Assignment 24- Nick Joseph

Let me start off by saying that I think this year has flown by.  It seems like just yesterday we were starting our junior year, and now we are six weeks away from being seniors.  High school in general, but junior year in particular, has taught me a lot about life.  I would say that the biggest success this year has been my grades.  People always talk about how tough junior year is, but in reality it's been pretty low stress.  As long as you keep up on your homework and have a pulse in class, you are guaranteed a pretty good grade.  The biggest failure (and mistake) was probably the elective I chose to take.  It is just extremely boring.  The biggest lesson this year has taught me is that, throughout life, there will be people who you cannot stand interacting with that you will be forced to cooperate with on a daily basis.  I cannot tell you how annoyed I have been with some of my classmates, both inside and outside of the academy.  The ability to keep my mouth shut while somebody around me is spewing uninformed opinions will (hopefully) help me out later on down the road.  This summer, my family will go on vacation, most likely to the beach.  The rest of the summer will be spent working as close to 40 hours a week as possible and hanging out with friends.  Senior year, I want to take interesting (and relatively easy) classes.  I want to get into a good college and hopefully receive a scholarship.  This can be done through putting lots of time into applications, as well as using all the hard work from these last 3 years as support.