Journal 1
So far, my senior year has been very weird. This is my first year without my best friends being within 10 miles of me. I’m making other friends in my grade but, it’s not the same. I don’t think it will ever be. I’m starting to think for myself, making my own decisions without anyone else's input. It’s actually kind of refreshing. It makes me feel independent. I guess at this age I should already have felt a sense of being independent but, I used to always rely on my friends for insight. They influenced me so much, their opinion mattered to me more than anyone else's.
Academically, it’s been a breeze. I only take two classes that aren’t electives. I’m the main editor for DukeTV, that’s probably the most stressful job that has ever been given to me. I always have to worry about if the other students in the class have filmed their part of the segments. It’s always up to me to make DukeTV a little more interesting and funnier than the previous weeks. The pressure is always on me. It’s really difficult to come up with creative ideas when I’m the only person in the class that cares. I get complaints every week from teachers and students about little mistakes that I make and that stresses me out even more. I know I shouldn’t focus on that but, it just gets to me.
In my senior year, I’m at a point where I’m starting to realize who I am as a young adult. I soak in my own thoughts and feelings and I can honestly say that I am my own opinionated person. I’m thankful that I have a voice of my own and that I’m not afraid to express my thoughts and opinions.
Currently, for my senior projects I’m working on getting a job shadow. I’m not too sure what I’m going to pick yet but, hopefully something in entertainment. I really enjoy making people laugh and making my own music.
I just moved back to Lindsay last semester and I’m just starting on my project. So, it hasn’t really been exciting yet. I’m sure it will be more exciting as time goes on and I get more in depth of the project. I hope to understand what I’m doing better because, I’m not too sure what to do.
I’m very excited about what is yet to come in my senior year! I’m a musician and I hope to finish an album by the end of senior year. I’m also really excited about the skills I’ll be learning with editing DukeTv. I hope to eventually get very good at video editing. I sing jazz very well so, I also hope to expand my range and get better at improv singing.
My goals for this year are to pass all of my classes with a 3 or better and to graduate. I also want to take my own senior pictures. I’m a photographer and I think it would be great to capture what I want in my senior pictures. My long term goals for the future are to go to a junior college in Los Angeles and while I’m getting my general education I want to take a class in jazz singing and join a professional Jazz band. then, I want to get my bachelors and hopefully get a job in the entertainment business.
Maybe I’ll reach my goals or maybe along the road, I’ll have different and better goals. I hope this year is good to me.
Academically, it’s been a breeze. I only take two classes that aren’t electives. I’m the main editor for DukeTV, that’s probably the most stressful job that has ever been given to me. I always have to worry about if the other students in the class have filmed their part of the segments. It’s always up to me to make DukeTV a little more interesting and funnier than the previous weeks. The pressure is always on me. It’s really difficult to come up with creative ideas when I’m the only person in the class that cares. I get complaints every week from teachers and students about little mistakes that I make and that stresses me out even more. I know I shouldn’t focus on that but, it just gets to me.
In my senior year, I’m at a point where I’m starting to realize who I am as a young adult. I soak in my own thoughts and feelings and I can honestly say that I am my own opinionated person. I’m thankful that I have a voice of my own and that I’m not afraid to express my thoughts and opinions.
Currently, for my senior projects I’m working on getting a job shadow. I’m not too sure what I’m going to pick yet but, hopefully something in entertainment. I really enjoy making people laugh and making my own music.
I just moved back to Lindsay last semester and I’m just starting on my project. So, it hasn’t really been exciting yet. I’m sure it will be more exciting as time goes on and I get more in depth of the project. I hope to understand what I’m doing better because, I’m not too sure what to do.
I’m very excited about what is yet to come in my senior year! I’m a musician and I hope to finish an album by the end of senior year. I’m also really excited about the skills I’ll be learning with editing DukeTv. I hope to eventually get very good at video editing. I sing jazz very well so, I also hope to expand my range and get better at improv singing.
My goals for this year are to pass all of my classes with a 3 or better and to graduate. I also want to take my own senior pictures. I’m a photographer and I think it would be great to capture what I want in my senior pictures. My long term goals for the future are to go to a junior college in Los Angeles and while I’m getting my general education I want to take a class in jazz singing and join a professional Jazz band. then, I want to get my bachelors and hopefully get a job in the entertainment business.
Maybe I’ll reach my goals or maybe along the road, I’ll have different and better goals. I hope this year is good to me.
