Janine+R's+Goals+for+Freshman+Year+and+Beyond

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Hello my name is Janine R and I am part of the 2014 class at my high school. I am very happy to be here and am very excited to press forward in my high school career. I have some goals that I wish to accomplish by the end of my freshman year. I hope I have the chance to achieve all of my goals and I think being here I can.

This year is very important to get me off to a good start for the rest of high school. Because of this I want to do the best I can do. I would really like to get as many A’s in my classes as possible. I would also like to have the opportunity to be at the top of any of my classes. I believe academics are so important and that they will determine how the rest of your life can or will turn out. That is why I want the grades to get into a good college so my life will be a lot easier and I will know I worked hard for it to be that way. Along with good grades I would also like to be as easy as possible to deal with for my teachers so later on I might possibly get a good recommendation from them if needed. That is also again very important. My family has helped me so much with everything I do. That’s why I would like to be more reasonable with them sometimes to help us stay connected. I love the feeling when I know I have somebody to lean on if I need or somebody so stick by my side through the thick and thin. My goal this year is to be exactly that for them whenever they need it. Also to be loving and caring and not so grouchy when I’m in a bad mood. If I can do that I think it would really make things easier at home or just with my family. Other than that everything is perfect just the way it is and I am grateful.

My friends are wonderful. I love when I can just hang out with them and have a good time without anything else on my mind or thinking I’d rather be doing something else. It would be great if I could have more of those moments with them and just be a good friend to all of them instead of being grouchy or boring when with them. I think it would be pretty awesome if that could happen. Being happier around my friends I think would be the best thing I could do for them and all of us.

There are so many things I can say about how I would love to be more fit and eat healthier. Being fit is a necessity for my soccer career and being at my peak of fitness would be amazing. That is my goal for this year not just for me but I hope for both of my teams. Becoming that fit and that healthy would be a great step forward in my soccer career. That is why it is one of my top goals for not just this year but also all my years in high school and maybe even college. But I need to make the commitment and go the extra mile, which is my plan. I pray that I can find a way.

Obviously soccer is very important to me and is basically my life. But along with getting fit for soccer, I need to work on my skills to become a better player. That is my ultimate goal for this year besides academics. Hopefully with all my hard work I can get a scholarship to go to a good college that I would love to go to. That is one of my biggest dreams. And I believe it is possible with a lot of hard work, sweat, and just a little encouragement.

These are all the goals I wish to come true this year and all my years in high school. Maybe even after. But mostly I wish to have a good time here. Because high school is a time you will never forget.