Exam Week and the Importance of Class Discussions

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SO… it is exam week folks. Exam week means that its time for pointless TV watching, excruciating procrastination, and lots of “studying.”

I say studying with quotations because it’s very hard to focus on studying and looking at the same sheets of paper over and over again because we have so much free time.

I’m often distracted by thoughts of the summer approaching and what I’m going to do with ALL that time I’m gonna have.

Then I realize… I’m going to have to do community service almost every day. I have to acquire 100 hours of community service before senior year to graduate. I’m about to be a junior so my mom wants me to start doing more now so I don’t have to do community service like every single day of my senior year which I frankly don’t have time for which is why I still have like 90 hours left to complete right now.

I laughed as I typed that because I know I have been pretty lazy and missed more then a few opportunities at community service over my first two years of high school. Oh well.

Now back to the exams, I think I’ve done pretty well on a few, but some I didn’t feel very good about.

Spanish 2 was definitely a toss up. I’m not sure what I did in there.  It was pretty hard.

Theology was really easy and I’m pretty sure I got an A.

Then there was my Geometry exam. I think I did all right with that one.

Today, I took my World History II exam and I’m pretty sure I got an A or B on that one too. Tomorrow is my last exam and its Honors English II. It should be pretty easy since its just all the tests again and I did pretty good on those.

In the first half of school I couldn’t really focus as much in class because I had some clowns around me but in the second half of school my schedule changed, and I got put into a different bell of Honors and I made As in both quarters this past semester.

I also did better in class conversations because there were people that I did not know as well as the students in my other class, so I almost felt more open, if you will, to talk about and say whatever I wanted to say about something during class discussion.

Participation in class discussions makes tests and quizzes so much easier because you’re involved in conversations that make it easier to remember answers because your head was already in the game way ahead of time during class discussion.

~~Z

Football 7on7

Last week, we started doing 7on7, which is like a condensed version of football with no pads, no hitting and no offensive line.

It's primarily for the QBs and WRs to get used to working together and playing with one another so when the season comes everyone will click better and be able to make plays.

It also gives the coaches a chance to view players' individual skill sets, their talent, and things they need to work on.


7on7 can make or break a player.

 It can show off his ability to tear a defensive secondary apart or reveal his weaknesses. Regardless, it reveals everyone’s weaknesses and strengths pre training camp so coaches can see progression and improvement in players.

We  had the week of exams off from practicing, but we practiced at the end of the week because we were traveling to Yorktown to compete in a 7on7 tournament against other high schools. I was kind of nervous because I know I can do well, but I have to focus on certain things like getting off press coverage quickly and effectively and making sure I have no drops.

I really wanted to impress the coaches and show them that when it's game time, I’m focused and ready to make plays so that I’ll have the opportunity to do the same thing in real games this fall.

My goal for this season is 6 or more touchdowns total and 500+ yards receiving to get my name out there and poise me for a much bigger senior season.

I feel so many different emotions.

I’m excited and nervous at the same time.

My heart is almost beating out of my chest just typing about it because I know how important this is for my future as a football player.

I’ll be going over plays and learning the routes tonight so I have no questions when its game time...

Just answers.

Football this week

Football went pretty good. I felt it could have gone better though. On Monday, I had practice and lifted weights and caught a few balls for about 30 minutes.

Then on Tuesday I’ll admit I got sort of lazy and skipped for the day.

But at least earlier that day I went to the library and got some community service hours in.

 

It’s really boring and there are never any girls my age there or anyone my age there for that matter.

 

 I guess young people don’t read. I’m supposed to be going to the library everyday this summer to achieve the goal set by my school to get 100 hours of community service.

 I won’t get into that too much because I’ve already told you guys how much I dread that.

 

On Wednesday, I had passing league at Ocean Lakes High School, which is basically where a bunch of high schools play 7 on 7 and practice to get better. I didn’t do as well as I would have liked, but today I lifted really hard and I plan on working Monday and Tuesday of next week to perform much better on next Wednesday.

 

These 7 on 7s are huge for me as far as progress is concerned, and I can’t afford to waste opportunities like I did last week. Luckily for me it’s still very early and the season is a ways off.

 

I have to make every day from here on count though. I can’t afford to have more days like I did on Tuesday but this is what life is about.

 

You live and learn from the choices you make.

 

I have to make the choice to want to be better to get better.