Journal 2
Some has changed since my last journal, I’ve grown more mature, I’ve made other friends, my opinions have changed on what I want to do with my future. I think it’s weird how things can turn out differently in such a short amount of time.
It’s the end of the semester and I’m getting so lazy. I’m not passing geometry at the moment, but I’m planning on knocking it out of the park when the flex schedule starts. web design is kind of rocky. Html coding gets boring after a while. I’m getting the hang of it, now I can make a website from scratch! Before the end of this semester, I need to finish my last two measurement topics for geometry, I need to get all my work turned in for government, and I need to finish my senior project tasks for English.
My senior project is a little rough for me. I’m not too familiar with what is supposed to be on my website, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out. I’m confused on whether I should put my personal projects (like photography, video editing, and music) on my website. All the video editing, music making, and photography editing has been done here at school. So, maybe I should. I also need to do my job shadow. I’m not even really sure on what I want to do with my life. The jobs that seem interesting to me are all based in places like, LA or Fresno. I don’t drive so I’m not sure how I would get there.
As I’m doing my senior project, I find that I’m not enjoying any of it. Worrying about Senior project deadlines just brings me more stress. I can only imagine what my nerves will feel like during my exit interview. Besides my senior project, senior year is going alright. Not as fun as I expected, but at least it’s not horrible. I’m just excited for graduation. I don’t connect much with people my age. They’re very annoying and dramatic, but I don’t expect anything different from them, they’re all children, including myself.
I’m so close to graduating. I’m trying to get all of my work done. I’m excited for grad night, hopefully my sister can be a chaperon so I don’t have to hang out with people I don’t like. I need to talk to my counselors about applying for a junior college. I’m worried that I won’t get enough financial aid. My dad filed his taxes with his wife who’s a RN. I honestly think they’re going to give me $3.
I want to go to Santa Monica City College or Fresno City College. My mom has been considering moving to LA for a while. If she ends up moving, then I’ll go to Santa Monica City College. If my mom doesn’t decide to move, them I’m moving in with my friends in Fresno. I think moving will be scary either way. I’ll have to do things I’ve never done before like, get a job and buy my own groceries. I feel like moving out young will be a good step closer to maturity. I don’t think I feel secure with my college plans but, at least I have an idea.
It’s the end of the semester and I’m getting so lazy. I’m not passing geometry at the moment, but I’m planning on knocking it out of the park when the flex schedule starts. web design is kind of rocky. Html coding gets boring after a while. I’m getting the hang of it, now I can make a website from scratch! Before the end of this semester, I need to finish my last two measurement topics for geometry, I need to get all my work turned in for government, and I need to finish my senior project tasks for English.
My senior project is a little rough for me. I’m not too familiar with what is supposed to be on my website, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out. I’m confused on whether I should put my personal projects (like photography, video editing, and music) on my website. All the video editing, music making, and photography editing has been done here at school. So, maybe I should. I also need to do my job shadow. I’m not even really sure on what I want to do with my life. The jobs that seem interesting to me are all based in places like, LA or Fresno. I don’t drive so I’m not sure how I would get there.
As I’m doing my senior project, I find that I’m not enjoying any of it. Worrying about Senior project deadlines just brings me more stress. I can only imagine what my nerves will feel like during my exit interview. Besides my senior project, senior year is going alright. Not as fun as I expected, but at least it’s not horrible. I’m just excited for graduation. I don’t connect much with people my age. They’re very annoying and dramatic, but I don’t expect anything different from them, they’re all children, including myself.
I’m so close to graduating. I’m trying to get all of my work done. I’m excited for grad night, hopefully my sister can be a chaperon so I don’t have to hang out with people I don’t like. I need to talk to my counselors about applying for a junior college. I’m worried that I won’t get enough financial aid. My dad filed his taxes with his wife who’s a RN. I honestly think they’re going to give me $3.
I want to go to Santa Monica City College or Fresno City College. My mom has been considering moving to LA for a while. If she ends up moving, then I’ll go to Santa Monica City College. If my mom doesn’t decide to move, them I’m moving in with my friends in Fresno. I think moving will be scary either way. I’ll have to do things I’ve never done before like, get a job and buy my own groceries. I feel like moving out young will be a good step closer to maturity. I don’t think I feel secure with my college plans but, at least I have an idea.
