Dear, Jahari as you shall grow with both the high and low moments and through your upcoming years you will experience even more challenges. So get ready for some change in your future. There was a time in my past and something in your future that will happen shall fail an assessment which was worth a big part of our grade. We were in a bad place and needed that grade to go up. When you get to this point in our life you will try to work harder to bring our grade up but you will also start to lose focus on other work and activities which will direct you from getting any better and will fall in those extra affairs.
So I want you to be more organized, know what time everything is and time manage the most important stuff with the matters that can wait. The world is big with a lot of resources at your disposal. Make sure to use them. There will be times you will probably want to quit but you will get through it and be stronger for it. This is when you shall grow up. Your voice gets deeper and before you know it you are on your way to high school. So listen to your teachers, parents, and be aware of the world and yourself.
You will know when to start to grow mentally and physically. You will encounter problems in your sports as you start to get there you will see your mentality and work ethic. You will need to work out even more. Do as much in school as you do outside of school. You might get distracted but you will learn to fix that. One of these subjects you will start to drop in is Social Studies when learning about the constitution. As you start to break away from the constitution you begin to focus on math more on other matters you start to pull more and more away from the subject.
You will catch yourself and start doing the right studying by doing practice tests on your own time and still you will have moments to do your own thing. These changes will help in this upcoming test and you will eventually have a 94% on the Federal test and 92% on the state tests. You will eventually have to choose a school for you. You will get the chance to go to a catholic school but you need to have tuition money. There was a chance to attend that school. You will be able to sign up for a scholarship and be able to go to the school you want. You ultimately had to pick between two schools and you shall pick the one where your heart is at.
Then in your school you will graduate as one of the top of your class and will be going to a high school of your choice and will be playing football there. As you go on, remember to do your best in tough situations even when it doesn’t look like it’s going your way. When you walk down my past and your future you will be happy and find the positive things and run into things that will not help you in the long run. Lastly, be positive, don’t let anything bring you down, especially the small things, staying positive will bring a lot of good things your way.
Jahari Steward – De La Salle Institute – DMSF Class of 2029
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