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.

Week 5

       This week was really a workload.  I will say though that I was pretty assertive. I usually don’t talk to a lot of new people... ok that’s a lie, I talk to quite a few people and have made friends that I’ve never really met before but in school it’s different. Anyway, I talked to some new kids in school. That was pretty assertive of me as I’m too shy to ever insert myself into a conversation. I made a friend and I’m glad to have talked to her since we do have multiple classes together. In addition, this week I was confident about myself and dived when I went to this swim meet on Tuesday. It was my first time in a meet this year and I was nervous, but I did it. I was happy even if I wasn’t the fastest. I did put myself down afterwards for being so slow but I’m working on it. I also talked to some of my swim mates more, exercising my assertiveness. But my moderation was actually really good!! I've been getting good at managing my time. I also learned how to study now. With like the millions of quizzes we had today, I had to study my butt off last night. I prioritized, studying AP world first 'cause it's an AP class, then Greek, then English because it's not that hard. This worked out well and I got an A in all my quizzes. I'm glad that I've improved this and my motivation to do work a long with it, even though I still don't feel like doing anything. Well that’s it.
*accurate representation of me below

Week 3/4

               This week has been a pleasant week? I don't really know, the hurricane Irma stuff is pretty much over. Anyway, my moderation this week was actually pretty good. In the weekend, I actually did my homework. Since I had nothing to do, I did my English homework in about an hour. I only got distracted a couple of times but I controlled myself. After that, I helped my mom with the third party inventory. She kept getting confused which was sort of annoying. Anyway, I finished my homework in only two hours. I had done the ethics blogpost for week two that Wednesday that we got off from school which was also very productive. I also started reading My Sister's Keeper and the world history book. I usually don't read the assigned books so early but I did. Anyway, moderation was alright this week. Although, I will say, my confidence was pretty bad. It was so bad that when I was talking to someone they told me I shouldn't have such low self-esteem. I mean I am trying.