Everyone Has the Potential to Make Good Grades by Keedrick Rhodes

I remember being a freshman, and I remember how scared I was walking into my first day of high school. I remember how sexy all the senior girls were and how shy I was. I remember how scared I was of walking around a whole bunch of girls, because those girls might laugh at me and pick at me.

I started high school in the fall of 2005. I didn't have anyone to show me this or teach me that. I had to learn everything on my own.

Life changed so much for me in high school. I put on a lot of weight, and I didn’t really like myself. But no matter how early I had to catch the bus, because we lived so far from school or how late I had to stay up to study, I always had to think of the big picture. Problems don't last forever. The only constant thing in life is change.

Keep the grades up. Yea, all you need is a 2.0 to play basketball or football, but colleges don't like 2.0s. But not everyone thinks about going to college, or even bettering their education. I believe everyone has the potential to make great grades. My grades haven't been so good all my years of high school. But every year is different, and every person is different. I'm just saying that if you want something good for yourself, if you want to get out of the ghetto and you want to have nice things, you have to go to college and do well.

The next four years of your life, the parental stuff will be all out, for real. Especially if you are a male, but even worse, if you don't do well in school or if you do drugs. Try to stay active, get involved in sports, homework programs. If you are like me, I looked for reasons not to come home. My parents would say no if I asked to go to my friend’s house, but they couldn't say no if I asked to go to Homework Help.

Girls meant so much to me. You may go through at least three bad things your whole time in high school.

Finally, and this is the most important advice I could ever give anyone, freshmen in high school or not, be ready for anything. Life takes some serious twists and turns. But I learned a lot.