Week 12

     This week has been pretty stressful so far. My moderation was extremely bad this Sunday. I left all my Lord of the Flies questions for Sunday night (except chapter 2-5). It caused me to go to sleep very late as I also got distracted along the way. I think the only good moderation I've had this weekend was the fact that I didn't eat all my Halloween candy at once and that I still have. Although, I will say my assertiveness is improving a little bit. I've been doing pretty bad in my geometry class regarding participation. I've been so tired that I haven't participated a lot but I talked to my friend yesterday and he reminded me of how I shouldn't be afraid of participating even if I might get the answer wrong. That has helped me a little as to how I should be doing good in class. Now, for confidence... I have been improving my confidence with the ball when I'm playing soccer. I'm still not very good at controlling it but my defense is getting better because I'm not as afraid of pressuring my opponent. I hope to keep improving.

Week 11

     Wow....this week my moderation has been real bad. Even my blog is late. I usually do my blog in the middle of the week not on Fridays. I also need to do the journal for My Sister's Keeper. Wow, I even got distracted right now. A couple minutes ago, I just spent like 5 minutes on my phone. I was doing pretty good but now everything seems to be going down hill. I started soccer so it's making me really tired. I don't want to quit because (1) I just started and (2) I like it. I'm afraid that it'll affect my grades too much. I really hope not. I haven't really had a chance to work on my confidence this week. I'm not sure what I have been doing this week. Next week I need to be more active while working on my virtues.

Week 10

     This week has been very tiring. I am very tired. Spirit week has been decently fun. The only fun thing was Halloween. I was pretty confident yesterday. I was Moana for Halloween and I was kind of nervous because of the costume. I'm pretty shy when it comes to wearing certain things. I didn't shy away and wore my costume decently confidently. In addition, my assertiveness has been good. In soccer I am being assertive. When I play as defense I have to go for the ball and that requires a certain amount of assertiveness. I still ned to improve on that because I'm still not very confident in playing soccer. My moderation has been pretty good. Except Monday night, since I wanted to get my costume ready and did it all last minute, I went to sleep very late getting the costume ready. I shouldn't have procrastinated and gotten my costume ready in the weekend. For next time, I now know that I shouldn't leave things for last minute.

Week 9

    This week was pretty stressful since it's the last week before the grading period ends. My moderation was pretty good this week as I found myself having some extra time after finishing my homework. Yesterday I didn't have any homework and had to study for two tests that I had today. I studied a little bit even though I should've studied more. On Sunday I went and watched a  movie called "Victoria and Abdul" for extra credit in AP World. I wrote the paper for it Monday during school (in the periods where I had free time) and it was really productive. I've been trying to use my time wisely. In addition, my assertiveness has been pretty good. During lunch I sit with a new group of people. I don't usually talk with them but during lunch I sit with them and I guess we're friends now. Other than that I guess my confidence has been pretty decent. Honestly, bless you, my friend who makes me feel good about myself. She is such a confidence booster that I don't criticize my looks and the way I speak as much. already thank her for doing that voluntarily but I should do more to thank her. I should say I haven't improved very much in my confidence. I will say I'm more outspoken than I was at the beginning of this year. Well, that's it for this week. 

Week 8

   This week my moderation was trash. I left homework that I knew was going to be due this week for last minute. We got the homework assigned, practically, the first week of school. I didn't lose as much sleep as others but I had to finish a book in two days, which I did successfully. Yet, I did everything last minute and I have to study a lot for tomorrow since I didn't manage my time correctly. Now, for my confidence, I was decently confident. I talked to a couple of new people. Oh, actually on Friday I had talked to people I hadn't talked to before. It was cool because I always saw them around but never really seemed to approach them. I think I'm slowly improving but everything good. I just need to get back in schedule. Now, my assertiveness hasn't been exactly on point. In class, I haven't been participating a lot. I don't know, I guess this week I've been so tired my usual motivation is gone. I need to start participating again because if not my grades will go down.

Week 7

        I was about to say this week was uneventful just like any other week but I had forgotten it was student government campaign week. Considering that, this week I was really confident and assertive. First off, when I said my speech in front of all the ninth graders---I felt like I was going to die, I was nervous the entire morning. Afterwards, though, people told me I did really good. I spoke with confidence even if I was really nervous (shout-out to Diya and Wyatt for helping me practice). Of course only my really close friend noticed that I was shaking my head too much and that I was, in fact, extremely nervous on stage. Nevertheless, I presented my speech with confidence and I didn't collapse!!! Yay!! Honestly, I was nervous about mentioning my hair in my speech but I'm glad I did— apparently, it made it memorable— it was good. I also spoke with new kids that I had never spoken with before, which was pretty assertive of me, during lunch. I definitely got their vote. I think I am actually making real progress and I'm glad I have the blog to keep track of it. I also talk to my swimming team more than before and also I'm pretty sure I made a new friend this week. I've seen him around since middle school and this year we're in the same class, and it's good that we actually talk now. Hope I keep making progress!

Week 6

My moderation this week has been really good. I have been going to sleep before 12 am -- a real improvement!! I haven't fallen asleep in any class at all so that means I've been doing good at how long it takes for me to do homework. Although, I will say that I have been getting home late so unfortunately I haven't been finishing homework as quickly as I would hope. In addition, I have been pretty assertive lately. I have talked to more people than I would usually talk to. Also, in Mr. Timpilis class I'm not failing in participation. Honestly, most of the time I probably know the answer but I'm too scared to say the wrong proof but he knows I know so he just picks on me even if I don't want to participate. Pretty good system. I usually get 100s in participation in his class so that's good. Finally, in Ethics today I raised my hand! Honestly, pretty rare. I said what I thought of the argument and I thought I had a good point. But, when I said doing a good deed unintentionally doesn't make you a good person, I pretty much got attacked. I couldn't care less though, I knew what I said and the most important part was that I participated. Of course, if what I said had been a mistake, I would've cared but I hadn't said anything wrong.
*That's not actually me in class, but it seems like it.