The Life In A Teenage Girl's Eyes

Chapter 12: I Guess Dreams Do Come True?¿?¿

Well, 8th grade was my last year of middle school. At the end of 7th grade, I made my blessings hoping that it will be a successful year, but sadly deep inside, I didn't have as much confidence as I should have. All I kept thinking about was having all failing grades again. I was in regular classes in 7th grade. They weren't beneficial at all. All they kept doing was making me fail all my classes. I did however, attend extra help after school everyday (even though it didn't help) except on Tuesdays. Tuesdays were always facility meetings or whatever else goes on. Your probably thinking to yourself "what classes did she have"? There are classes with kids who have an "IEP" called "Self Contained". It may sound like a baby class, or sound like it's a class for disabled. No. Nothing like that at all. All it is, it's a regular REGENTS class that teaches everything that you need to know. It's basically a smaller class with your peers. I took it as a support class. Well actually I had that 1st period. It is really the best enrollment that you could possibly be in, especially if your suffering in the other classes and falling back. Having a learning disability isn't a bad thing either because you get personal attention. The most that they can have in a class would be like 4-5 kids. I worked with perfectly, normal people. I felt at home because I had the same English teacher throughout 7&8th grade. Same for my gym teacher. Everyone graduates the same as the other kids. I used to get bullied with that too. That's the one thing that I love about the higher grades. They don't have it obvious that your getting extra help. People used to say to me "you have support class. How babyish is that"? Like I literally just mentioned, everyone graduates the same way as everyone else. Everyone is going to receive a regents diploma. At the end of the day, no one knows what classes you had. As long as you get the help that you need, you will be more successful then you ever thought. Honestly, I used to be against these classes in 7th grade. I hated them. 8th grade really opened my eyes and made me notice. Without those classes, I would be failing and making my future a living hell. In elementary school, I literally was cringing in my seat hoping that my teachers wouldn't call on me. In 8th grade, I couldn't stop volunteering to answer the questions. My teachers were floored about my performance in class. I am here today to discuss my successful, wonderful, & bright journey that I was able to experience. What made me choke up most of all was that now that I'm not in middle school anymore, and I feel like my last year was meant to be a bright year for me. I seriously feel like it was truly meant to be. My point that I am trying to prove is that you can't let anyone bring you down with them all because they are upset with themselves. You gotta walk away from ever other attitude and forget what people say about you. Ignore the haters. No one is better then you. Do what helps you. Do what makes you strive for success and reach for the starts. Prove to yourself what your capable of. Don't do things to impress others. Life's too short to waste your time on others. Education is the key to life.