Think back over the past four years. What are the most important lessons you learned? Did these lessons come easily? What would you do differently if given the chance? What would you do again?
Focus on 2-3 of the most important lessons you learned during high school. For each lesson, explain the lesson, how you learned it, and why it is important. Read your classmates' posts carefully so you do not repeat their ideas.
All responses are due by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 16th.
Over the last four years I realized that we shouldn’t take time for granted. We should appreciate things as they are at that time because things don’t last. I’m sure everyone is going to use this example, but Kennedy Kenrick is a perfect example of not taking things for granted. When I started going to KK as a freshman I always thought that I would graduate from there, and I could drive by it someday and show people where I went to school. However I didn’t get to graduate from there, and although I can still show people where I went to school it’s not “a school” anymore, it’s just an empty building. A lot of the people that said they didn’t like KK now talk about how much they miss it, because they didn’t appreciate it until it was gone. If we keep waiting until we lose something then we’re always going to be looking in our past. This means we’ll continue to miss what’s in front of us.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I’ve learned is to do what makes you happy. I think people get carried away sometimes thinking about other people’s opinions, but there’s really no need to. I think it’s inevitable that some people are going to like you and others won’t. It’s a waste of time to be worried about what people will think if you talk to a certain person, or if you act a certain way. I try to talk to anyone that makes an effort to talk to me. I don’t care if they don’t hang out with the same people I do, or if people dislike that person. I try to base how I act only on what I think of that person. I think it’s important to not let people’s opinions turn into your own.
Looking back over the past few years of high school it is apparent that I have learned a lot. One thing I have finally learned how to do, at the end of these four years, is study. Ever since the 7th grade I know that I have not been living up to my potential. Everyone has always told me that I am very good at whatever I commit myself to, but the problem to that is that it’s hard to be committed to something that I do not show interest in, which has been the case for most of my classes. Constantly falling behind has always left me in a hole, one that I usually never dig out of, leaving my grades at a barely passing, but this year, I have been challenged more than ever before, and because of that I feel that I have developed better work habits that will carry over to next year, which leads me to my point: sometimes you need to do something wrong to learn how to do it right, which is what I have been living through. These lessons did not come easy, but in time.
ReplyDeleteFor the most part I feel that I wouldn’t change anything about this high school experience. I made the mistakes that I have learned from, and through trial and error I know not to do them every again, I’ve met some great people that I would never know if these schools didn’t merge. I’m sure that I will still be great friends with these people for years to come. I’ve also been given a very good foundation for my personal moral standards through Catholic School that I might not have ever had if I was going to public school, and for that, I am thankful, for not only what the school itself teaches, but for the amazing experiences that was Kairos.
If I could do it all again, I wouldn’t. As fun as these four years were, they are still the foundation for what’s to come, and that is the real world. I feel that I am ready to move on and focus on my future career, family, and whatever other surprise life has in store for me, and the only way to find out what that is, is to move forward. =)
Looking back over the past four years, I have seen myself become a person who has grown so much. Four years ago I was a little girl who left all the comforts of my home. I left Korea for a place in the United States called Oregon. I had two suitcases in my hands and my body was full of fear. While in Oregon I learned that school was much much harder than I had ever dreamed of. I could not use the language that I had learned in school. Speaking and Reading English and learning the "stuff" in the different classes was just way too hard. The nest year my agency and my parents thought it would be good for me to go to Pennsylvania. I went to Saint Pius high school Now I had to learn lots of new things. I had a new family to meet. I had new teachers. I had new subjects. I had to learn so many things all over again.
ReplyDeleteLife Lessons that I have learned are that it is not easy to move to new places without experience. But I learned something about myself. I am brave. I am not a quick learner. I have talent in art. People in America compliment me more about my art and that makes me want to do even better. People in Korea did not show me that my art was good.
And I have learned that I have to accept compliments that people tell me. I have learned that I can be thrown into new situations and survive. I have learned that when I try my best and still not pass that sometimes that is all I can do. I have learned that I cannot be talented in everything.
Studying in America has not been too easy after all. Food is different. Tradition is different. And most of all, language is different. I have been having a hard time to speak as fluently as the natives, but it is not working out great. However, some lessons can be achieved only when I face some difficulties. These lessons do not come too easily, but they are mor valuable than those that come easily.
ReplyDeleteOne lesson I learned during the four years is that friendliness is very muvh important in human communication. During the first year in America, when I was able to speak English the least, I still tried eagerly to show that I am willing to participate in and enjoy American culture. As a result, my American friends opened up their minds to me, and we all became good friends. I still contact with some of them on facebook and skype.
Also I learned that politeness is very important in society as well. In Korean culture, we respect those who are older than us. We use more respectful version of language to talk with them, and even our gestures are different in front of them. No offense, but my American friends seemed to lack some of the respects which I thought were needed. Any way, I talked to the teachers and counselors more politely, behaved respectfully during the stay with my host parents. It seemed like everybody liked my attitude, and guess what? I got more advantages than disadvantages. Those who I paid repect to also paid their respect back to me, and we all could interact without any kind of argument and fight.
For the most part, I think I did good during the four years of my high school. However, if I have an opportunity, I would like to attend Korean high schools. I just did the first semester of my first year of Korean high school, and it was really fun. I think it would be a good time if I get to spend some time in Korean High school.