Rites of Passage

My Junior year in High School has been a year to remember. I do believe that I have gone through a rites of passage because of everything that has happened this high school year. For the previous years of H.S I wasn't taking Heritage seriously, I was used to the work being fairly easy, and I was used to just taking it easy until I really had to take the work seriously. But that all changed this year. In the beginning I was taking it easy and not doing what I was supposed to but then I had a horrible first marking period report card. After that marking period I started taking my work a little bit more serious. But I have to admit that 11Th grade has been the most challenging year at heritage. I found myself getting stressed over over-due assignments and projects that kept piling up one by one. Now I know that the school work I'm being given shouldn't be taken lightly because now I'm sitting here typing on my computer for 3 hours trying to get all this work I need done so that I wont fail 3 of my classes. I also feel like I have matured from the beginning of the year to now because of my attitude and how I approach a situation. I also learned to appreciate the people who are in my life because tomorrow is never promised.