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Anthony enjoyed his recent senior exit project the most out of all his assignments in high school. He struggled academically starting in sophomore year and had to take summer school classes to catch up. Looking back, he wishes he had procrastinated less and asked for help earlier. He believes he may have ADD like his father, but has not been formally diagnosed. Great Oak High School prepared him with discipline and accountability, and he is now ready to join the military or a trade union after graduation.

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Anthony enjoyed his recent senior exit project the most out of all his assignments in high school. He struggled academically starting in sophomore year and had to take summer school classes to catch up. Looking back, he wishes he had procrastinated less and asked for help earlier. He believes he may have ADD like his father, but has not been formally diagnosed. Great Oak High School prepared him with discipline and accountability, and he is now ready to join the military or a trade union after graduation.

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Anthony Johnson

Mrs. Scharf

ERWC, Period 5

May 20, 2019

My Proudest Assignment

From all of my past portfolio work, few assignments stood out to me that I think are as

appropriate for my reflection as my recent Senior Exit Project, Integrity assignment. I enjoyed

this assignment more than any other this year and possibly out of all 4 years of high school.

Using the structure of a car and writing based on that model made the writing come to me easier

and helped me to stay focused on what to write next. It all made sense and the ideas seemed to

flow much easier than most assignments. I wrote from the heart and feel I put genuine effort into

that writing.

Transcripts Review & Reflection

To be honest, I only did an average overall job with my school work in my four years of high

school. I started out strong Freshman year, but I found myself overwhelmed by sophomore year

socially, academically and athletically. I completely failed at my AP English Literature class 2nd

semester causing a chain reaction in backed up homework and low test scores in math. I had to

take English 11 in summer school and a Math class to catch up for Senior year. I still feel very

intimidated by writing assignment, I just don’t feel creative and don’t get how it’s so easy for

most of my peers. Although I caught up with credits in math, I have struggled since 6th grade. I

need to hear the instruction several times before it sticks, but I have found that I can do math and
keep my homework up to date and scores passing. I love science, to me it is always interesting

and makes the most sense. I will probably end up working in a science related field of work

someday. I can see that my downfall was when I began procrastinating on assignments, thinking

I could knock them out the few hours before they were do, like book reports, papers etc. I was

wrong, as my grades steadily declined, I found myself more and more stressed out, trying to

catch up on last minute homework that was due in the morning, and in turn, missing other

assignments in other classes while being told by my coaches it was no excuse to miss 5 day a

week practices and that I better figure it all out. I do agree with what they said, and I do hold

myself accountable for the position I put myself in.

Growth

Looking back, I wish I would have procrastinated way less and asked for more help instead of

waiting until I was too buried to catch up. In the future, I will start work assignment when they

are assigned to leave myself room to complete the task with quality. By Junior year, I had

figured out which teachers would accept late work and which would not. I found myself slacking

more on the classes with the easy teachers, but overwhelmed and lost in a couple of classes

where late work was not accepted. I found out my senior year that my Dad was diagnosed in

high school with attention deficit disorder (ADD) but never received any treatment for it.

Although I have not been diagnosed myself, I know it’s only because I haven’t been through the

appropriate channels. I learned somewhere during my junior year that I have an extremely

difficult focusing, or finishing anything I do when it comes to school work. Most of the time, I

can’t seem to get more than my name and period number down on the paper. Learning about my

dad’s struggle and seeing how successful he is in his life now, gives me hope that I can do this. I
can get this done, dig myself out of this home and finally finish. I believe I can improve in all

areas, work habits, motivation, focus, quality of work. I will not give up and look forward to

moving on to the workforce to put myself to the test.

Preparation

Great Oak High School has prepared me for my next chapter by creating a strong foundation of

accountability and discipline. I’ve been held accountable by my teachers and coaches all four

years and have not slipped through easily. I know that my next steps in life will take dedication

and focus and that I better be serious about making it happen for myself, because nobody else

can and nobody is going to hand me anything for free. I am not completely decided about what I

will do next. I have narrowed it down to a couple options. First, joining the United States Marine

Corps and following in my dad’s footsteps. He is a Marine Corps veteran who earned the Purple

Heart in the Iraq war. Not that I want one of those! If I am unable to find the program I’d like in

the Marines, the United States Navy is a viable alternative. I have already met with my recruiter

and he is anxiously awaiting my graduation. Second, trade school and Union. I have the

opportunity to join the International Union of Operating Engineers this year with a sponsor,

which would set me up with a career I can plan to retire from. This is a big topic in my house,

my decision depends on my finishing high school so I’ve kept it to myself since I’ve struggled so

much my senior year and have maybe doubted myself a little. One thing is for certain, I am

beyond ready and excited to move on and earn my way.

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