Assignment 8- Taylor Hodges

Fears: public speaking, car crashes, heights, cats.
Annoyances: when people chew loudly or with their mouth open, slow walkers, people who stop in the hallway, constant complaining, basically everything in this world.
Accomplishments: uh, I won some soccer and basketball trophies.
Confusions: Physics, Mrs. Gill's teaching, chemistry, history, emotions, people who act like someone completely different than what you thought.
Sorrows: stress management, time management, social anxiety.
Dreams: get into college, have a good job, travel, go backpacking, have a family, be content with life.
Idiosyncrasies: I can't fall asleep if I don't have socks on.
Risks: I don't take many.
Beloved possessions: a blanket that I had when I was born (then), my pictures and phone (now).
Problems: I let people take advantage of me/not knowing when to say no, social anxiety, public speaking.

School has always been hard for me ever since I was little. I've never understood social studies or science. I've constantly struggled through those classes and this year is the worst. For social studies, I can't understand the topic of government, but once we get into history I'm gone. I instantly get confused and never understand. I also can't figure out ways to help me remember everything. I'll read a chapter, look at a question over it, and have no idea what half of it means. When it comes to science, I'll understand it sometimes and then other times I'm confused. Most of the time I'm confused but there are those rare moments when I'm like, "oh, I get this!" Science has so many formulas with so many numbers and letters and it's basically math. It shouldn't be math. It should be completely different and I think it's dumb. None of this has changed ever since I've started school. I still struggle in both of those subjects and who knows when I'll learn to figure it out.