The High School Experience

Hey guys!  Throughout this semester I have had many obstacles but also  successful  results while practicing my virtues. Practicing my virtues was not as easy as I thought it would have been. There were times were I was just stuck and would not be able to improve and sometimes I would hardly work on them. For example, working on my stubbornness was the most difficult to improve for me. I would have days were I would be able to control it and actually benefit from it but there were also days that my frustration would effect my stubbornness so I would be stuck like a broken record. The most successful virtue I was able to achieve was being thankful. For many weeks I would always reflect back to this virtue because it is the one people mostly judge. For example, I have a family that cares a lot about me but they always say I have to be more thankful with things and even if I do show, I also have to mean it. This character experiment has really helped me improve my thankfuln...

Hey everyone! It is finally Friday and a week closer til Christmas Day! This week there is nothing really interesting except that I got a dog last Saturday which is so exciting! Her name is Luna and she is a Jack Russell terrier. Anyways apart from having a cute puppy, I did not work on my virtues. There is not much to say except I forgot and also I blame it on my dog because she loves to keep me up late at night which makes me super tired in the morning and makes me forget things. I hope I can finally end on a good note next week by achieving my virtues. It is difficult to change these bad habits that you have into something that could benefit you. Being stubborn is such a bad habit I have and honestly throughout these past months, it has helped me reduce it. On the other hand, trying to stay organized is worst because sometimes I am told the homework we have to do but I don't write it down: simple laziness. At lastly being thankful has had its ups and downs. I have been sometimes...

Hey everyone! This week is going to be a short blog because I have so many things to do! First and foremost, I had a lot of homework for all my classes. From English all the way to AP Spanish. Then I had to study for a few quizzes and a test that were pretty long. In addition to all of that, I did work on a some of my virtues. For example I worked on my organization skills but kind of slacked off by the end of the week. I wrote down all the assignments I needed to complete but by the end of the week I started to forget and wouldn't write anything. I worked on my virtue of being compliant a little bit by accepting other people's ideas. The problem with me being stubborn is that I get frustrated when people do not understand my idea and then give another one so I argue with them about what I said. I have gotten better at it though. Then achieving to be thankful this week was useless unless its the small tasks that people do to make me thank them. That is about it for this week! ...

Hey guys! I am in a very good mood today because it's finally FRIDAY! I have been waiting for this day to come since Monday! To be honest this week has been very chill and homework hasn't been too much. For once, I got to work on my virtues and mostly succeed in them. I worked on my organization skills by starting to write my homework and upcoming tests in my agenda. For the past couple weeks, I have not been writing in my agenda because I was too lazy and slacked off a lot. So by starting to write things down again, I was able to improve my grades and would not forget anything. I also worked on my stubbornness a little bit. I had a few arguments with one of my friends throughout the week but instead of fighting back her ideas, I listened to what she had to say and then reason with her. I felt very proud of myself!  I really didn't have anything to work on for being thankful but I did thank people that would open the door for me so technically I was thankful. Alright well t...

Hey guys! Today has been a relaxing week with little stress. We barely had homework and had only a few quizzes. This week I did not really work only virtues because I completely forgot about them. Everyday I would go to sleep very late and I would not even think about them. With everything that's been going on throughout school I forget. During school hours, I mainly focus on my classes and the work I need to complete. I just start to procrastinate my virtues and when I am reminded about them, I try to think of ways to do an action for one but it never works. I know this is a bad habit but luckily I wishing to improve them next week. Next week is one of my favorite times of the year, Thanksgiving. Its an amazing time to spend with family and eat some homemade food by your cousins. I will probably be able to work on my virtues throughout next week and help me move a step closer to achieving my goal, to be a good person. Thanks for reading!

