Monday, January 14, 2013
High School Reflection
As we hit the end of the your 1st semester of your senior year at Smithtown, I'd like you to take the time to reflect on your experience here at East. What are some of the positive things that you will take away from your experience here? What will you miss the most? Do you have any regrets? What good advice would you give the underclassmen coming up to the high school? What are your future plans for next year and beyond? Use this last blog entry as a way to reflect on your overall experience at Smithtown, offer advice to the upcoming freshman, and a brief look ahead to the future. BEST OF LUCK NEXT YEAR AND WITH YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS!!! CARPE DIEM (SEIZE THE DAY!)
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I am still in denial that I am a senior and now half way done with my senior year! These four years have gone way to fast and although I wouldn’t go back and do them all over again for pleasure, I would change a couple things if I could. I feel like at times I worked myself so hard that I didn’t have time to enjoy myself. I made school work my main priority in most cases and didn’t let myself slack off at all. I have succeeded and gained much ability in dance and kickline over the past four years, which is an accomplishment I am very proud of. I am also proud to say I have gained leadership skills and worked to my fullest potential throughout these four years. My only regret leaving high school east is that I challenged myself in so many honors and AP courses that I didn’t really have time to enjoy my social life at times. I have meet so many great friends and kept so many great friendships and memories that I know will last a lifetime. I think overall I will miss my friends the most next year because most of us have been friends since middle or elementary school. I know most of my friendships will hopefully continue into college but not seeing my best friends everyday will be a tough adjustment no matter what. Some advice I would give students coming into high school is to definitely work your self hard because it is worth it when you receive college acceptance letters, but also make sure you enjoy your time at east because it goes a lot faster than you think. Overall I have had a great high school experience and I am thankful for the education, friendships, and memories I have been given. In the future I hope to study something in the Health Science field. I will most likely be attending Penn State University and hope to become a Lionette dancer.
The past four years at East have opened a whole world of potential for my future. I have worked hard and allwoed myself to exceed expectations and go further than I could have ever wished. My primary regret out of high school is the fact that I over worked myself and did not leave time to goof off. High School is supposed to be some of the best 4 years of your life, and I spent to much time working on school, that I did not get a chance to enjoy high school, be social, and "goof off." However, I understand that all of my accomplishments can only benefit me in the future. For all underclassmen, I can only tell them to work hard, but have some fun. Dont overload yourself or do anything too crazy, just have a good time. I hope to attend Stevens Institute of Technology next year and study Mechanical Engineering, but I am open to other options and will go wherever the path may lead.
Some of the positive things that I will bring with me and my experience here at East are all the knowledge I’ve learned in school and what the teachers have taught me. There are many facts about everything from what I’ve learned in school that I will carry on with my everyday life and college especially. What I’ll miss the most is all the friends I have that I will soon not be seeing as much anymore due to their colleges and other endeavors they will have in their future. The good advice that I would give the underclassmen coming up to the high school would be enjoy your time here while it lasts because before you know it you will be already a senior soon to be graduating. My future plans for next year and beyond is going to college and focusing my education on personal training, then dietetics, and then physical therapy. These majors I will do one step at a time and may take years to finish but once I’m done I could settle in in my life for my future.
I cannot believe how fast my time here at Smithtown High School East went by. I think I will miss the teachers here the most. There have been so many teachers that have had a influence on my life. I regret not trying my hardest in my freshman year and in my sophomore year. I would tell the underclassman to focus on school because the relationships and friends that you make and devote your time to don’t last forever and high school is about preparing you for college. And that’s what you should focus on. If you can have a job, friends, and a boyfriend with still maintaining a good GPA then there is no reason that you should reasons why you shouldn’t have them. There will be more than enough time to have those things when you get older. I plan to go to John Jay College of Criminal Justice and pursue a doctorate in Forensic Psychology. I am extremely excited about my future.
