Advice

If I could give myself advice knowing the things that I know now I would tell myself to just have fun and be yourself. When I first came to Central I was extremely shy and nervous about making friends.  I never really said much throughout my middle school years and once I got into high school it got better.  It wasn't until my junior year of high school that I felt totally comfortable being the way I was and I felt comfortable talking to people.  When I was young I was always afraid of saying something dumb to someone and people would think I was weird, but it turns out saying nothing was even worse because many of my friends now say that they thought I hated them in middle school because I never talked to them.      My junior and senior years of high school have been awesome because I am able to be myself and I do not feel afraid to say whatever is on my mind.  I have learned that people will except you for who you are no matter how weird you are.  If I would have known that when I was in middle school or even my freshman year of high school I would have been a lot better off.  Luckily I figured it out towards the end of my sophomore year and I was able to be myself for two years of high school and hopefully the rest of my life. Also, I would give myself the advice to work a little harder in school.  I always was in honors classes and I have always worked hard, but I have also slacked off significantly too.  I think I could have worked harder than I did and now looking back I wish I would have studied harder and worked harder to improve my grades while I was a freshman and a sophomore.  I always had good grades in elementary school and middle school, but once I got into high school and my friends and sports became more important than schoolwork.  Although sports are important I wish I would have focused a little more on all of my schoolwork.  Other than those things I do not think I would have changed anything else throughout my four years of high school.  I have definitely had a successful high school career and I wouldn't want to change much of it.  I enjoyed high school so much and I am very sad that it is almost over.  If is so hard to imagine myself going to school somewhere else in September and not coming back to Central Regional.  I would want to do everything the same way as I did because I enjoyed it so much I would not want to change anything.  I know that I will always remember my high school friends and teachers and my whole high school experience.  I know I will always come back and visit because I am going to miss it so much.