Hello friends! This week's blog is going to be short because very little things were done. First off I did express two of my virtues which I am very glad about. I want to thank Daniela's comment from my last blog. I thought she gave great advice in helping me improve and remember my virtues. I actually took that into consideration and it benefitted me this week. Anyways I was able to work on my stubbornness a little more this week when it came to my mother. I had an argument with her that didn't end very well. (she gave me a chancletazo) I learned from the argument that maybe what I am saying is wrong so I took her advice and it worked. I feel like its always good to consider what others have to say because no one is always right and having different views of things benefit you. The next virtue I worked on was being thankful. My birthday was actually last Sunday and I had an amazing time. I was very thankful for all the gifts I received from everyone and they knew I cared. ...

Hey guys! Todays update will be short because the week went by so fast that I couldn't believe it. Since the starting of the new grading period it has been all well and I started off strong. The problem is that I have been working on so many things like homework and studying that I completely forgot to think about my virtues. On Monday I spent most of the day working on homework because I didn't want to do anything on Tuesday. Then on Tuesday I finished anything that was assigned that day so I wouldn't have to do anything for Wednesday because it was Halloween. On Halloween I did nothing because I got home late and had to quickly get dressed to go trick or treating with my little cousins. Thursday was the day I mostly had to work on assignments since I didn't do anything on Wednesday, I had to do it on Thursday. Lastly on Friday I took the day off and this where I am at right now. Basically I did nothing but work. I could of have exercised my organization skills but I w...

Hey guys! So this week is kind of short because its the end of the grading period. For the last three days I have been stressing out with all the things I have to do to end this grading period decently. So... I have not been able to work on my virtues this week but on the bright side I am not failing my classes. Honestly I have been going to sleep at like almost 1 a.m. trying to finish homework and study for these tests that will determine my final grades. I unintentionally was not stubborn because I was too tired to actually argue with my mother. I could say I was thankful for all the things may mom has been doing for me so I can have a good birthday. I also think my organization skills kind of have flunked because I have not been writing everything down and I have forgotten to do a few things. In general this week has been a mess but I am relieved it is almost over and I do not have any more exams. Alright well that's it for this week and next week its the beginning of a new grad...

Hello friends. I hope everyone's week has been going well, I know for sure mine has been a little stressful but overall a good week. As you know most of us have AP World History and we have all been trying to finish up that book critique. This book critique has been such a struggle to write because we are all trying to perfect it so we can get a good grade. Since this was so difficult to do it made me a little stressed but I finally finished it so I am relieved. Anyways for my virtues I have not "really" improved, more like I have stayed the same. I know for sure I was not stubborn for trying to hear other ideas that people suggested for the book critique. I have had a organized agenda with everything I needed to do and did not forget anything so that's good. For being thankful I have taken your suggestions from the last blog and it has really worked and so I wanted to thank you guys for that. That's all for this week and I hope I can do better next week. Thank...

Hello friends! I am doing my blog extra early (Wednesday) because the following days I am going to be studying and catching up on assignments I have not done yet. Since the grading period is starting to end the stress for finishing everything is unbelievable. I have had little time to work on virtues but I feel like I have been working on them without noticing. For example, I have really been working on my organization skills because I have been writing down the smallest details down so I would not miss anything. For being compliant I have really been trying to not argue with my parents or friends. I sometimes am so tired that I don't feel like being stubborn so I go with it. This may seem like I'm improving my virtue but it not because I am doing it for the wrong intention. Last but not least is that working on my thankfulness hasn't been the best because I haven't been as caring for what people do for me. Hopefully I can change this in the upcoming week. Well that...

Hey guys! So this week was a bit similar to last week. I literally almost forgot to post my blog today (Friday). I didn't really work on my virtues this week just because I mostly was focused on finishing homework at 12:00 am. This week was better than the last because I didn't have so many tests or quizzes going on. I have noticed though that I did horrible in my organization skills because I didn't write everything down. An example is that I was suppose to bring my AP World History book today but I forgot because I didn't write it down on my agenda. I have been very disorganized with my work and am behind in many assignments. The next thing I am reflecting on that I did throughout the week was my stubbornness. From what I remember, I didn't have trouble with anyone so thats good. I was more open and didn't get frustrated easily. Lastly being thankful was mostly used today because I got to take my cast off and didn't have to wear a boot or anything. I felt ...

