This school year is coming to end, freshman year is almost complete. The testing begins, and the nerves kick in. At Carroll High School, the seniors are gone, grades 9-11 are still in.

I think this school year was a good one. The classes I took were hard, but not to hard. Walking around the high school and taking classes here for the first year felt pretty good actually. At first, I was pretty scared quite frankly, but when I started talking to upperclassmen, it wasn't so bad. Computer Literature and General Business were about the only classes that I took that had upperclassmen in them. Honestly, it doesn't bother me taking classes with upperclassmen because then you get to hear all the gossip and drama from not only your grade, but the grades above you, and that's always a nice thing. It's something you just have to get used to, and if not, it's something you have you'll have to deal with throughout high school.
      My favorite class this year easily had to be geography. Mr. Tigges can by far make a class seem much more enjoying, and especially not as long. He's a pretty laid back guy who really communicates and enjoys talking with his students. The conversations my class had over the semester were quite hilarious. Having Khalil Brooks in our class made it twice as much fun having to deal with his quite annoying laugh that just about gets everyone. We usually had a quiz on Fridays over the things that we learned and discussed in class during the week. We studied the world by continents. We started with North America and ended in Africa. Not only did I  learn new things, but I learned things that I really care about and actually take to heart. For example, in the Middle East, our country has dealt with a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda that's based out of Pakistan for last 30 years now. So many good topics, so many good memories, and a really good teacher made geography my most enjoyable class this year.
      Next year will be kind of hard at first since I won't see the Class of 2012 around anymore, but it hopefully will go by as fast as this year did. We start a week, so hopefully it pays off! I'm not exactly sure on the classes I'll be taking, but I hope to have classes with some of the people I enjoy learning with!