I gained several things from this mentoring program like advice, and another opinion on certain issues. You helped me to narrow down my plans for school/career in the future.
This summer i have to go to summer school to make up a semester of biology and english 10 and i have to make up a whole math credit i lost from failing algebra 2. im plannin on also gettin a job so i can fix up my truck(my dads but he doesnt drive it anymore b/c its old and he has a new one) its a 1981 ford ranger f250 with four wheel drive. i wanna fix it up so i can drive it on the dunes with my dad this summer or next.........maybe. besides that ill probably hang out out with my girlfriend and some other friends.
My junior year was ok i wish i woulda done better in algebra 2 though because i have to make up a whole credit........its the teacher i swear lol. This year was better than my sophomore year though. I did alot better in cross country this year, i got all mega and was in the top 15 in our division.
Next year i plan on passing all my classes so i can graduate and not have to go to summer school again. Im takin auto body next year and im probably going to go to a trade school somewhere to close to start out and then i want to go to one in indiana.
Im not the best at rugby at least with ball control but im one of the fastest kids on the team. I like to play though because i get to hit people when im mad and im usally quiet and have never been in a fight so it kinda gives me a way to vent some of my anger.........and makes me feel tough. lol we play "smeer the queer" for one of our warm-ups we call it last man standing though its fun. I usally can sprint through everyone to avoid getting clobbered....when someone does get me i dont weigh much so ill go down really easy. Thats cool that you ran in the chicago marathon me and one of my cousins ran in the turkey trot this year it was fun....i forgot what place i got in. the top 10 percent is pretty good for the chicago marathon what was your mile time? i wanna run a couple races next year after cc season is over.......maybe even a marathon. Ive played baseball before and im not that good because i cant catch that well, im ok at softball though. I remeber i used to play when i lived in detroit my mom would get everyone together for a game and we would play. One team is actually all democrats and the other is republicans?lol
well......thank you for responding to my posts
i enjoyed reading your responses
1 comment:
Nathan -
I was happy to share what little life experience I have. As I've said before, I found high school to be a challenging time. I believe a lot of pressure is put on our high schoolers to hurry up and find a career path less they be a failure.
Doing what you love is key ... and if it doesn't work out, so what. You can try something else. We can change our minds.
I want to apologize for being so late on my response. I'm taking the day off work (kind of). I'm sitting in the sun room of a cottage in Grand Bend, Canada, where a group of 18 of us or so are going to be playing golf in the day and poker at night. The host just got wireless internet this year. Bonus!
I wouldn't sweat having to retake Algebra II. It wasn't my strongest class, either, and I do believe teachers make a difference. I wish I had the secret to better grades. I do believe persistence counts for something, though, and it's good that you're not giving up.
There are things all of us are good at. We all have talents. I'd like to think mine is writing. We all have our weaknesses. I'm intimidated by automobile and home repair.
I think the last piece of advice I'd like to extend is to be proud of what you're good at while not selling yourself short. It's important to embrace the positive qualities in all people and all things.
Good luck to you, Nathan. I strongly believe you will be successful in whatever you do.
- kyle
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