I feel like it was just yesterday that I was walking into east for the first time as a freshman. The past four years really did fly by. I can definitely say I made the best of high school. I always worked hard in my classes but I also always made time for my social life and friends. I feel that I took advantage of all the things east had to offer such as clubs, sports, and elective classes. Reflecting on the first half of my senior year, I'm proud of myself for all that I have done. If someone told me when I was a freshman that I would be accomplishing so many things in my senior year, I would have never believed them. Leaving this school will ultimately be sad. It's the home I've known for the past four years. I can't believe next year I'll be away at school, on my own. People are right when they tell you not to blink! I am planning on studying Occupational Therapy in college and I hope to work with developmentally delayed children in the future. I want to thank all my friends and the teachers and staff here at Smithtown East for an unforgettable four years.
Time is going by way to fast. It still hasn’t hit me that I’m officially a senior and that my senior year is almost over! Ill defiantly miss all the pep rally’s and the spirit weeks since it was probably the best and most crazy week of the year. Ill defiantly miss all the teachers who I’ve actually became close with since 9th grade. My advice I would give to the underclassmen is to not take advantage of high school. It goes by way to fast and before you know it you’ll be in my position figuring out colleges, picking out dresses for banquet, and best of all senior prom. But most of all just enjoy the 4 years you have here. They will defiantly be your best memories.
I think that my experience here at East was a good experience. I learned at lot throughout my four years here and had a lot of good times. I had pretty good grades and I hope that will get me into the college of my chioce. I think the thing I will miss the most when I go away to college is seeing my friends everyday. I don't really have any regrets about my years here at East. The advice I would give to next years freshman is to work hard and enjoy high school. I would say have fun with your friends in high school because you won't get to see everyone as much when you go away to college. Also, I would say to try to do well all four years because colleges will look at every year, not just junior year. Next year I plan on going away to college. I'm not sure what school I will be attending but I'm pretty excited for college. Overall I think my experience here was a positive one.
The fact that I am a senior is completely surreal to me. Really, I couldn't tell you in words how weird it feels to be graduating in a semester. If I could go back and tell myself any advice in the world, I would tell myself three things. 1. Work hard in every class you take. Work on focusing in the actual class, rather than trying to catch up at home. Every single grade on your transcript counts from quarter one of ninth grade, so don't start getting serious half way through junior year. 2. Don't be afraid to embrace what you are interested in. In simpler terms, don't be afraid to be yourself. I was always so afraid of what other people thought of me, mostly upperclassmen. Probably because I had some pretty unlucky social experiences in the beginning of my high school career. However, I always found myself walking through the hallway looking down, practically afraid of everyone around me. I would never pick electives that I was truly interested in (until I got older) because I was afraid of people asking "WHY would you EVER take that class?" I don't know. It may sound stupid, but I was afraid of being judged by other people. 3. Don't listen to what anyone else has to say about your decisions. This is YOUR LIFE. The truth is, if your life is at it's highest peak in high school, you most likely have things to be worried about in the future... If other kids who think they're cool want to look down upon you, let them. What people think of you in high school means nothing. Hold onto the relationships that make you a better person, and for the love of God let go of the people who try their hardest to make your life a living hell. Screw them. Trust me. They are not worth it. You are.
These past four years have gone by so fast, and it’s been such a great time. I think that 9th grade was one of the best years of school because I got to meet so many new people, and made many close friends. I was on the basketball team on 9th grade, and I really miss it. When I first joined the basketball team, I was probably one of the worst players on the team. But through hard work and practice, I became a much better athlete. If I could go back and change one thing, I probably would have done basketball all throughout high school. The advice I would give to future high school students is take classes that will benefit you and your career, and don’t just take classes because mom and dad told you to. Next year I hope to attend Stony Brook University with an undeclared major, and maybe one day have a career in the medical field (maybe even a doctor).
Senior year came and is going all in the blink of an eye. I still remember my first day of freshman year and cannot believe that I am in my second semester of my last year ever at Smithtown East. I have made so many great memories here that I am always going to remember and take with me throughout life. I have learned so many valuable lessons too that I never thought I would go through. Some of the positives that I have come out with are making such great friends that I know will last a lifetime. Next year I hope to go off to college and major in healthcare management. My advice for freshman is to enjoy your time at Smithtown East and not to complain because you could have it so much worse and it goes so quick so cherish every moment of it.
