How my education/ learning experiences have changed

The number ranking I would give myself is probably 90 out of a hundred because I have not given it my all since I have come here, but I have started being more attentive. In general I love to learn but I did not exert myself.

For a little bit of background...
From the middle of 7th grade to the end of 8th grade I was home schooled and I had to challenge myself in order not to die of boredom,and before that I was at a school where I was not challenged because the teachers taught us to be like parrots , not to voice our opinions, rather to just to spit back what they had shoved down our throats.

Most of the time I did not do well, because I did not agree, and to say what I didn't believe would have been lying, and the other half of the time it was because I was not challenged, there was no thinking involved.

At high Tech high so far it hasn't been like that, and I am really glad. The teachers have asked for our opinions and if you disagree you are allowed to say so. We are not parrots here. At High Tech High we make a stand, we are individuals, and united as one, all at the same time.

I do not procrastinate because it makes me nervous . I hardly ever cram, and when I do; I know that I do not do as well. When I am in class I pay attention, and try to understand the concepts. When it comes to homework though I find that I do what will get me a passing grade not what I know is my best work.

In Spanish I went from struggling, to actually trying hard to get good grades. I went from a b- to an A- and granted that is not that big of a difference but to me it makes all the difference in the world.

In math I would create answers in my routine journal but not give explanations for them, and the explanations I did leave were nebulous. I have gone from a b- to an A- . I have started trying harder and making sure that my explanations are clear and actually match my answers.

In Humanities I have found that I am not afraid to share my work as much as I am afraid of the reception I will get. In Mr. Ross's class I have to work hard to maintain a good grade, and the writing assignments he gives us makes it so I have to think and be creative and original.

I feel that as a student at this school during these months I have become a much better student. I have become a more attentive student which exhibits the result of my new grades.This has been a very interesting learning experience , I know that I have changed a lot and have become better at working in groups. I have a lot of new information about computers that I have learned. And I have a much wider, broad; lexicon. I also every once in a while bring home a new word from Spanish that is really cool. My word for this week is calaca or skeleton.