Freewrite - Last Semester

Looking back over the first semester of sophomore year, I can say it was the worst I have experienced so far in high school. It went wrong in so many ways, I didn't know if it would end or not. Luckily, the three week winter break came in and gave us a break. But before that, things weren't looking too good for my grades.

One problem that I was having that played a huge part of my downfall was procrastination. I would get home, take a nap, watch some TV, etc. and end up starting on my homework at around 10pm and finish around 2 or 3 am! And even after that, I still wouldn't finish up all my homework. This leaves me with no sleep at all for the next day and almost always zoned-out when teachers spoke in class. Some might think I'm anti-social but the truth is I'm too sleepy to talk to anyone. Another problem I had was taking shortcuts. Instead of reading over the material we received in class or as homework, I would go straight for the questions at the end, sometimes not knowing if anything I was writing down made sense or not. What I would do instead is wait till the last day before the quiz and study which made it even more stressful. Even though it would work out with my test and quizzes, how I studied for them wasn't worth it. This habit also made me forget a lot faster because i was learning it all in one day.

One other problem I had was not taking advantage of opportunities and time I had. Instead of working steadily on a two week project throughout the two weeks I'd wait until the last few days to work on it and most likely get nothing out of it. What was even worse were the awkward presentations that would come out of it, knowing that I barely took any serious time into it.

So far, a week has gone by in the second semester and I've made sure to avoid the troubles I had last semester. So far its looking good: I've completed all my homework, went to sleep around 1am (better than 2 or 3 am), and studies ahead of time. By looking over these mistakes, I hope to avoid the stressful trouble I went through and finish off Sophomore year on the right track.