, but my peers in my class weren’t as much. We would take computer quizzes and most of the people I knew in my Chemistry class concocted a way of cheating on these tests. On one day I was particularly stressed …show more content…
Upon the weeks that led to the test I didn’t know what I was getting into since I have never taken an AP test, but during the day of the exam I was thrust upon the action. The amount of questions that required a comprehensive back catalogue of almost 600 years of European history was staggering. When time was called I didn’t even finish some of the questions and when I went to the FRQs they seemed almost of a different language of what they were asking of me. However, I was able to make it and relaxed because it was over with, and in the summer after sophomore year I was able to see what score I got. I got a 1. A one out of five …show more content…
After looking back, I realized I didn’t study as much as I should have in the weeks preceding the test. I did not make that same mistake during my Junior year, during which I had two AP test: U.S. History and English. This time around I started almost a month before the tests and I made sure I studied hard. I took the a portion of time everyday to study for both of those tests while I had done the work in my other classes. When I took them in May, I felt more confident than the year before hand and I was able to achieve a four-point two GPA during the semester. and it all came to fruition. In that summer I looked at the scores and I saw that I received a 4 on my U.S. History test and a 5 on my English test. Obviously I felt immense gratification, but more importantly, I finally knew that hard work does lead to your goals being