A Heavy Load of Laziness...

Growth occurs differently depending on the person. Throughout the year my reading and writing skills have grown at a slow pace. From quarter one to quarter four; I have gained some insight regarding English. I have learned how to decipher the meaning and underlining causes to complex reading and writings. These specific techniques will allow me to locate the complex thesis statements in intricate readings when I get to college. My writing has also improved slowly; I gradually went from receiving three’s on A.P. essay prompts in the first quarter to receiving fives in the last quarter. Though my skills have improved slowly this year, I have grown a lot. I have learned a lot of things that I can carry with me to college.

            My junior year is finally coming to an end and I can not wait for the school year to be over. In September I assumed that A.P English would acquire a heavy work load that would take up most of my time, and I was right. What I did not realize was that throughout the year the assignments would become more and more gruesome. As the assignments grew more and more intense, the end of the year came near laziness overpowered me, procrastination became a serious problem and I started to hand in less work in on time. This damaged my potential as a writer, reader and thinker because it limited the things I could do.  My lateness for handing in work also hindered my abilities. This laziness leads to a serious procrastination problem that not only affected me in English but in other classes as well.

 Aside from the lessons and techniques I have learned this year, not becoming a lazy coach potato was the most important lesson I learned this year. Learning that laziness doesn’t just effect one class or one aspect of life, I would recommend to future A.P English students that in order to be successful in this class; a happy medium between school work and relaxation time is needed. Finding that medium is difficult because one can easily outweigh the other. Finding this medium will allow your achedemic life as well as your personal life, to be a bit easier. After learning this very important lesson I feel that I will be a little bit more prepared for more college level courses because I have experienced a small amount of insight toward college classes. Ms. Fogarty also aided in preparing me for college through her teaching techniques. Although I prefer not to work alone, her excessive use of independent work allowed me to realize that college will not include group work but individualism. The numerous reading assignments in the beginning of the year also opened my eyes to the college life and helped me to see that I can not afford to get lazy. It proved to me that once you get lazy you are constantly playing catch up and that in college sometimes you cannot catch up or edit work that was incomplete or late. I thank Ms.Fogarty for teaching me new techniques and opening my eyes to the college life however the duration she took to give back assignments makes me skeptical about how long teachers in college will take to give back work. Overall I commend Ms.Fogarty for putting up with us as well as providing me with new learning techniques. I have grown a lot and I will try to inform everyone that laziness only leads to bigger problems lead to longer lasting issues. Finding a balance in your life will be beneficial to you academically and in your personal life.