My Freshmen Year

A few weeks ago I completed my first year of highschool. It has been long and had many ups and downs. Through it all, God has moved mountains, helped me grow in my faith, and helped me to become more and more like him.

Probably my biggest challenge in my Freshmen year of high school was my first year of Spanish class. I started Spanish I second trimester. On the first day my teacher didn’t speak a single word of English (with the exception of short but terrorizing speech about how we can not go to college unless we pass two year of a foreign language).

Ever since 6th grade I had been set on going to a good four year college. After my teacher told me that I would have to take two years of Spanish class to be able to achieve that, I began to give up on that dream. The whole first day of Spanish I couldn’t even understand a word the teacher was saying (other then her short speech about college). And even though I studied all of winter break, I got a D on my first test!

I decided to bring my struggles to God. I asked him whether or not I should try to find a way to opt out of the class. I also studied and did all my homeworks and, with God’s help, I was able to pass the first and second trimester of my first year of Spanish.

One of the best parts of the school year was making new friends and getting to know old friends better. Probably my best friend that I made this year was Kassie, or as I like to call her, Quesadilla Puff Ball. I met her on our first day of 9th grade in health class. It was her first year at our school, so we had never met before. I invited her to eat lunch with my friend Amelia and I, and she’s been sitting with us at our lunch table ever since.

Kassie has a very fun spunky personality that attracts friends like a magnet. She is probably one of the funniest people I know. When you are around her it is practically impossible to stop laughing, and the lunch table is a lot quieter and much more serious on days when she is not at school.

Another thing that I love about my friend Kassie is that she isn’t afraid to stand up for her friends. It’s not every day that you meet a person like Kassie that is willing to stand up for her friends even if it means she might be rejected or judged by her peers.

Probably the second most challenging part of my freshman year, but also one of the best, was Choir. It was one of the best parts because I had so much fun singing, making new friends, and growing as a singer and person. It was challenging because I had trouble not being able to keep myself from trying to get my confidence from whether or not I was a good enough singer and comparing my voice to other girls. It was my first year in my high school’s advanced Choir. The hardest time for me not to compare myself to other singers was at competitions. The other choirs were so good, and I began to think that they were better than me and that I wasn’t a talented enough singer.

After a while I was starting to wonder if I still wanted to be in choir because of all the pressure I was putting on myself. Throughout the whole school year I prayed and asked God to help me, and at the end of my second term of the year, I began to see my prayers’ fruit. At my districk’s choir competition, I found myself singing passionately, without the least bit of fear to hold me back. Then, at my concert at the end of second term, I was able to enjoy singing and not worry about what others thought of me. I had the best choir performance in my whole 9th grade school year!

My freshman year of high school had many ups and and downs, but God has helped me grow in my faith and become a better person through it.

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