It’s so hard to believe that we’re already halfway through senior year! I still have a hard time believing that I’m a senior and this is the end of high school. So far, senior year has been such a great and memorable year. I have so many great memories of high school and enjoyed every minute of it. Yes, of course there were not so great memories and days where I would be stressed out of my mind, but overall I enjoyed myself. I remembered every Pep Rally and Homecoming, especially this year being a part of Leadership. I got closer to so many people and I am so happy that they are a part of my life. I honestly do not have any regrets about my high school career and the outcome so far has been amazing. I think what I’m going to miss most is always having my friends at my side and being able to depend on them. We are all going our separate ways, which is going to be something really hard to accept. Not being able to see my friends on a regular basis and starting over to make new friends is going to be something really hard to deal with but I’m up for the challenge. I feel that underclassmen should know that getting involved in school activities is extremely important. It allows you to meet new people who in the future could become your closest friends. It’s also crucial to have such activities on college applications. Another important factor is to do well in school because every year counts and college looks at everything. But the most important thing when it comes to high school is enjoying every day of it because before you know it, you’re graduating and going off into the real world. I hope that in my future I’m successful in whatever career choice I decide to pursue and that I’ll have a family of my own. Good luck to everyone!! This is it Class of 2013!!
I cannot believe that I am a senior. It seems so surreal to me that I only have one more semester left of high school. If I could give any tips to incoming freshman, I would say just to enjoy the years that you have here and to not worry about that "F" you get on a test. You should enjoy your high school career and cherish the years that you have. Don't worry about your mistakes, just learn from them. Also, dont just try hard your junior and senior years, work hard the whole four years. I have meet so many great people and formed such great relationships with my class mates. I have worked hard and achieved many of the goals I wanted to achieve and I have learned from my mistakes. I dont regret anything that I have done through out high school because I believe that everything happens for a reason and that I have learned from it. I want to become a nurse in college and I am very excited for my future.
The past four years at Smithtown East have been a incredible experience that I never knew would have happened. I have met so many great friends, excelled in many areas, learned determination, been apart of the varsity kickline team who has become my family, and found my goal in life. If i could now, I would turn back time and go back to being a freshman and do it all over again. I have improved and excelled in my leadership skills and learned how to communicate with others and take their ideas in consideration. Taking all the Ap courses have made me a hard worker and learn time management. My future advice to freshman is to start working hard your first year at East. It will pay off in the end and you wont be working so hard your senior year. In all, I have had an amazing experience here at east and have learned to appreciate all the tools and memories I was blessed with to achieve in life. It is not the end of the book, but rather the start to the next chapter! I will forever be a whisperette and be saying E-A-S-T EAST EAST EAST!
It feels like just yesterday I walked into the High school as a freshman. The first day of school I remember seeing the seniors and thinking to myself it’s going be a long time till I’m there. In all honesty it feels like it took no time at all. In my opinion school isn’t bad at all. Trust me without school you wouldn’t have any of the friends you know today. Don’t take school for granted because there are people all over the world who can’t even attend school. Don’t get overwhelmed just relax and take everything piece by piece. It may seem like a lot at times but trust me for all the bad times there is just as many good times. Enjoy the time you have and take every opportunity that presents itself. Never be afraid to try anything and never be afraid to be yourself. Be friendly and try to talk to everyone. You need to find the group of friends who like you for who you are and people that you can be yourself around. Never change who you are for other people. Smithtown East is a great school and you should really try to leave your mark on the school. That’s what I’ve tried to do since freshman year and I think I’ve done that. People should do the same. To my fellow classmates I honestly wish you the best of luck in everything you do in life. When we come back or I see you in the future I really expect to hear about how successful all of you are. No matter what you do when you look back on your High school experience you should be happy with who you are and who you were. You should never regret anything, because it all happened for a reason. Enjoy your time while you’re there because the real world is coming.
