Trust

When I really want something I can be a pretty pursuasive person. Since I was younger I have always wanted tattoos and peircings . I grew up around people adorned with body modifications , so it came to no surprise to my parents that I would begin to ask for them . My mother and father were not too enthused on signing off for me to get my tattoos or peircings for a while . They claimed I was too young and that I would regret anything I got . I was persistant though. I knew what I wanted , and I knew my mind would not change . Birthday after birthday , I would ask for a tattoo or peircing and the answer would always turn out to be a no . But then , around my fourteenth birthday my father agreed to sign off on an eyebrow peircing. After my vertical eyebrow peircing I was determined on a horizontal one , and on my fifteenth birthday I got it . Inbetween fifteen and sixteen I proved to my parents that I could handle guaging my ears and I got approved . Then , finally , on my sixteenth birthday I had worked my way up to my tattoo. Six years of hard persuading paid off . 

Tenth Grade Struggles

Tenth grade has presented me with many obstacles over the past seven months. I really did not have a study plan coming into sophomore year. I did not know how to sit down and study in a way that was beneficial to me. Because of this, I found it hard to understand some concepts in my math class. I clearly needed to study , but it seemed like I could not retain anything. Another problem arose when I started my second SDEV college course. It was rather fast paced and the instructor was very confusing. I found myself becoming very behind and it caused my stress level to increase. This was not the only college course that caused me problems. I was also put into a Graphic Arts class for the third time just this quarter. I am not a very creative person , so the class does not pertain to my personal interests at all. But, through all of this I have made some accomplishments that I am proud of.

OGT

At first  I thought the math OGT was going to be the one I would need help with , but then I realized that the writing test may be more of a struggle . I am usually pretty confident in my writing abilities, but I feel as though once it is time to take the OGT I will draw a blank and freak out . The fact that they can basically throw any writing prompt they want at you and you have no choice but to do it is scary to me. It does not help that I have barely practiced for this test. All the other OGT tests we have had plenty of practice for , which is why I feel like I can pass them quite easily . I am going to make an effort to turn around my nervousness. I plan on looking up past writing OGTs online and also looking up other people's responses to them so I can have a feel on what they are looking for in a response .