Past, Present, Future

The start of my junior year in high school was very nerve wracking. I had decided to join the law academy, and had taken wrestling instead of P.E. for sixth period. At eight o’clock, I entered my forensic science class. As I walked through the door, I saw many faces I had never seen before. The only person I recognized was my friend, Angel. So naturally, I took a seat right next to him. He was surprised, yet happy to see I had joined the law academy class. I was relieved to know at least one person for my first day of school. After my fifth class, I realized something terrible. I had the same law academy students for all five classes. I was so disappointed that I would have to see the same people all day every day. I felt Angel would be the only person I would get to know for the rest of the year, and never meet anyone knew. As the day went on I made it to sixth period, wrestling. There, I did not know a single team member. Since the wrestling team was coed, only one other girl and l were on the team. This made it even more difficult to fit in. At the end of the day I felt hopeless and depressed. I couldn’t see how the year would get any better.  Some time passed, and little by little I got to know most of the Law Academy students. Many of them were very friendly which made the year fun and bearable. My only problem was my sixth period class. Wrestling wasn’t easy to commit to at first, I had difficulty learning technique and making friends. The boys were very cold towards me, mostly because they assumed I wasn’t going to try hard, or truly commit, like most girls in past. However, as the year dragged on I improved my skills, and gained slightly more respect from the team and the coaches.

               My senior year was somewhat more satisfying. I was able to socialize with all the law academy students from last year. I had two of the same teachers I had my junior year, which made me feel comfortable, and I still had wrestling for sixth period. My last year of high school was very difficult. My law academy teacher had spent most of the year preparing us for the SAT, college, and work in the future. I had a large amount of work for that class, but I was able to gain practice and knowledge for the future. Also, wrestling had changed for good. Over the summer I had practices, which consisted of lifting weights, running, and wrestling. I was stronger, faster and more skillful then my junior year. This caught my assistant coach’s eye, which made him work me harder than ever before. He prepared me for the all girls CIF Wrestling Tournament. There, I took fourth place at the tournament which qualified me for the California State Tournament. I made it to the top twelve, but disappointingly did not place in the top eight. Therefore, I did not receive a medal. Both of these factors made my senior year one of the toughest years of my life. However, I was very pleased to be able to graduate high school and move on to college.

I am now working and attending college classes to fulfill my general education. I hope to receive my associate’s degree, and then transfer to a university. I am not certain what I want as a future career. Hopefully I can figure it out while I attend Oxnard College. Right now, I am interested in becoming a veterinarian, so next year I will be taking some classes at Moorpark College, because Oxnard College does not provide classes for this career. I hope to discover what I want to do as soon as possible