11th Grade Recap

As I'm nearing the end of my junior year of high school, I thought it was about time to do a recap of my year.

School

The biggest change this year that I started Running Start, and I've been taking college classes all year in addition to school at home. Here are the classes I took this year:

• Early Modern History - At home all year
• Geometry - At home all year
• College Study Skills (ENGL 170) - Fall 2014
• Yoga (PE 107) - Fall 2014
• English Comp I (ENGL 101) - Winter 2015
• General Psychology (PSYC 100) - Winter 2015
• Intro to Geology (GEOL 101) - Spring 2015
• Engligh Comp II (ENGL 102) - Spring 2015

I have a week left of spring quarter, but it looks like I'll finish my first year at the college with a 4.0 GPA!

School at home as been a struggle, and I am depressingly far behind. I will have to work for the summer to finish both history and math. Next year, I will taking a full load at the college and doing nothing at home.

Other Activities

I have really loved being at the college. I have made friends (though admittedly not that many), and I love being part of the community there. 

Outside of school, this has been a strange year. With some of my friends being gone at college other places, the year started out strangely, and through many strange and complicated events, the trend continued. 

It's been a hard year but that I've learned a lot about myself and how to handle challenging situations. I've learned a lot about dealing with and helping other people, and while there are numerous things about this year that I wish I could just reverse and have never had happen, I am a different person because of it, and I don't think that that's a bad thing.

I've made friends and had relationships evolve and change, and overall I think the year is ending on a positive note.

Outside of that, I've been teaching Latin, taking Irish dance and Ballet classes, and I was in two dance productions. I performed ballet in Dracula, and Irish dancing in the Nutcracker. I also danced in about four other smaller Irish performances this winter and spring. It's been quite a year! College planning has taken up time too, and we visited a number of colleges, mostly over spring break. I've been volunteering at the library as well, and have gone to a few annual events like the Children's Literature Conference at WWU, and the Bellingham Anime Convention at WCC (where I worked as a volunteer).

Next Year 

Next year is exciting and terrifying to think about. I'll be at the college full time, and I also will have college applications to work through. I also would really, really like to dance in the winter and spring performances at my dance studio if I am able. I have applied for a job working in the Writing Center at WCC, and I am hoping that that will be something I'll be doing come fall. I'd like to keep teaching Latin, and also taking Irish dance and ballet classes.

This is sounding exhausting already!