Wow.. I am actually reaching the end of high school and the start of my adult life.  Its been a journey of ups and downs but I’ve cherished everything I’ve learned every step of the way.  Through all the community service, classes, sports and clubs I’ve done throughout my time in high school, I’ve really developed my sense of self and I have discovered my strengths and weaknesses.

I have found that I have a diverse set of strengths.  One of these academic strengths is my infinity for the science fields.  Throughout high school, science has been a subject that I have really enjoyed learning about and the good grades in those subjects were something that came naturally.  Another one of my strengths that I have found throughout the years is my ability to just stay relaxed.  The stress of IB is something that affects many of the students at this school and I’ve found that its better just to take life one day at a time and not think to hard about the hardships coming up.  My ability to stay upbeat and happy in my times of stress has helped me so much in making sure I don’t go insane.  For the sake of word count I cant go much more into detail about my strengths.

As for my weaknesses, I have two primary weaknesses that I come across all the time.  One of those weaknesses is sleep. I’m one of those students who has tried to get the most out of his time in high school.  This has resulted in me having 8 classes and a sport and I haven’t ever had the slightest thought of dropping them.  Sadly, all these classes have created too much work for too little time.  The fact that I must sleep and get tired from lack of sleep is one weakness I really despise.  Another weakness I have is my honesty.  High school is like the wild; it is the survival of the fittest.  In the pursuit of the A, many students have resorted to methods such as copying and cheating.  Yet, I’ve refrained from doing that my entire high school time because I just find it repulsive.  I consider this a weakness because I’m unable to do the evil deed to get the grade.  Thus, these are the two primary weaknesses I think I have become aware in during my time in high school.