It feels like just yesterday I walked into the High school as a freshman. The first day of school I remember seeing the seniors and thinking to myself it’s going be a long time till I’m there. In all honesty it feels like it took no time at all. In my opinion school isn’t bad at all. Trust me without school you wouldn’t have any of the friends you know today. Don’t take school for granted because there are people all over the world who can’t even attend school. Don’t get overwhelmed just relax and take everything piece by piece. It may seem like a lot at times but trust me for all the bad times there is just as many good times. Enjoy the time you have and take every opportunity that presents itself. Never be afraid to try anything and never be afraid to be yourself. Be friendly and try to talk to everyone. You need to find the group of friends who like you for who you are and people that you can be yourself around. Never change who you are for other people. Smithtown East is a great school and you should really try to leave your mark on the school. That’s what I’ve tried to do since freshman year and I think I’ve done that. People should do the same. To my fellow classmates I honestly wish you the best of luck in everything you do in life. When we come back or I see you in the future I really expect to hear about how successful all of you are. No matter what you do when you look back on your High school experience you should be happy with who you are and who you were. You should never regret anything, because it all happened for a reason. Enjoy your time while you’re there because the real world is coming.
My time at Smithtown East was great. There were many awesome things about the school, yet many bad things. When I first came into the school, I was a little 4 foot 11 inch freshman who had a backpack double my size. I was scared and was afraid I would get beat up or something. That wasn’t the case and it turned out that many upper classman were very friendly and welcomed me into the school. They quickly accepted me and would always say hi to me in the hallway. I am glad I quickly made new friends at East. Another thing I am thankful for was choosing friends who don’t take drugs. My only regret in high school is not trying my best. All students should try their hardest for the four years of high school because come senior year, when you don’t get into your dream college, you will regret it. I could not have asked for a better four years at high school and I would not change anything about it.
I am honestly overly excited that high school is finally over. Although I have been waiting for the longest time for these 4 years to be over, there have been some fun, positive things that I've experienced. I have learned that I have a passion for things I’ve never done before. I've realized that being a doctor is really what I want to do with my life. It has also helped me realize that everyone is different and not everyone is going to be your friend; which id don’t seem to mind anymore. I won’t miss very much to be honest. But if I had to pick one thing it would be meeting new people and having the good times we had all over again. I do have regrets that I didn’t try harder or put all of my available effort into my school work. I floated through high school with B's and I wish I had put some more effort in and had gotten straight A's. The advice I would give underclassmen would be to get take everything as it comes and make the best with what your handled because not everything in high school goes your way even if you want it to. I do think that trying and being a good student is a big part of success but you can’t revolve your life around it or you sacrifice legitimate time you won’t get back. My plans for the future… Well I’ll be in school for about 12 years of my life so I can never leave it! I just want to go far away in a big city and study to be a surgeon. I really do want to change other people’s lives. Honestly, highs school has taught me one valuable lesson: take everything as it comes.
I still can’t believe that I am a senior. You never listen to adults when they say time flies, but it is honestly true. My biggest piece of advice that I can give a freshman is make every day count. Smithtown High School East has so much to offer, so take every opportunity to be involved. Some of my best memories are from playing field hockey and lacrosse. I made amazing friends from playing sports and learned other things that aren’t taught in school. Next year I will be attending Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania to major in Speech and Language Pathology and continue my lacrosse career. It’s scary to think that I’m growing up so fast, but looking back at high school I have no regrets.
The end of the first semester is now coming to a stressful end with the intense amount of homework and studying for midterms. With the rest of the disbelieved senior class, I would have to agree that this semester definitly flew right past us. We are now half way done with our last year of high school and I am extremely excited to be entering college in the upcoming fall. I wouldn’t say that I completely hate high school,but I’m not entirely fond of high school overall. High school has a lot to offer with clubs, sports, service, and social opportunities to make new friends which is definitely something that I admire about high school. I believe I made the best of my years in high school by doing sports,clubs that interested me, and I participated in community service.I made friendships with really great people. My experiences in the music department, classes, and sports definitely taught me a lot and will be unforgettable because they teach you that hard work and practice comes a long way especially in the end.Of course I have regrets, but a lot of people have those. My advice to incoming freshman is to get as involved with the school as possible. Join a club, sport, anything that interests you. Use your time wisely because time flys by, before you know it you are a senior looking back saying “where did all the time go?”. I wish the whole class luck and success with their future.
