Final One

This semester really challenged me, especially these past few weeks. I never had a chance to really publish this on my blog, but I have been having tough times because of my attitude. This indirectly ties into my thankfulness virtue and respect for my parents. I have really lost their trust this time because of my stupidity and taking advantage of situations. I was not thankful enough and I regret doing what I have done, however I cannot take any of my actions back. All I can do now is to be the best I can to try to make up for what trouble I have caused. Moving on from my shortcomings, I have also had many successes throughout these grading periods in commitment and assertiveness. I have dedicated much of my time in Science Olympiad, which has been worthwhile and my hard work is being rewarded because I have been brought to Team 2 and been chosen to go to M.I.T. (which is my dream school). For assertiveness, I think I could have done a little better. I do see myself gradually improving because I started noticing that in AP I have been getting lower grades in participation, and now I am trying to answer more questions and not be afraid of getting the wrong choice. In conclusion, I have had my ups and downs but that is just life, and I have to keep moving and improving in my virtues to reach eudaimonia. 

Ups and Downs

I have horrible and amazing news! I got my phone taken away because I was “using it too much, getting distracted and misbehaving”. So I get it taken away for a whole month, unless I can prove to my parents that I deserve it back; 3 more weeks to go, yippy :) . The great news is that I am going skiing for Winter Break, I got to go ice skating with my friends today, and I am going to my friend’s house to decorate cookies!! Anyways, I am trying my best to behave and respect my parents, so I guess that falls into the thankfulness virtue. I am continuing to build my helicopter for Science Olympiad; it is fun when you understand what you are supposed to do.  I have not really improved in assertiveness because I felt that there wasn’t much to do this week, class wise. I had fun this week though because there wasn’t much homework and I actually understood the physics and it was really easy.

Really Long and Boring

This week was really long and boring. We had an Algebra Test that I didn’t study for and a Physics Test that I failed. But nothing much really happened this week. For assertiveness, I knew an answer to physics and I raised my hand. I am going to be committed to Science Olympiad and I will work on my helicopter this weekend. I was really thankful that my mom was back and my dad was able to pick me up today because we had early release today. My mom is also letting me go to my friend’s house over the weekend to decorate cookies even though she is sick. See you guys next week, hopefully it is more interesting.

The Shortest Thanksgiving Break Ever

Thanksgiving break was so much fun, unfortunately time flew by so quickly and I wanted to spend more time with my huge family (consisting of about 40 people).  I met up with my family in Orlando where we rented houses to stay in and celebrate. I was really thankful to be a part of my amazing family and for everyone to come together from all over America, and make our 7^th Family Reunion possible. This Thanskgiving I missed my mom because she is attending her brother's wedding. At least she gets to spend time with her family  when they really need her. For assertiveness, I really spoke out and gave suggestions during our Closing and Feedback “Meeting”. This is off topic, but I was committed to History Bowl and showed up to the meeting on Thursday. I really want to dedicate my time to this club because it will definitely help me in the future for numerous reasons. This week was really packed, and I had a lot of homework, quizzes, and tests; next week will also be busy.  So I am not looking forward to school, only to December Break!!

This is a group photo of my whole family, except some people were not able to attend this time.