senior Writings
Go to college
“Apurate” my dad said when I was getting water during work. He said this because I was getting water after I got down from the ladder and went to dump the olives into the bucket. Sometimes I get mad when he tells me things that are dumb but they are always helpful in some type of way.
Every saturday I go to work with my dad to work in the fields picking olives. My dad always wants to work everyday but I know that it is for a good reason. We have to wake up at five in the morning and get ready in our work clothes. I would get in the car and fall asleep for like 15 minutes before we got to work. Once we got to work I would put my things on an get to work. We would make about 40 buckets and we would go home because it would get late.
Then, on the way home he would talk to me about how I am doing in school. Then I would tell him that I am doing good then he would tell me “pues vale mas” and he would just start telling me that if I don't go to college then this is where I would end up, working in the fields. Then I would tell him no i'm not i'm gonna go to college and after that I am going to get a good job. “En que vas a trabajar” he told me, i'm going to work as a mechanic and then i'm going to own my own shop and make a lot of money.
He would tell me “como sabes” and I would just tell him that I don't know and that is when I started to think of how I am going to do what I just told him I am going to do. Then at this moment I started to think of how all of these things are going to change my life and I am starting to do better in school so that I don't have to go to work in the fields.
This happens all the time and it always reminds me of how this talk is changing how I do in school and what choices I make when i'm out with my friends. I will always remember the words that came out of his mouth “go to college”.
Every saturday I go to work with my dad to work in the fields picking olives. My dad always wants to work everyday but I know that it is for a good reason. We have to wake up at five in the morning and get ready in our work clothes. I would get in the car and fall asleep for like 15 minutes before we got to work. Once we got to work I would put my things on an get to work. We would make about 40 buckets and we would go home because it would get late.
Then, on the way home he would talk to me about how I am doing in school. Then I would tell him that I am doing good then he would tell me “pues vale mas” and he would just start telling me that if I don't go to college then this is where I would end up, working in the fields. Then I would tell him no i'm not i'm gonna go to college and after that I am going to get a good job. “En que vas a trabajar” he told me, i'm going to work as a mechanic and then i'm going to own my own shop and make a lot of money.
He would tell me “como sabes” and I would just tell him that I don't know and that is when I started to think of how I am going to do what I just told him I am going to do. Then at this moment I started to think of how all of these things are going to change my life and I am starting to do better in school so that I don't have to go to work in the fields.
This happens all the time and it always reminds me of how this talk is changing how I do in school and what choices I make when i'm out with my friends. I will always remember the words that came out of his mouth “go to college”.
Fitness
My fitness level since I started lifted at the beginning of the semester has changed a lot in the past semester and it's all because of this class. I always want to come to this class and workout but when i am sore i kind of don't want to but i know i have to but it is all good because i know that i will get better if i just keep working hard i will get better and will be able to do more things that i couldn’t. I'm always ready to go and dressed to run or lift and all the essays are always tough, but i know that i can do them, so i try hard to get them done and without this class i wouldn’t be where i am at now.
Since the beginning of the semester I know that my fitness and strength have increased, because of this I have increased in all of my lift maxes that i did at the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year i didn't lift as much as I do now. I can lift more because I worked on trying to get to surpass my semester goal. Running was difficult at the beginning but now i can run faster and longer.
My goal at the beginning of the semester was to get better in all my core lifts and my little assessments. I meet my goal for most of the assessments. On the ones that i meet my goal i was working hard and lifting as much as i can. I did this by coming to class all the time and having a good attitude about lifting. Them I would just come in and just think of getting the lifts done so that i wouldn't have to worry about them later. Doing the core lifts helped me in a lot of ways because now I can lift more things that i couldn't do before.
To begin with, my effort towards the core lift was about 100%. Some days I wouldn't feel good and i would still give the best effort that i could give. My effort from the beginning of the year has changed a lot because now i want to lift and do better and at the beginning i would just want to increase a little on my lifts. Since the begin some things have changed like the way i think and the way i want to do things around the class.
Finally, what i have learned since the beginning of the year is to try hard and to never give up and you should always try your hardest. What i have learned about myself is that i'm a hard worker and that I don't give up and I try the hardest that i can. I will use these lessons in the future so that i won't fall behind and won't give up on anything that i do.
In conclusion, this year has been fun but like i said it was hard at some times but you know that you can always get through it just by saying that you can. That is all of the things that i thought about this semester but i want to get better so when i play football or work later on when i'm out of school or when i'm still in school but it will help me in any kind of way.
Since the beginning of the semester I know that my fitness and strength have increased, because of this I have increased in all of my lift maxes that i did at the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year i didn't lift as much as I do now. I can lift more because I worked on trying to get to surpass my semester goal. Running was difficult at the beginning but now i can run faster and longer.
My goal at the beginning of the semester was to get better in all my core lifts and my little assessments. I meet my goal for most of the assessments. On the ones that i meet my goal i was working hard and lifting as much as i can. I did this by coming to class all the time and having a good attitude about lifting. Them I would just come in and just think of getting the lifts done so that i wouldn't have to worry about them later. Doing the core lifts helped me in a lot of ways because now I can lift more things that i couldn't do before.
To begin with, my effort towards the core lift was about 100%. Some days I wouldn't feel good and i would still give the best effort that i could give. My effort from the beginning of the year has changed a lot because now i want to lift and do better and at the beginning i would just want to increase a little on my lifts. Since the begin some things have changed like the way i think and the way i want to do things around the class.
Finally, what i have learned since the beginning of the year is to try hard and to never give up and you should always try your hardest. What i have learned about myself is that i'm a hard worker and that I don't give up and I try the hardest that i can. I will use these lessons in the future so that i won't fall behind and won't give up on anything that i do.
In conclusion, this year has been fun but like i said it was hard at some times but you know that you can always get through it just by saying that you can. That is all of the things that i thought about this semester but i want to get better so when i play football or work later on when i'm out of school or when i'm still in school but it will help me in any kind of way.