Devin's+Goals+for+Freshman+Year+and+Beyond

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Hello classmates of 2015, my name is Devin. I had mixed thoughts about coming to Foothill, some good and some bad. I’m definitely looking forward to the next few years here, especially in Mr. Geib’s class. It’s been very enjoyable so far and my entire perspective of English has changed, for the better.

I’m determined to get at least a 3.5 GPA and at the lowest a B+. I’m hoping to improve my geometry skills as the year goes on in Mr. Huffman’s class and hopefully end the year with an A. In English with Mr. Geib, I’m looking forward to becoming less reluctant to read and write. I don’t have any particular goals in Geography with Mrs. Ferris, in EDA with Mrs. Carr, and in Biology with Ms. Rizzo besides getting an A in each quarter. I’m not too sure about FIRE because it’s nice to have time to work on your homework at school, but it would be nice to have an hour of lunch too.

Surely, I’m going to graduate from Foothill with at least a 3.7 GPA and then go to college to learn about physics and engineering. I’m not sure which college I’m going to go to but I’ll know when the time comes. Hopefully college will be interesting and worth my time, I’m pretty sure it will.

I don’t know if you would consider racecar driving an athletic sport, but I would. One of my biggest goals is to continue racing and move up the food chain, soon. I'm hoping to be able to drive legally, soon also. I can’t wait to get a car, I love tinkering with mechanics. I also am looking forward to learning how to surf and to completing my years at Foothill, each with 1 class of Mavericks gym. I think going to the gym and working out is good mentally and physically. This year I have P.E. with Mrs. Stevens which so far has been insane, an outstanding workout. I don’t exactly enjoy intense workouts, but afterwards I feel good.

And second to last, no teenager's life would be complete without friends. Friends dictate your life, without them life’s almost impossible, but with them life’s a wild journey through time. Lucky for me a lot of my friends came to Foothill, sadly some of my closest friends went to Buena and Ventura. The good thing is that at Foothill good friends appear to be easy to come by. Without those friends of mine life wouldn’t be very much fun at all, so yes they are very important.

And of course most important is family. My family is everything, there are many things that I wouldn’t be able to do without them, for example race. My grandmas give me the support I need and my dad and grandpa helps me prepare and work on the car. I have one sister, her name is Samantha, and unfortunately our relationship hasn’t been that great but hopefully it will improve over the next few years of my life. My parents are divorced but it could be worse, a lot worse. And probably the thing that is most valuable to me is that most of my immediate relatives live in Ventura County, I try to spend as much time as possible with them.

All in all, I have lots of goals, many academic and many outside of school. Friends and family are very important to me and without them life would be nearly impossible. Racing is my favorite activity, although I’m looking forward to learning how to surf. Well those are my goals and I’m sticking to them, never will I give up. Thanks for listening to my goals, now I'm looking forward to listening to yours.