High School Years

I graduated from Gateway High School a few months ago. Gateway is a college preparatory school with very high expectations. They had a lot of rules when I was attending the school which didn't make my high school years as fun as I thought they would be. I know that school isn't about having fun but I also know that it comes along with it as long as your handling your business. Gateway wasn't all bad and others may even disagree with my opinion of the school. It's a small school and everybody knew everybody. That was both a good and a bad thing. The good came when we would all get together as a community. We often came together as a whole during meetings, events put together through the school, etc. The bad came along whenever there was drama or something in that nature. Being that it is a small school, things got around very quickly and friendships began to fall apart rapidly. On the other hand, teachers tended to be very supportive. Even in personal matters, some of the faculty would go out of their way to make sure everything was okay. Overall, I think that I could've been a better student and made the best out of my high school years. Stress from family troubles and my grades effected me throughout it all. I tried to keep my personal life separate but school was apart of my personal life. I learned to overcome challenges and to keep going. I Must say that Gateway has helped me maintain the mentality that I have today. No matter how hard the going gets, I have to keep pushing.

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I believe the way a person talks describes the characteristics in which a person portraits themselves to a term of expression. The way I speak has a huge impact on what type of person I am and how I carry myself as a young lady overall. It also determines the way I was brought up. Although I may not spend a lot of time trying to speak to perfection, I know the difference between how I am supposed to speak to my friends, family, and other adults. There is a time and place for certain things to be said and it’s very fortunate that I have the correct mind frame to keep myself on track. Today, as an observer of the youth, I've come to recognition that everything has some type of effect on their future, whether it's good or bad. For example, a lot of what I would see on television or hear on the radio as a child impacted the way I wanted to live my life. Hearing some men degrade women the way that they did and women allowing it to happen, was sickening to me. It made me wonder if they (the women) had any respect for themselves. I refuse to be labeled as one who has no respect for myself. If I don’t show myself respect, how can I expect others to? My point being is that a person represents themselves when they open their mouths. Regardless of whom it’s being said to, you can't just go around saying or doing anything just because a relationship exists.