Allison+C's+Goals+for+Freshman+Year+and+Beyond

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I am not perfect, nor anywhere close. I am not a competitive athlete, I will never like creepy insects, and I have definitely not ever skydived from a high flying plane. I may never want to be a heart surgeon, nor climb Mount Everest. I have not betrayed a friend, nor will I ever. My name is Allison C. I’m 14 years old and I attend high school. Because I just told you a lot of things I’m not you’re probably wondering what I am. I’m the type of person who loves to laugh and have fun. It’s my favorite thing to do besides dancing or being with my friends and family who are the most important things in the world to me. It’s been really hard for me to not have a lot of my old friends here at Foothill with me, but I’m making new friends and it’s been fun.

I have lots of goals for this year and life in general and I’d like to share them with you. My first ones are for life so these are things that are probably not going to happen right now but I’d definitely try to make them happen in the future. First, I want to travel to another country or take a road trip around the U.S. because I think that different cultures are really interesting. When I grow up, my dream job is to be a news reporter. I’ve always wanted to be famous or on TV since I was young, and I think current things happening in the world are so interesting. I also want to live in New York and always have. It made me even more amazed with it when I got to go there in 8th grade. Lastly, of course I want to have a family when I grow up, because without one, life would be hard.

My next set is family goals. I really need to hang out with my family more, because my parents always complain that I’m gone, and I do admit that I’m with my friends a lot. I’d also like to start being nicer to my brother, and we’d get in fewer fights! After that I have some athletic goals I want to achieve. I’d like to be able to do a lot of pushups by the time we have to take the Fitness Test, because as of right now, I’m not very good at them. I’d also like to become better at dance, and I’m really happy that I’m taking the dance class offered at school.

Finally, I have social goals such as making even more new friends because I love to be around people and have a big group of people to hang out with! I really want to stay close with my old friends too though because I could definitely not live without them! Some academic goals I have are getting all A’s and a 4.0 all throughout high school and even though I’ll have to work really hard at it, I’m willing to. I also want to try to never procrastinate with my work and projects! I’d really like to go to a 4 year university after I graduate and maybe even write a book later on in life!

Well, I’ve told you about me and my goals and I hope you enjoyed them. Remember, I’m always looking for new friends so don’t be afraid to introduce yourself.