Saturday, September 6, 2008

Essay Number 1 - Independent Studies

Like all of my future essays, this one was mandatory. I had to write and explain the reasons I wanted to go to my current school. And this is what I said....

This year will be my second in high school. I have been homeschooled for the past five years.
Being homeschooled at such a young age caused me to lack discipline, and an intention span. This past summer I finally woke up and realized that the way I was dealing with school, was not the way to achievement. I hope to have a lot of structure and discipline here at Helen Hunt Jackson. Choosing three main reasons why I wanted to enroll would be to learn, earn my Associate’s Degree, and sports.


Like I said, being homeschooled I lacked discipline and structure. And not doing school work caused me to pass up good and valuable opportunities for learning. I may not have gained knowledge from text books, but I did happen to raise my people skills. My theory is, if I merge both knowledge and people skills, the outcome would be fantastic. I’m all about learning, and I’m hoping now that I am in a more structured environment; I will be able to learn to the maximum and beyond.

A massive reason why I am choosing to be enrolled in Helen Hunt Jackson is that I believe it will help me with earning my Associate’s Degree. With the organized arrangement that Helen Hunt Jackson models, I have come to the conclusion that it will help me juggle my sophomore classes and my college classes as well. My main goal before exiting high school is definitely going for my Associate’s, and I am really hoping to obtain it by the time I graduate.

The last reason is sports. Not just any sport though, but soccer. I’m a soccer fanatic, and have been waiting to try out for the Hemet High team since I was in middle school. The two reasons why I was not able to do so is for one, I was too young. The other reason is because I was not a part of the Hemet Unified School District. And unfortunately, when I was old enough, I was still not a part of the district, and could not try out. Helen Hunt Jackson gives me a great opportunity to play the sport I love.

All in all, I am very excited to start my sophomore year off at Helen Hunt Jackson. I believe I willachieve greatly with all the support I will have here. I do not believe I will get behind in my work, but if I do, I know there’s always someone who will be able to help me back on my feet again. In conclusion I would like to add this: Greetings to a new school year, at a new school.

-R

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