The hardest lesson I learned throughout school in general is that if I want something done then I need to be the one to do it. In elementary school everything we were taught I just immediately understood with very little explanation and I was able to complete all my work without thinking about it. This way of going about things was not good for middle school because I didn’t know how to deal with not understanding something or failing something all together. In the end though this did teach me a valuable lesson.

My 6th grade year was not too bad and then we got out early because of covid. This then led to a long summer as we also missed the beginning of our 7th grade year which I believe contributed to me not really caring about my grades at all that year. That year was for sure my worst that I ever had and caused me to have to pick myself back up in 8th grade so that I would be prepared for high school.

I was in a good place leading into my freshman year and had possibly my best year since grade school in terms of both enjoyment and grades. Sophomore year was more of the same which was not good for me as many consider junior year the hardest and i was not prepared. The amount of missing work I had in the first semester of my junior year was substantial and made my grades much much worse that year. At this point though I knew what I was doing wrong and how I could fix it. The second semester I simply actually tried and made sure that homework was my highest priority no matter what other people wanted from me.

As I get things lined out before I go to college later this year I keep trying to keep in mind that doing things as soon as possible is always the best option and will you leave you less stressed in the long run in fact if I could leave anything for those coming after it would be that you need to do what benefits you as early as possible so that it’s not a detriment to you later.