JasmineLeslie's Blog

Overall, I would say that this year was another learning experience. To highlight, the best thing that happened was grade-wise, they have improved tremendously since freshman year. On the downside, the worst thing that happened was letting people enter into my life that should not even have the opportunity. I’ve learned a lot this year, but the most important thing I learned was you can’t let other people get in the way of the dreams and goals that you are trying to accomplish, which I learned from this experience: and never again will I give someone that opportunity to get in my way. So moving on, next school year I hope that I continue to impove well academically. Last but not least, I just want to say thank you Ms. Martin for this fantastic year, and this is not going to be the last you see or hear from me. SN: I’m going to be a mommy soon, and the baby is a girl [due date: august 17). I am happy but also overwhelmed. I know that it will be a struggle, but I will do everything in my power to be the best mommy I can be! (:

There are alot amazing things that I would like to do before I hit my late 30s. After I graduate from high school, I already have plans to go to college and major in Nursing. Before going straight into college, I would like to travel the world. For instance, I want to visit Italy, Germany, France, basically all of Europe. I have already made alot of grown up decisions by letting go people in my life that are not on the same path as me because I can not have negative people around me while I am trying to do something positive with my life. Also by the time I hit my late 30s, I want to be settled down, have a nice house, and just enjoying life as everyday goes by. Kids? I’m not so sure about, but whatever I choose I am going to be have with it. That is what I would like do before my late 30s.

How to keep a friend? Hopefully no one isn’t trying to lose a friend, unless they are no good for you. There are lots of ways to keep a friend. The most important way of keeping a friend is to be a real friend, meanig being trustworthy to that person to show them that they are able to trust you with whatever they tell you. Letting your friend know when she doing something wrong and trying to help them correct that situation is another big way to be a friend. Helping eachother out and not talking about one another, in a bad way, when they are not around is a way to be a friend. If you have these things down-packed, then your friendship should overcome anything thrown at you.

Lots of people everyday learn lessons and are able to fix them when done, but others aren’t so lucky. I am one of the many people out in the world that makes a choice to do something but don’t get the pleasure of making it right before it’s too late. My life lesson that I learned when it was too late to fix it was to never hold a grudge because it never gets you anywhere. A little over a year and a half my cousin was killed but before that happen we got into a big argument about something I can’t even remember what it was about. After the argument, we held a grudge for a long time and we never made up before he died. I was never able to him how much I love him before he past, and it kills me that I held a grudge with him that I can’t remember what it was about. Now I can never fix it because he is gone. Now I have realized that it’s not okay to hold grudges and I never will do it ever again.

What is the definition of a real friend? For me, a true friend is someone who is going to love me for me. The good times and the bad. They can find out my past and still love me. They are there to listen any time I need to talk or cry. They will not tell any of my secrets unless the secret is endangering my life. They can be truthful with me regardless of what it may be or if it hurts my feelings. They don’t talk about me behind my back and they stick by me no matter what unless I have done them wrong. They don’t end up disappearing from my life without good reason and we remain close. They would do anything for me unless it was something super unreasonable for them to do. In other words, they would give me the shirt off of their back if I needed it. They must have a kind heart and hold their friends close to it all times. The most important part of holding a true friendship is to be a great friend in return so all of the above is in consideration that I also do the same for them. It does take two to make a wonderful friendship.

I commented on Heather’s blog on “who has it easier?”.

When I think of my high school career, I cannot help but smile in anticipation of the journey I will soon embark as a young adult. I am very proud of how my sophomore year is turning out.   I feel that my grades will make a big difference towards the outcome of my final year in high school. I did not believe people when they would say high school is the fastest four years of your life, and that they will be gone before you know it. In addition, that you should buckle down, because high school may seem fun but it is extremely easy to get off track.

 As I entered high school, I was quite lacking in organizational skills. In middle school, we were not assigned much work and the teachers were not as involved when it comes to students grades, so my base for organization was not solid. I have most improved this one place over the past years. I myself can see an improvement between the organization of the young and naïve student that I once was, and now the intelligent student that I have become.

Love isn’t blind or deaf or dumb – in fact it sees far more than it will ever tell. It is going beyond yourself and stretching who you are for someone else. Being in love entails seeing someone as you wish they were: to love them is to see who they really are and still care for them. Love isn’t bitter, but you can’t have love without pain: sacrifice is the hallmark of love , the coin of love. Being in love usually is used in a romantic sense when you meet your significant other transforming a normal relationship into a deeper one without further interest in others. Love means that you trust the person, would do anything for the person, know that person is with you through thick and thin, isn’t afraid to be seen with you. Make sure they treat you right. In my opinion, this is what the true meaning of love is.