Reflection #3

What is the single most important in-class lesson you learned in high school? What was your greatest academic challenge? Did this experience shape you in anyway?

The most important in-class lesson I learned in high school is to stay organized. I was able to learn this throughout the four years, but I think that junior year and second semester senior year taught me this lesson really well. It was junior year when I had to deal with field hockey stress and academic stress. During junior year, I was focused on getting recruited, so I would practice around ten to fifteen hours per week the entire school year. This was difficult to do because I also had school work, two AP classes, ASB, and SAT classes to manage. Therefore, learning this lesson was a huge challenge for me. Up until junior year, I played field hockey more casually and did not have as many academically challenging classes. I was often dejected and discouraged to do academic work because it was not as easy and more stressful than the two years prior and always felt the need to practice field hockey. Second semester senior year, I didn’t want to do work, but had much more work than the past three and a half years. Right now, I have five ongoing projects, a job, and field hockey to manage. It is through these experiences that I was able to learn about the importance of staying organized. This experience has definitely shaped me into a more responsible person. In middle school and the first two years of high school, I only had to worry about the little academic work I had and the sports practices I occasionally had. I am grateful for these experiences junior and senior year because I will definitely have to manage my time well in college since I want to double major and also play field hockey in college.