Journal 3
My winter break was probably one of the best break’s I’ve ever had. I didn’t do much but, that’s the point. All I did was sleep. Senior year was really draining for me. I got swamped with a lot of video projects and homework. I met someone at the end of break who I am currently dating, so that was one of my greatest winter break highlights.
During the first semester, I really enjoyed my 6th period class. During that period, my friend Isaac and I would write and create music. Isaac and I love to make covers of popular music. We often find it difficult to write songs. It's hard to write music because He’s the only one of us two that knows how to play a useful instrument like a piano or guitar. I regret not taking my online class 1st semester because now it’s replacing my 6th period class and I don’t have a lot of time writing music with my friend.
I think the reality of my last semester has hit me. I wasn’t too excited for this year anyway, since I lost most of my friends last year when they graduated. At this point, I am very annoyed with the lack of maturity some of the students have at this school. I definitely think I’m ready to graduate and focus on greater things with my life and talents.
Before this semester ends, I need to finish my online class, my choir class, and I want to win a Slick Rock Film Festival award. The Slick Rock Film Festival is a video film festival for students around Tulare county. Students enter their creative video’s for a chance to win an award and a goodie bag with nice electronics. Last year two of my videos were nominated, but unfortunately none of them won. Hopefully I will have better luck this year. I just need to put in my best effort.
I want to go to a community college in Los Angeles. I haven’t submitted an application yet because the window for fall 2016 hasn’t opened. My top two junior college choices are Cerritos college in Norwalk, California or El Camino College in Torrance, California. I like those junior colleges because the have pretty good transfer rates and the classes and teachers have good ratings.
I think that finding a job after high school will be kind of easy. I’m moving to Los Angeles with my aunt, so I won't really need a job but having a job would be nice. Plus, there are plenty of businesses in Los Angeles. I think my dream first job has always been to work at Costco! Costco has very good pay and pretty good benefits. If not, then I’ll apply to a Starbucks or maybe a Dunkin Donuts. Actually I think it would be pretty cool to work at Pink Berry, Sprinkles,or maybe even a Cold Stone Creamery. As you can see I probably won’t have a hard time. My options aren’t that limited.
During the first semester, I really enjoyed my 6th period class. During that period, my friend Isaac and I would write and create music. Isaac and I love to make covers of popular music. We often find it difficult to write songs. It's hard to write music because He’s the only one of us two that knows how to play a useful instrument like a piano or guitar. I regret not taking my online class 1st semester because now it’s replacing my 6th period class and I don’t have a lot of time writing music with my friend.
I think the reality of my last semester has hit me. I wasn’t too excited for this year anyway, since I lost most of my friends last year when they graduated. At this point, I am very annoyed with the lack of maturity some of the students have at this school. I definitely think I’m ready to graduate and focus on greater things with my life and talents.
Before this semester ends, I need to finish my online class, my choir class, and I want to win a Slick Rock Film Festival award. The Slick Rock Film Festival is a video film festival for students around Tulare county. Students enter their creative video’s for a chance to win an award and a goodie bag with nice electronics. Last year two of my videos were nominated, but unfortunately none of them won. Hopefully I will have better luck this year. I just need to put in my best effort.
I want to go to a community college in Los Angeles. I haven’t submitted an application yet because the window for fall 2016 hasn’t opened. My top two junior college choices are Cerritos college in Norwalk, California or El Camino College in Torrance, California. I like those junior colleges because the have pretty good transfer rates and the classes and teachers have good ratings.
I think that finding a job after high school will be kind of easy. I’m moving to Los Angeles with my aunt, so I won't really need a job but having a job would be nice. Plus, there are plenty of businesses in Los Angeles. I think my dream first job has always been to work at Costco! Costco has very good pay and pretty good benefits. If not, then I’ll apply to a Starbucks or maybe a Dunkin Donuts. Actually I think it would be pretty cool to work at Pink Berry, Sprinkles,or maybe even a Cold Stone Creamery. As you can see I probably won’t have a hard time. My options aren’t that limited.
Journal 4
It is close to the end of my senior year. I guess you could say I am getting nervous. I am mostly nervous about if I am going to turn in all of my work on time. I have a lot of personal things going on in my life that are stressing me out a little bit, but I know I will make it through. High school should be easy, it shouldn’t be stressful. Getting my senior project done has been taking a while. I have been procrastinating on everything lately. I guess that's why “Senioritis” was invented!
