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

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Hello my name is George and I am a proud member of the foothill freshman class of 2015. I am very happy to be out of my k-8 school because I went there for all nine years! Although Foothill wasn’t my number 1 choice for high school, I am still very glad that I am going here.

For me, academics are the most important part of my life. The first thing I want to achieve is getting a 4.0 GPA. I know, for me, it’s a long shot, due to my procrastination, but I still think if I work and study hard I can get the grades that I want. Another thing I want to accomplish my freshman year is to ace the ninth grade project. From what I have been hearing from students and teachers it is a very difficult project but I still believe that I can ace it if I work really hard. Next thing I want to accomplish is to get into a very good university. I know I have been given a great chance at achieving that goal by getting accepted to Foothill and I am going to study very hard in order not to screw it up.

Another thing that is very important to me is sports. My number 1 goal, athletically wise, is to make the Ventura high baseball team. Although athletics is not the most important part of my life, it is still a big part. I have been playing baseball for a very long time and I really hope I make it on to the Ventura high baseball team. I also like to play other sports like basketball and football. Although I only play those sports for fun, when I was younger I took those sports very seriously and I even played in organized leagues. But back to baseball, my dad got me into it when I was just 6 years old and I haven’t stopped playing and I don’t think I will ever stop playing.



I have many friends that go to different schools so it’s going to be an uphill challenge because I do not know that many people that go to Foothill. My goal is to make a lot friends here at Foothill and try to stay in touch with my friends that go to Ventura or Nordhoff. I really don’t have much to talk about friendship wise except for that it is important to me and that my goals are to make new friends at Foothill and to stay in touch with my friends at Ventura and Nordhoff.

Another goal for me is to become more of a family person. To me, family is not the most important thing; I have no idea why I think like this. For example, if I had the choice between spending a nice dinner with my mom and dad or staying out late with my friends, than I would probably choose staying out late with my friends because honestly I think my parents are boring and strict. I would like to change the way I think about my parents. I am pretty sure that sometimes they think all I am is an annoying teenager going through changes. In my mind, being a family person is being there when they need you the most, spending quality time with them, and always take turns taking care of our pets! That last one is a big one because we always argue on who is feeding the pets. Another thing is that I think my parents should stop traveling so much! They are always traveling and leaving me and one of my parents. For example, one week my mom will leave and the next week my dad will leave. It gets really annoying! I still think that if I can meet them halfway and they can meet me halfway, I think our family will not only be a good family, but a great family!

My final goal for this essay is that after I graduate I want to make it into a great college and then become a lawyer. I know that becoming a lawyer is very hard but I believe that if you try your best at something and put your head to it I think becoming a lawyer will be a very easy task. I also think that Stanford is a great college to become a lawyer and that it will give me the best chance to get to that goal just like Foothill. That is the reason why I want to make it into Stanford. The reason why I want to make into that college is because it is close to home and because it is a terrific university. My mom also wants me to go that college. I think Foothill gives me the best chance to get into Stanford.

Well my speech is done. Hopefully, if you haven’t left already, you enjoyed my speech. I hope to see you fellow freshman soon.