The span of four years has molded me into a totally different person. My view of my high school and the people inside of it has transformed completely, even though not much has really changed. Although freshman and senior year might have seemed totally different, both served to help me grow as a person. In my freshman year of high school my classes sped by incredibly fast; as a result, every teacher was forced to squeeze their instruction into forty-five minute periods. Each class period passed by in a blur, but the school days seemed to drag on for ages. Most days my teachers would complain about the very little time that they had. Because the classes were so short, this forced many teachers’ hands towards assigning more homework instead of classwork so that they could just spend all period long teaching their lessons. While I enjoyed not doing much during the school day, the homework almost crushed me until I learned how to get better habits. I was inevitably pushed to do my homework and to stop procrastinating. However, the best thing about having more class periods was that it meant that I could see more of …show more content…
In my senior year, the classes were eighty minutes long for one semester, unlike the short forty-five minute periods that lasted an entire two semesters in my freshman year. This caused for many teachers to spend days complaining about not having enough time to teach their course; but, on the few days that they would actually give instructions, they would hand out the hardest work that they could. This not only helped me to get on the ball, but it showed me that time is precious just like the homework did in my freshman year. Both years opened my eyes to the fact that my time is valuable, and that I needed to be more productive. I loved the longer class periods in my senior year even though it did have a deep impact on my