Almost There

    I have taken another step forward. It sure still feels surreal because I didn't think that I would make it through, but I thank the Almighty God above for giving another opportunity to learn lessons for the 3rd quarter. Many lessons have been taught to us and that just means that I have learned a lot too. From the parts of the brain, exploring the SOGIE, dancing hip-hop, to solving statistics, coding, and making LEDs light up. This quarter, I have discovered many cool things such as the result of coding and building circuits. I was amazed that such things could be done with the use of technology.

    Despite having learnings and discoveries, I have also encountered problems and challenges that have caused a toll on me during my third quarter. First problem will probably be the time where I had left the school for a seminar for 3 days, which meant that I have lackings in some of my subjects. Second is the fact that I have statistics, I had a hard time understanding the topic while it was being discussed and only understood it after answering some tasks. Third is the amount of schoolwork there is, this was a problem for us students right from the start and it has been a continuous cycle, causing me to have 1 hour sleep and attend school the following hour. Those were just 3 out of the many problems that I faced for the third quarter.

    And to fight those challenges, I had to condition my mind first. Rather than thinking negatively, I had to be optimistic to continue with my day because there was no way that I'd survive a quarter if I didn't think positive or look for the good in everything but that was a hard thing to do. "To finish my lackings, I have to approach my subject teachers," "In order to understand statistics, I need to ask a classmate to help me and explain the parts that are unclear to me," "For me to finish all given schoolwork, I must manage my time if I don't want to spend sleepless nights again," Those were the conditions I gave myself to address my challenges. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it doesn't.

   Moving on, I will be more determined to finish and do the best that I can for the last quarter of Grade 10. I must be more diligent that I usually am to be able to give the best I can and attain my goals. I wish my future self the best of luck because the fourth quarter will be harder than the rest.