Freshman Reflection-Juanita Akayla Martinez

October 21, 2011  
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Everyone says your freshman year is something to look forward to, for me it was a year that I was dreading.   My new clothes were in a pile on the chair by the door. The lights went off and I went to sleep.   “Kayla, Lorenzo, Elena! It’s time!”  I rolled off the bed, into the shower.  The... Read more »

Freshmen Reflection-Chris Rodriguez

October 21, 2011  
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I never wanted to go to school.  I always thought that staying home was incredibly awesome. I always thought that I was ready for high school and that it would be fun but it’s just like middle school. Work, work and more work. I used to hope fo summer because of my first semester.  But once I... Read more »

Freshman Reflection-Caleb Porter

October 14, 2011  
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            The door creaks… and opens.  My mom is standing there.  I wake up with a disgusted face.  I whisper the words, “Great, school.”  I walk very slowly to school; although it is only about a mile and a half, it still takes me over an hour to get there.  I dragged myself... Read more »

Freshmen Reflection-Neko Favela

September 29, 2011  
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I cannot tell you my first year at Jefferson High school was great and happy because at first I truly hated it. The tragedies going on in my life at the time kept me angry for a while. Well, to start with my dad had sort of an addiction that one day got out of control. He lost his job, we were getting... Read more »

Freshman Reflection-Savannah Ornelas

May 25, 2011 • Savannah Ornelas  
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  “Be the change in the world you want to see.” –Ghandi. That is the quote I learned to live by my freshman year.  I learned that before I would look and laugh at all the dumb things my peers would do, when really I was doing the same, maybe even worse. First semester I was basically decided... Read more »