Transcript/Attendance Reflection

My reflection of the past four years in regards to my grades and attendance records, is not

black and grey. I was an uninterested and distracted student the first two years of high school. I

was distracted by my life outside of school and never saw the value in getting good grades and

putting all of my effort into the job that was given to me as a student. Coming to realize the

significance my actions were going to take me for my future, I decided that’s not the kind of

person I wanted to be. I wanted to be proud of my responsibility and hard work, that I knew I

was capable of but wasn’t living up to. Freshman and Sophomore year, I was getting C’s in my

classes on a good day. I barely came to school because I wanted to be with my animals and my

family. Junior year was a downfall for me and I was struggling to get even a D in my best

classes. However, my attendance was getting better. I had a reality check and decided that even

though I was going into my senior year and the damage was already done, I wanted to make the

last year the best year I had. Looking back on the past three years and the first half of my senior

year. At the beginning my grades and attendance were not a true reflection of my capabilities

because I was merely not interested in getting an education, I saw that I didn’t necessary need an

education to get a job. What I did not realize was that the only jobs I would get with no

education, were jobs I would never consider. After, realizing that I was going down a path I

didn’t want, I turned it around and tried harder. My junior year was a true reflection of my

realization and regret, however, still not a true reflection of my capabilities. My senior year, I

still wasn’t doing as good as I should have been with my attendance, but I did have commitments

outside of school aiding in my poor attendance. My grades however, I was getting either straight
A’s or the closest I ever thought I would get to straight A’s. I am a hardworker and have great

work ethic, but if I am not seeing the importance in something or how it could affect my future

positively, I tend to not put my all into it. My mistake is not looking at school as an opportunity

to build the future I want for myself. I looked at school as a burden and a chore.