Sophomore Year
So welcome to my sophomore year page, I honestly cant believe how incredibly fast this year has gone its been filled with so much fun projects and knowledge and just a lot of great oppertunity and not to mention its been a great help to me in moving on from the tragedy my family and I had to overcome last year. I cant really being to explain how much support and love I've gotten this year and how awesome it is to finally be done with sophomore year and hopefully enjoy a awesome summer before entering my Junior year of highschool. So let me tell you some things i've done well for starters my brother and father left us for two months to Philidalphia to go to a rehabilitation center for the possibility of my little brother walking again that has been a heaven sent miracle to me and my family I admit it was hard not seeing them but to hear the progress my brother is undergoing is incredible I just know in my heart that he will walk again and that everything with be great again for me and my family. Now moving on to some more fun things I've entered and stared in my very first Durango Highschool Play production I was in a play called "Who killed the Mysterious Prospector?" it was kind of like the game Clue but in play formation. It was really fun and just so awesome to be apart of though I have to admit it was really time consuming that I dont think i'm going to continue being in the acting production industry anymore at least not until I know exaclty how I want to spend my time. Another great thing Ive done this year is I started to ride horses again at this ranch down the road from my house called Ron's Ranch, its for therapy both the horse and person benefit from this and I've found it quite helpful in helping me overcome some fears and stepping out of my boudaries a little and just retaining my control again. Riding and taking care of the horses has really allowed me to get a sense of control and organization back into my life, which I didnt know at the time but I really needed it. I needed to feel in control again and now that I have that back I can move forward with my life and push myself in a healthy direction. One more thing I've done is I have started dancing again, not hip hop or ballet of course I'm talking about southern Traditional dancing going back and honoring my Native American Culture, I live in two separate worlds and sometimes its hard for me to really fit in to either of them because theres my Native heritage world where I honor my culture and traditions and then there is my white world where I focus on school and trying to get ahead in life and for a while now its been a real challenge for me to sort of bring the two worlds together and find some middle ground but I believe I have found it by dancing again. Dancing just gives you this sense of freedom and purpose and it doesnt matter who you are or what tribe your from when you dance your dancing for you and for your future and since in my white world im constantly worried about my future I can dance for that while honoring my Native world at the same time. Its been very helpful. But okay enough about that the Habit of Heart and Mind this year that I have been able to connect with most is probably Perspective and Advocacy, from advocating for myself and from doing everything I can that will benefit who I am as a person I've been able to gain a new perspective on life and on how I want my life to be this has helped me excel as a student and also as a teacher to those around me i feel that I teach them something new everytime i learn something new its a beautiful cycle and I really do enjoy being the teacher and the student. Thanks