Elijah Gonzalez
Block 2
Capstone
5/20/21
Final Reflection
Going into senior year I came in with a mindset that this was going to be very easy and I was going to blow by this year and graduate, I got hit with the struggle with online work. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. It was very hard going to the meet because I feel like online you don't learn as much as inside of the classroom. The marking period was rough. If it wasn't for Mr. Colon, Ms. Guliano, and Ms.dionne I would've had to do another year of high school and would'nt have graduated on time. My mindset wasn't in the right spot. I lost a family member and wasn't motivated for school at all and was failing every class but they gave me an extra month after the first marking period to hand in work to catch up and I ended up passing the marking period and got back on track. Then came the second half of the year. I built confidence again and was a little excited for capstone because I knew what I wanted to do for years. I started of decently good it has always been tough for me to handle 5 classes at once but i managed to get through i messed around the 3rd marking period and at that time i was still remote and i wasn't taking school as serious i would join class and go to sleep or join class and be on my phone, so i had no clue what was taught that day so when it came time to do the work i had no clue what i was doing. Coming to the 4th marking period I came in person to school it was weird but I told myself I wasn't going to joke around anymore because I had to get this done and get to fixing my grades and finishing my capstone project. I stood up long nights getting out of work to do school work and stayed up all night doing that. I feel that coming to school really motivated me because I know that there wasn't any staying in bed and procrastinating school and my capstone project. In january/ February I brought up this event to my mentor & my father and everyone was so down for it and excited. March came every day. I got more nervous and nervous for the event, but when the day came I was so ready I woke up early, had a cup of coffee and got to it. The event went really really smoothly, going home after the event was so much weight off my shoulders and I just felt good. I knew there was more to it. I knew I had to do this website so I didn't lay back the next day. I went to the Google classroom and did the work I had to do. Now sitting in the classroom with 19 days left of school I'm excited but I know it's not over yet so I have to grind and finish strong.
Block 2
Capstone
5/20/21
Final Reflection
Going into senior year I came in with a mindset that this was going to be very easy and I was going to blow by this year and graduate, I got hit with the struggle with online work. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. It was very hard going to the meet because I feel like online you don't learn as much as inside of the classroom. The marking period was rough. If it wasn't for Mr. Colon, Ms. Guliano, and Ms.dionne I would've had to do another year of high school and would'nt have graduated on time. My mindset wasn't in the right spot. I lost a family member and wasn't motivated for school at all and was failing every class but they gave me an extra month after the first marking period to hand in work to catch up and I ended up passing the marking period and got back on track. Then came the second half of the year. I built confidence again and was a little excited for capstone because I knew what I wanted to do for years. I started of decently good it has always been tough for me to handle 5 classes at once but i managed to get through i messed around the 3rd marking period and at that time i was still remote and i wasn't taking school as serious i would join class and go to sleep or join class and be on my phone, so i had no clue what was taught that day so when it came time to do the work i had no clue what i was doing. Coming to the 4th marking period I came in person to school it was weird but I told myself I wasn't going to joke around anymore because I had to get this done and get to fixing my grades and finishing my capstone project. I stood up long nights getting out of work to do school work and stayed up all night doing that. I feel that coming to school really motivated me because I know that there wasn't any staying in bed and procrastinating school and my capstone project. In january/ February I brought up this event to my mentor & my father and everyone was so down for it and excited. March came every day. I got more nervous and nervous for the event, but when the day came I was so ready I woke up early, had a cup of coffee and got to it. The event went really really smoothly, going home after the event was so much weight off my shoulders and I just felt good. I knew there was more to it. I knew I had to do this website so I didn't lay back the next day. I went to the Google classroom and did the work I had to do. Now sitting in the classroom with 19 days left of school I'm excited but I know it's not over yet so I have to grind and finish strong.