In the first semester of this schoolyear, I was part of the journalism class. I do not think that my writings are the best, but I think this one is pretty good. I'd like to share it. Here it is:
My High School Experience
By: Dan Montaño
They say that high school life is the best, I think it’s not. It is just because it is too early to conclude. But it is definitely one of the best things that life offers.
June 2003, the first day of iskolar2007’s high school life. It was a bright sunny day. No one knew me then. I was a complete stranger, a complete nobody, an enigma. I was feeling a bit peculiar because I was from an all-boy school. I didn’t know how to interact with the opposite sex. I was feeling a bit odd, a little bit nervous. Introducing me was not an option I wanted to do. But every first day of classes for the freshmen must have a little “getting-to-know-you” segment. I didn’t know how, didn’t know why, but I felt very nervous introducing myself. When it was over, I felt nice. I felt that all I said was enough for others to know me. But I was wrong.
They saw me as the boy with a very high pride. I think I knew it but still didn’t listen. I am proud, so what?! I don’t comment about you. But I knew later on that I had to change. To change myself would be the best thing for me. And I did!
I didn’t change fast. The transformation took me one whole school year. It was during the sophomore year that I started to know myself fully. I was a bit less proud, lazy and arrogant boy. But others saw a lot more. They saw me as an intelligent, funny, reliable, generous, understanding, and respectful math wizard. Though I felt others might have just overseen me. I was not all that. But if others saw me like that, maybe I was.
I felt good about myself because of those things they described about me. I knew I was lazy, but others saw me as reliable. That gave me a confidence boost that was enough to make me an honor student. Though I was doing well in my studies, I wanted to excel more. I wanted to be the best. But no matter how hard I tried, I was still dragged down by my signature laziness. And also my addiction to the Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game (MMORPG), Ragnarok. Many people said that I should stop, but I let it pass through my other ear.
It has been my bad habit to not listen to what other say. I always do what I want to do. It has been a cause of the hatred others have of me. Once again, my pride wins me more enemies.
People have pride, but mine is just a lot bigger than others. With each passing day of high school life, I learned to be humble for a change. When II-Palma placed a high rank in a radio quiz, my ego showed his traces once again.
Moving to junior year, I was again the most prideful of the section. High school life seems better with each passing day. This year was so great. I knew myself a whole better. I found out that deep inside, my personality was impressive. I have a short temper. I am mostly angry. I was not the best person to be friends with. Yet people still befriended me. I looked at it as an opportunity to change once again. With a little self-anger management, I transformed into a kinder person. Perhaps it was just a desperate move to be a better person to please people, or just something to be proud of. I started to smile everyday because the anger that filled my heart was all gone. I was a whole new person. The bonus was the addiction to Ragnarok was gone too.
Though Ragnarok was out of my life, DotA came along. And again, a whisper told me to stop. It was like an involuntary action to not listen to that whisper. Many times have I rejected those whispers. And soon enough, those whispers telling me to stop stopped. I found myself fully addicted to DotA. Every dismissal was my daily appointment to this heinous game. I soon got bored of the game, but I know that my interest would come back sometime. I was again addicted to the game. Aside from having fun with the game, I was getting close with my batch mates. I had closer friends.
Every good thing has to end, It is inevitable. High School life is approaching its end. We will be graduating soon. Only one year more and we will be out in the world to fulfill our own dreams. But before that, we still had another school year to battle together. Through all our 4 school years that 2 sections battle, they battle together in the game called life. And even if the 2 sections battle each other, peace is still the victor in the end.The senior year will still be a long and bumpy ride. But whatever storms we go through, iskolar2007 would still have 64 members- all friends, no hatred, and no hidden matters. Let us all go and battle all life throws at us together.
Did you have a wonderful time reading it? I felt the same writing it.
My High School Experience
By: Dan Montaño
They say that high school life is the best, I think it’s not. It is just because it is too early to conclude. But it is definitely one of the best things that life offers.
June 2003, the first day of iskolar2007’s high school life. It was a bright sunny day. No one knew me then. I was a complete stranger, a complete nobody, an enigma. I was feeling a bit peculiar because I was from an all-boy school. I didn’t know how to interact with the opposite sex. I was feeling a bit odd, a little bit nervous. Introducing me was not an option I wanted to do. But every first day of classes for the freshmen must have a little “getting-to-know-you” segment. I didn’t know how, didn’t know why, but I felt very nervous introducing myself. When it was over, I felt nice. I felt that all I said was enough for others to know me. But I was wrong.
They saw me as the boy with a very high pride. I think I knew it but still didn’t listen. I am proud, so what?! I don’t comment about you. But I knew later on that I had to change. To change myself would be the best thing for me. And I did!
I didn’t change fast. The transformation took me one whole school year. It was during the sophomore year that I started to know myself fully. I was a bit less proud, lazy and arrogant boy. But others saw a lot more. They saw me as an intelligent, funny, reliable, generous, understanding, and respectful math wizard. Though I felt others might have just overseen me. I was not all that. But if others saw me like that, maybe I was.
I felt good about myself because of those things they described about me. I knew I was lazy, but others saw me as reliable. That gave me a confidence boost that was enough to make me an honor student. Though I was doing well in my studies, I wanted to excel more. I wanted to be the best. But no matter how hard I tried, I was still dragged down by my signature laziness. And also my addiction to the Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game (MMORPG), Ragnarok. Many people said that I should stop, but I let it pass through my other ear.
It has been my bad habit to not listen to what other say. I always do what I want to do. It has been a cause of the hatred others have of me. Once again, my pride wins me more enemies.
People have pride, but mine is just a lot bigger than others. With each passing day of high school life, I learned to be humble for a change. When II-Palma placed a high rank in a radio quiz, my ego showed his traces once again.
Moving to junior year, I was again the most prideful of the section. High school life seems better with each passing day. This year was so great. I knew myself a whole better. I found out that deep inside, my personality was impressive. I have a short temper. I am mostly angry. I was not the best person to be friends with. Yet people still befriended me. I looked at it as an opportunity to change once again. With a little self-anger management, I transformed into a kinder person. Perhaps it was just a desperate move to be a better person to please people, or just something to be proud of. I started to smile everyday because the anger that filled my heart was all gone. I was a whole new person. The bonus was the addiction to Ragnarok was gone too.
Though Ragnarok was out of my life, DotA came along. And again, a whisper told me to stop. It was like an involuntary action to not listen to that whisper. Many times have I rejected those whispers. And soon enough, those whispers telling me to stop stopped. I found myself fully addicted to DotA. Every dismissal was my daily appointment to this heinous game. I soon got bored of the game, but I know that my interest would come back sometime. I was again addicted to the game. Aside from having fun with the game, I was getting close with my batch mates. I had closer friends.
Every good thing has to end, It is inevitable. High School life is approaching its end. We will be graduating soon. Only one year more and we will be out in the world to fulfill our own dreams. But before that, we still had another school year to battle together. Through all our 4 school years that 2 sections battle, they battle together in the game called life. And even if the 2 sections battle each other, peace is still the victor in the end.The senior year will still be a long and bumpy ride. But whatever storms we go through, iskolar2007 would still have 64 members- all friends, no hatred, and no hidden matters. Let us all go and battle all life throws at us together.
Did you have a wonderful time reading it? I felt the same writing it.
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