One dream I have is a big dream. My dream is to join the United States Army. I have had previous family members and current family members who have served. My dad and grandpa have served in the Army. In matter of fact my dad was in the iconic 101st Airborne Division. I also have a couple cousins who have served, one is in the Army and one is in the Navy. Now my dream is to join the Army. I am going to fulfill this dream by getting in better shape and graduate high school. I really don't know when I want join. I might take a year break or go straight to basic training.
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One dream I have is a big dream. My dream is to join the United States Army. I have had previous family members and current family members who have served. My dad and grandpa have served in the Army. In matter of fact my dad was in the iconic 101st Airborne Division. I also have a couple cousins who have served, one is in the Army and one is in the Navy. Now my dream is to join the Army. I am going to fulfill this dream by getting in better shape and graduate high school. I really don't know when I want join. I might take a year break or go straight to basic training.
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My step-dad is my hero. His my hero because when i was one he came in to my life and he basically raised me, my sister, my brother, and his son. And that's hard to do. And when I’m a dad hopefully I can be like him. Screw all those dads that live without see their kids at all! They should man up and be a dad and be there for their kids. Be a man. You are tell me you have time to sleep with a girl but not enough time to spend time with your kids. That’s messed up. That’s why my dad is a hero to me. And when I’m older I’m never gonna leave or if things go wrong I’m still gonna see him. Dear Diary,
Something I wish I had done differently is practice my favorite sport whenever I had the chance. I’ve had family members ask me if I wanted help to improve and I always said sure, but I never talked to them. I should’ve asked them whenever I could so I can be better than now at the sport. Looking back at this opportunity I didn’t take, it makes me wish that I should’ve got the help. Dear Diary,
In my eyes money can buy short term happiness rather than happiness for a long amount of time. I think this because throughout my life I have notice that people who are rich tend to not be the happiest despite having the opportunity to afford luxury items. Also I have learned from my own experiences that buying something that I really want such as a high quality expensive piece of clothing doesn’t make me happy long term. The item only makes me happy for about the first week of having it. Overall I don’t believe money can buy happiness; I feel as if it makes people less happy. Dear Diary,
Everyone knows that it is impossible to go back in time and change something from your past. But I was thinking; what would I do differently if I could. Well to be honest I'd probably change how I didn't really enjoy my childhood as much as I should have. I was always wanting to just grow up, to get out of my childhood and just be the strong, independent, young adult I have always wanted to be. If I could go back, I'd change the way I looked at my childhood, the way I looked at the world when I was that age. I would enjoy the little things; the normal playground visits, the Christmas parties, and even the dressing up to school in the most extra way possible for Halloween. I miss so many things about my childhood and if I could go back to that worry-free life, I would and I'd definitely just enjoy it all just little more without worrying so much about growing up. Dear Diary,
Relationships are something that aren’t real anymore. A lot less official relationships are more common now than they were in the more classic days of high school. This is because many people on both sides of the relationship have high expectations set by social media, friends talking about their experiences with the person they’re “talking to”. In my opinion, dating in high school should be fun and crazy, full of laughter and a good time. But that doesn’t mean sex. Many people get their hearts’ broken from these high expectations. Dating in high school shouldn’t be complicated, because only a small percentage of high school relationships last past graduation. I’ve never been in a relationship like that, so I’m not one to know everything about it, but I do know from seeing my friends and family go through relationships and messy breakups. Nine out of ten times it was because of miscommunication, or not being ready for a relationship. I think I will wait until college to find a decent guy. Dear Diary,
The most important thing to me is forgiveness, but at the same time it’s one of the hardest things. I don’t struggle a lot with it anymore but I did, so I understand how it can be difficult. A person is not defined by a single action, so to hate someone as a whole over something they did is just silly. Perhaps they continuously do you wrong, well don’t we all continuously sin? God forgives us every time, we have unlimited chances. Which doesn’t mean you take advantage of them but they’re there because he loves us. So I encourage you all to love your peers and allow God to work through you. Luke 17:3-4 says, “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. 4 Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying ‘I repent,’ you must forgive them.” Hate builds from resentment but how could you hate someone who’s just as flawed as you? The key is to not focus your mind and heart on the bad but rather the good because there are good and bad in everyone. Maybe it’s harder to see the good in certain people but I promise you it’s there. God will help open your heart to it if you allow him to, I promise. Dear Diary,
During this year I’ve signed up for classes that I expected myself to exceed in. When the school year first started I felt an overwhelming feeling of confidence but that soon changed as the year progressed and started to become much more difficult than first intended. Slowly week after week I began to fall behind or not comprehend what I’m reading and that confidence I started with soon changed to disappointment. I started to question what other students in the class thought of me when I’d ask a question or my response to when the teacher called me. Self-consciousness began to consume me and my motivation decreased rapidly. Although through this rough patch, I began to stop complaining and instead do something to change it. From spending extra time reading the AP books to staying in class for help i slowly began to pick up the pace. Now I'm able to understand what the lessons are about and am able to teach others. With all this, the message I’ve learned is that no matter the circumstances i am able to achieve my goals with hard work and dedication. Dear Diary,
This assignment has been really hard for me. This is one of the first times that I’ve have admitted a lot of things. And in doing so, I’ve actually felt a lot better. I haven’t had an out for everything that has been happening lately. Between the death of my cousin, people being inconsiderate, and bottling up all of my emotions lately, there hasn’t been a release at all and it's hard to be quiet about things when inside of your head you slowly going insane and screaming for someone to notice you struggle. And so I am thanking Mr. Milbrandt for assigning this for us. Dear Dairy,
Many people have impacted my life, whether it was positively or negatively; but there’s this one person I particularly can't thank enough for being by my side. She taught me everything I know now and helps me get to the goals I desire, she is my mom. Some parents will do what their kids should do rather than letting them create their own. She lets me create my own path while still walk along it. She never doubts me and believes I can go above and beyond with anything. She admires my passions and I believe I got that trait from her. She can be hard to cope with at times with her little to no patients, but she manages to hold it in. Although, I‘ve been rude to her, ignoring, not listening to orders given, she understands that it’s THAT time in my life where everything is scattered like a box a puzzle pieces. I don’t understand how she puts up with me, but I’m happy she can. Looking at other families, I know how lucky am I to have her because they don’t seem to have a mother that will give her all for them and that hurts me the most. I hopes she knows that I admire her as much as she admires me. |
AuthorsInspired by The Freedom Writers Diary, these are actual diaries entries from students in Mr. Milbrandt's English classes at San Dimas High School. Archives
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