Hey guys! So this week has gone by very quickly and has been very stressful (well at least for me). I have had too many test and quizzes this week that I needed to study for. I had almost two exams each day, either it was set to that specific date or it was usually pop. Anyways enough about my problems, I am here to tell you about how my challenge is going. To be honest I almost forgot that I had to do my blog today (Friday) but I didn't which is good. I barely worked on any of my virtues this week with all the things I mentioned before and so I don't have much to say. I mean I have been improving how to be thankful without remembering I need to do it for the challenge. My organization skills are okay, they are not the best in the sense that I sometimes forget to write things down in my agenda when we are talking about homework. Lastly my stubbornness. This virtue I'm trying to achieve did not work at all this week. Instead of being compliant I was too stubborn to even cons...

Hello friends I have thought of updating this earlier than I usually do because I have the weekend packed with a lot of things to do. Also tomorrow (Friday) I might not be able to express my virtues that I'm working on since we have a five hour award ceremony. Anyways, this week was a lot similar to last weeks except that I did not forget to work on them. For one I did get to express my organization skill because I wrote down everything I needed to do for the upcoming week and this week itself. It really helped a lot because I got to see what I didn't or did have to do each day. For compliant it really didn't work out that well I might say. I struggled with opening up my mind with people's ideas on things. That is probably the only one I probably failed to succeed. Lastly is being thankful which I have been getting even better at. I was very kind and thankful for all the people around me that helped or attempted to help me in any kind of way. That was pretty much it, no...

In this week's update I did not complete as much as I wanted to. This week was very short due to not having school on Monday. I barely tried to work on my virtues because I didn't have the sufficient time to be thinking about them and completing small tasks for each. We had a lot of homework and I had to study for many quizzes that requires a lot of concentration. I can say that I did work on my organization skills every day because I write all the assignments and important upcoming exams/events. I might have remembered to be compliant when it came to class discussions and arguing with my mom but that was all. The last one was being thankful which was the one I'm still struggling with a little but I have seen much improvement. I have been thankful for everything everyone has done to me. For example when it came to someone helping me with my backpack I was very thankful and thought it was generous of them to do. This virtue is the one I really strived with this week. Well ...

Hello friends, today I have an update for you guys on the progress I have made with achieving my three virtues. For the past week I have learned that completing the smallest tasks may benefit you more than completing a very large task that will impact you once. The first thing I worked in the beginning of the week is work on my organization skills. From Monday to Friday, I kept a constant list of assignments that I had to do either the next day or more. This was really beneficial to me because I was not procrastinating and finished all my work on time. This also prevented me from stressing out at midnight that I still had one or two more assignments to complete. The next thing I tried to work on was being compliant which I did not practice very much but when it came to discussions I remembered that I had to be open minded to the ideas. An example is when we did the debate in English me and my classmates were discussing the pros and cons of each team. I tried to be complaint by listenin...

Everyone has different virtues but they have created them into bad habits that they will not notice. I for one have many but these are a few that I have chosen to improve on: my organization skills, being compliant and thankful. Through all the years that I have gone to school, I have never organized myself that well and I want to learn different ways I can progress on that. Apart from that, in school or at home I have a tendency of being a very stubborn person so I want to learn to be more compliant with things. Last but not least is being thankful. It has always been very difficult for me to be thankful about the gifts or gestures people do to me. Now here are the reasons why I have chosen these three virtues. To start off,  I wanna talk about my organizations skills. I have never been the best to keeping everything organized. I tend to either lose or leave things at home very easily. I come from a family where everything has to be put a certain way and I have to always ...