State+of+the+Student

I’m already almost halfway through my freshman year in high school and it came so much faster than I thought it would. It seems like just a month ago I was playing my trumpet in the band room back in seventh grade. Seventh grade was my favorite year of middle school because I had an amazing girlfriend and two best friends that meant a lot to me. Since I loved that year so much, it flew by and now I am a highschooler. High school really surprised me because I thought that it would be the same as middle school but just with older people. Instead, everyone seems to get along and teachers actually care about you. That was nothing like middle school. Also, I never thought I would have the same friends I’ve had for at least ten years such as; Luc Landry, Chris Colborn, and Matt Cobos.

Middle school came really easily to me. I got a 4.0 GPA all 3 years and even got a trophy for that reason at promotion. So far almost everything has come easily to me in high school other than some parts of honors geometry that I didn’t understand. I am expecting high school to get harder, but I know I’ll do my best to push through. No matter what happens, you will always have best friends to fall on. I have 3 friends that I know will always be there for me and they are Matt Cobos, Brandon Ellis, and Chris Colborn. I have known Matt for ten years and we have a really strong friendship because we live down the street from each other and he pretty much comes over every day. We either do homework together because homework is a lot less boring if you have a friend with you, go in the Jacuzzi, or just hangout and it’s always a lot of fun. Brandon Ellis is one of the people I love the most on this planet. I met him about 5 or 6 years ago when we were on the Cubs together at Montalvo Little League. We have had our fights but we always come back to being best friends. We used to only see each other about once a month because he went to Balboa and I went to Anacapa, but now that we both go to Foothill we see each other all the time and I couldn’t be happier about that. We have so many hilarious memories together and I know we will be best friends for the rest of our lives.

Chris Colborn is my brother. I met him on the 5th day I was born (no joke…I asked my mom) and we have been close ever since. Every friendship has their fights, but the thing about Chris is that I and he have never had a fight….ever. There is nothing to fight about, we both love each other. (No homo) He goes to school in Ojai so I only get to see him once every week or so which is kind of a bummer but as long as we get to hangout I’m fine. Chris was on my baseball team every single year I played which adds up to 9 years. Ellis and Chris were both on the Cubs with me so they know each other and love each other too. I honestly don’t know what I would do without Ellis and Chris…they mean a lot to me.

Ever since I was really young I have had a great relationship with my mom and sister. My mom, Kathy, acts like a 5 year old all the time and we have created a great relationship recently. My sister Jenny and I have an unbreakable bond and she will always be one of my best friends. I am never bored at home because I have a friend near me at all times. My dad and I get along most of the time but I wouldn’t say we have much of a relationship. We don’t talk much so we don’t have fun together or get mad at each other. Last of my human family members, my sister Rebecca. Becca and I have a really odd relationship because one minute we could be screaming at each other and then the next minute it seems like it never happened. It seems like somehow I always do something that annoys her ^.^

Becca was born a triplet but her two sisters Sarah and Elizabeth died because of birth complications. Becca was born 1 lbs. 5 ounces and the doctors never thought that she would live. Well now she is 19 and is graduating high school getting all A’s and B’s. I also had a brother that died at birth. His umbilical cord strangled him and he died before he even came into this world.

My non human family members are next. Rusty is a little wiener dog who is mixed with a Chihuahua so he has massive ears. He is the sweetest dog ever and I am cherishing the time we have left with him because he is 13 years old.

Now it’s time for DJ. DJ is probably the living thing that I care about the most on this planet. She is my wall to fall on when I lose a friend or when I get my heart smashed by a girl. I know that that dog will always be there for me as long as she lives. She is a German Short-Haired Pointer and she could probably win dog shows. She is a really pretty dog and I am so glad we have her. How we got her is an amazing story and her name actually stands for something. My dad was hunting in Utah and this dog kept coming to their door and scratching. They didn’t know who owned the dog so they would let the dog in every once in a while because it was around 12 degrees. The next day they asked some residents about the dog and they said that a hunter abandoned the dog most likely because she wasn’t a good hunting dog. This broke my dad’s friend Mike’s heart so he decided to her home and make her his dog….His wife didn’t like this idea at all and she made him get rid of her. That day she joined our family. D.J. stands for Dangerous Journey because she would have died if we didn’t take her home. She is still deathly afraid of loud noises such as fireworks, thunder, and especially gunshots. I think the gunshots remind her of the jackass hunter that used to care for her and then abandoned her. Anyways, I love DJ with all my heart and I really don’t know what I’m going to do without her. I am just going to make the best of the time I have left with her.

First period I have Spanish and that class is extremely quiet because everyone is just waking up. Senora Leaf actually gets mad at our class because nobody will respond to her. I really like Spanish and I am pretty good at it. It is a nice and relaxing class to have early in the morning and I am really surprised about how much I have learned.

Second period is PE with Mrs. Stevens. I hate PE with all my heart because I am the laziest person ever. I have On-Campus so I can’t hide and not work out like most people. I have to actually do the intense work out which is really a bummer.

I love third period Health with Mrs. Ferris because we can sit wherever we want and Luc is in that class so we just sit next to each other every class and good off. I have learned a lot about our body and what anorexia and bulimia is because I didn’t really know what it was before.

EDA with Ms. Carr is incredibly boring but I have a group of guys that I sit with that make me laugh really hard. She yells at us and gets mad but who cares. As long as I’m having fun…right?

I have Mr. Huffman 5th period for Honors Geometry. I don’t really know why I am in Honors but because it is really hard. He goes really fast and most of the time I don’t even comprehend what he says. I have a solid B in that class and I am really happy with that. I just really don’t want it to go down. It is a really tough class and I am proud of myself for staying alive.

Biology with Mrs. Vega is actually kind of fun because I have a really good friend that I used to pay trumpet with at Anacapa. We always get our work done early and then we can just sit there and talk. I have also learned a lot about cells and mitosis and many other things.

Last of all, English with Mr. Geib. Other than reading books that are about as exciting as watching paint dry and hearing stupid comments from some kid in the back of the room who always wears sunglasses I really like that class. It is a nice way to end the day other than the teacher giving me suggestions of ways I could kill myself. My high school year is going a lot smoother than I thought it would. Middle school was really rough on me…especially involving relationships. I got dumped on Valentine’s Day and on my Birthday in middle school so I started to think all girls were heartless. The two high school relationships I have had so far have been really amazing and they just made me realize I just chose the wrong girls in middle school. Enough about how lame my love life is, High school is going great. I have met so many new people and I have learned so many new things. I hope the rest of my high school years go as well as this one is going so far.