First Quarter in Leadership! :)

          Many things escalated this quarter in a way that was a little bad at first, but it all worked out great at the end. I feel like this sounds like a end of the year blog, but really this is a really big change in my quarter. If it weren't for this change, I wouldn't be able to make this blog where I can talk about how I felt about this quarter. First off, I was completely accepted into Leadership about 2 days after my conditional acceptance and that was such a fulfilling moment for me. There were exactly 3 jobs for three odd periods. First I was on Music where we provide music daily during morning and recess. Then, ID's where we would just be in the class and sit near the computer to print out ID's, that felt really slower than the other jobs but it was still fun. ID's were also responsible for lunch music, in which you play it during first lunch and pick it up before the end of second lunch. TV was probably the funnest but with Mr. Bonilla's speech problem that ruined my experience of my first week on TV job. The rest of the days were fun, but man to be caught up on a speech he SHOULD know that most students won't really care about, really a drag. Basically, TV goes on the school CCTV announcing upcoming events and gatherings also providing daily information. They are in charge of afterschool sales which students stop by the class everytime we have, and they just buy ice cream or snacks. Sometimes, they even sell boba tea that last Leadership period gets to help make. I've worked on a Biocube, Cubby Cover, and made weekly blogs. I was able to use the extra credit I received from Parent Night and save my AR which I was able to complete today! We also rehearsed our retreat cheer, discussed what we will bring to our retreat and our packing list. For the jobs we learned how to make NEW ID's and make TV intros. Right now I don't have my final grades as my assessments for most of my classes haven't been graded yet. Though I know that today is the last day i'll be having the odd periods and I won't see those teachers (except Leadership) till next quarter.
          I don't even know where to start with this whole list of Highlights! and Lowlights :( but by the end of the quarter, most of my Lowlights turned to great Highlights. Starting with my Lowlights, there was a possibility I wouldn't be able to be in Leadership, as my acceptance was only conditional due to one C that was fixed the day after. My AR goal was almost a fail, which I needed about 6 points since Monday and it was due on Tuesday. It was so scary, in the process of getting my AR goal complete, i've had to failed quizzes which really dropped my percentage, thankfully those failed tests were able to get deleted! And if it stayed like that well then "goodbye to Leadership retreat." Another lowlight was that I had to put my name on the detention board with Mr. Nishimura for tomorrow because when I was swapping seats due to my computer having no internet, I put on my bag to go back to my seat but when I left it on, I guess it counted as packing too early because even though it was end of the day, he never gave instructions to do so yet. So I owe detention for tomorrow even though I have a recess job. Now for my highlights!!! For starters, I got accepted into Leadership this quarter and assigned to a period group where I feel i'd fit in the most out of the rest of them, Period 5! With Chad, Deriecka, Kaylin, and Miah which we got in at the same time. The biggest highlight, is that I reached my AR goal in time! Which was such a rush and struggle, but that's the lesson of procrastination and only finding out last minute, then again finding out last minute was still my fault obviously. I used an Extra Credit to extend my goal dues for today instead of Wednesday and right now, i'm so thankful I went to that Parent Night thing. My goal was 17.0 which initially was 32.3 but thankfully it lowered, also my goal percentage was 85 and it was not being nice to me at first. Although I can go on the retreat, i'm still a little upset because i'll lose my Leadership recognition for failing to meet my Reading Level goal of 6.5. My ZPD is 4.7 to 10.0 and I was kind of surprised to find that was my goal, because I thought they would slowly raise it but 6.5 is already halfway and it's not even the whole first semester yet. The final highlight of this whole list, is Laila unbanned me and let me go on the Leadership Retreat! YAY
          My lesson for the quarter, use your time wisely. When I say wisely, I MOST DEFINITELY MEAN IT. I have a problem with time management, but this is just straight out how did you not do this. I found my AR goal last minute and unfortunately I almost failed my whole AR goal and I wouldn't have been able to come to the Retreat, and if I couldn't, then I could've missed a lot of important details. This whole thing started when I began playing with my playing cards and rubik's cube. I didn't go on my AR thing because I thought that I set my own goal and well, I should've double checked way earlier. I found out about my AR goal a week before it was due, and that was a huge mistake. It was initially 32.3 points but thankfully lowered to 17.0 and I still hardly got past that. I got boosted 10 points by a hunger games quiz. Then I took 2 quizzes after that and failed both of them. Sadly, one of  those quizzes I took almost 5 pages of notes on and I got a lower score than the other quiz I took. I had another fortunate moment when I was able to get those failed tests deleted, and that wouldn't affect my percentage after that. Then today I just barely passed using my extra credit, and reading 2 diary of a wimpy kid books and some fake repunzel based off of growing and keeping hair clean, it was also kind of nasty. The point is, if you keep procrastinating and waste the time that you can utilize into important matters like this, then obviously you won't get anywhere and I wouldn't even be in this situation if I just read when I was supposed to and here I am complete with my goal having to complete this using an extra credit just because I couldn't fulfill my goal on the supposed due date. This is why using your time wisely is the most important lesson of this quarter.
          One of the first things I really need to work on is obviously timing and procrastination. Either or, both are so affecting that it's the most i'll need to work on. Especially if I wanna progress in Leadership due to the importance of this type of thing. Timing is very important when it comes to assignments given, important or not they will add up eventually. Second, is quality. Quality is one of my most important things i'd like to work on, now having quality and doing the best of your effort is pretty different. Doing the best of your effort doesn't mean you did quality work (it can depend on how you think it is but when teachers grade it's different). Quality is something I also have to work on as it's very important so that all of my papers and drawings seem really fun to grade and teachers would be happy to grade my paper. It's pretty much GLO #4 Quality Producer. Finally, out of all of the important things this quarter, this is my last and something that has been popping up since my leadership interview and it's never been that bad. My case of Self-Confidence this has been such a bother that this added on to a bunch of things and I was on the verge of not being accepted into Leadership and that's how I found out about how serious this is. If I wanna be successful, I definitely need to work on this because if I don't I won't be able to pass another interview I might have and if I get that nervous again, then I won't be able to speak correctly and know how to say what I want to properly with out saying it wrong or continuously pausing. Self-Confidence is something I need to increase by the end of this school year, especially if I want to return next year as I know that interviews for returnees will probably be much harder as they have actually had experience on this and why they should be back again or questions in that category. These are the main things I need to work on if I really want to be successful.