I don’t think it will hit me until the day of graduation that I am a senior and will no longer be a student here at Smithtown East. The experiences and memories I have made throughout my high school career have been some of the best times of my life. Honestly, what I’m going to miss most is seeing my friends and teachers throughout the day. I have met so many new people, kept so many friendships, and had so many incredible times with people I will never forget. If I was going to give advice to underclassmen coming to this school, I would definitely say enjoy every second of the next four years of your life because they fly by. I remember the exact moment walking into this building for the first time as a freshman, and now here I am, reflecting on my high school years, with only one semester left. Even though these years have been too good to be true, I know that college will open up so many new opportunities for me to grow as a person. My future plans would be to do very well in college, make whatever dance team I try out for, and succeed in wherever life happens to take me. Lastly, I would just like to thank the class of 2013 for making my high school experience so memorable.
As most others have said, senior year is going way too fast. It’s incredible. I am so excited for midterms to finally be over, so we can all just relax for a little bit after all of the things we had to do this first semester. My high school career was a mix of emotions, as it always is for teenagers. I am going to miss all of the teachers that have not only taught me academically, but taught me lessons you can’t learn in a class. I will always treasure all of the things I was able to write about here in at Smithtown. I definitely regret not trying harder in school. And my future plans are to get into college and work super hard to achieve my goals, whatever that may be. I would give any underclassmen advice about trying hard in school, because although you can balance your work and your time off, it’s always important to try your best. Although I liked Smithtown, I am really excited to finally be out of high school, and looking forward to the future ahead.
I honestly can’t believe how fast time has passed by over these past four years of high school. I’m actually a senior now and it just shows how time truly passes by quicker than we expect. High School has taught me how life isn't going to create an open path for me if i’m not going to put in the effort to take it. I regret not trying in my first two years, for my overall GPA suffered greatly from my actions. I recommend to the new future freshman as well as underclassmen to seriously take time and consideration in your school work. The feeling of depression over my transcript due to my poor gpa was dreadful, but the worst part was there was nothing I was able to do about it. High School has also taught me not to take things for granted, and appreciate them while you have them because you never know how long they're gonna last. I have countless amounts of regrets based off my actions throughout these past four years. Although these regrets still haunt my mind at random, I have learned to use them in order to strengthen my character for the future. Its unbelievable how many new friends I have made, and the memories we share have been incredible. I've been thinking deeply into aging lately, and how we're all slowly drifting apart from each other. I have learned to accept the fact that life moves on and appreciate every moment with the ones we care most for.
Mrs. Sundberg, you are the best English teacher ever.
I cannot fathom that I am going to be leaving high school and essentially childhood in a few months. Although I have learned a lot in my four years at East, I can sum up the important things pretty quickly. Do not be an idiot. Drinking and smoking at freshmen and sophomore parties is literally stupid and not worth it. And I don't say that from experience, I say that from one of the few who chose to pass on that aspect of a social life in high school and focus on school. That is the only advice I can give. Spend freshmen and sophomore year focused on school work. Don't be anti-social, don't isolate yourself, but do not make a social life your main priority. Too many people were hit square in the face with reality junior year looking for colleges and realizing their GPA and extra curriculars were no where near where they needed to be. If when you are in your junior year, you see the load you have ahead of you, and you then choose to want to experience that lifestyle, so be it. Work first, because not one person today feels cool saying "I was soooo drunk at a sweet sixteen." Pinky promise.
its crazy to say that i am a senior, this year is going way to fast i don't ever want it to end. there has been so many amazing memories i have at Smithtown East plus all of the amazing people i have became friends with. i wish i could stay a senior forever because i truly never want to leave high school. i will always remember this year and all of the amazing things that have taken place throughout it, i will never forget beating Smithtown West 21-0 in football or winning our homecoming game or having an amazing girlfriend. this experience is truly a blessing and i hope for everyone else they could say the same. i so glad i was able to go to such an amazing school with such a great group of people that make everyday worth while. i will forever love this school and never lose the memories and friendships made.
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