My preparations for graduation have been pretty simple. I just try to get my work done.That reminds me... I still need to order my cap and gown! I tried to order my cap and gown when Jostens came to school but I didn’t realize that the tax wasn’t included on the brochure. My mom had written out a check that was almost $15 less than the actual price. My counselor told me that I could order online, so I guess I’ll have to do that.
Post-graduation…. Dang. My opinions, my thoughts,my feelings, my life has changed so much in a short amount of time. 2 months ago I could have told you what I wanted to do and where I wanted to be in 10 years, but now? I’ve taken a different path. Now, I am focusing on my creative side because that's who I really want to be. I want to make music, and I want to start a band. I just feel like there's so many things that I’m missing out on that I would enjoy so much. Just yesterday, I went to an indie concert and I fell so in love with the atmosphere. I was so in love with the feeling and the crowd. The concert took place in a hole in the wall pizza parlor in Hanford. I went with a group of my friends and my boyfriend and it was probably one of my favorite nights of my life. I love the music scene.
For my senior year, I need to finish my senior website. I need to get my Job shadow together. Oh man, I procrastinated on my job shadow so much. I stressed since last year about where I was going to do it. I have finally decided who I’ll be job shadowing. I will be job shadowing Ian Oliver, the media arts specialist. I mean, why not? I’ve pretty much job shadowed him for the last year and a half. In a nutshell, Ian does sort of what I want to do. I love video editing and filming and I want to do things related to film.
In my life, I am most looking forward to growing my talents. While in college, I want to start an indie band and join a Jazz band. I want to join an indie band because thats one of my favorite genres of music, I love the way indie people dress, and I think the atmosphere and the people are generally really chill. I want to join a Jazz band because I have always been in love with Jazz. I want to play at champagne brunches. The ones where people dress up and bring their mothers or girlfriends on dates to. I think the best feeling with music is when you can tell the audience is enjoying your music. I really hope that one day I can be apart of something great again. I don’t strive to be famous, I just strive to make people happy.
It is close to the end of my senior year. I guess you could say I am getting nervous. I am mostly nervous about if I am going to turn in all of my work on time. I have a lot of personal things going on in my life that are stressing me out a little bit, but I know I will make it through. High school should be easy, it shouldn’t be stressful. Getting my senior project done has been taking a while. I have been procrastinating on everything lately. I guess that's why “Senioritis” was invented!
My preparations for graduation have been pretty simple. I just try to get my work done.That reminds me... I still need to order my cap and gown! I tried to order my cap and gown when Jostens came to school but I didn’t realize that the tax wasn’t included on the brochure. My mom had written out a check that was almost $15 less than the actual price. My counselor told me that I could order online, so I guess I’ll have to do that.
Post-graduation…. Dang. My opinions, my thoughts,my feelings, my life has changed so much in a short amount of time. 2 months ago I could have told you what I wanted to do and where I wanted to be in 10 years, but now? I’ve taken a different path. Now, I am focusing on my creative side because that's who I really want to be. I want to make music, and I want to start a band. I just feel like there's so many things that I’m missing out on that I would enjoy so much. Just yesterday, I went to an indie concert and I fell so in love with the atmosphere. I was so in love with the feeling and the crowd. The concert took place in a hole in the wall pizza parlor in Hanford. I went with a group of my friends and my boyfriend and it was probably one of my favorite nights of my life. I love the music scene.
For my senior year, I need to finish my senior website. I need to get my Job shadow together. Oh man, I procrastinated on my job shadow so much. I stressed since last year about where I was going to do it. I have finally decided who I’ll be job shadowing. I will be job shadowing Ian Oliver, the media arts specialist. I mean, why not? I’ve pretty much job shadowed him for the last year and a half. In a nutshell, Ian does sort of what I want to do. I love video editing and filming and I want to do things related to film.
In my life, I am most looking forward to growing my talents. While in college, I want to start an indie band and join a Jazz band. I want to join an indie band because thats one of my favorite genres of music, I love the way indie people dress, and I think the atmosphere and the people are generally really chill. I want to join a Jazz band because I have always been in love with Jazz. I want to play at champagne brunches. The ones where people dress up and bring their mothers or girlfriends on dates to. I think the best feeling with music is when you can tell the audience is enjoying your music. I really hope that one day I can be apart of something great again. I don’t strive to be famous, I just strive to make people happy.