Rob Gilligan - Assignment 24 - Year in review

Junior year really is basically over now. The school year has been effectively shortened, and we were whisked away from school not knowing it wouldn’t be until next year that we (hopefully) return. It’s really hard to evaluate what I succeeded at, and what I failed at. Relationships I was building with people are essentially cut off. There were a lot of my classes where I either did not have a ton of friends in, or didn’t sit near them. As a result, I was forced to make new friends, or be miserable all year. Luckily, in every single class I found people that I really enjoyed talking to. I guess it would be considered a failure that those friendships have fallen to the wayside during the quarantine, but that is not wholly my fault. Academically I would say my year has been quite successful. Assuming grades won’t change this second semester, I’ll maintain my 4.0 average through high school. AP tests are yet to come, but I feel confident in the ones I’m taking. Athletically I only got to have one of my seasons. I was able to get my 5k time under eighteen minutes and qualified for state individually, but the time did not make it. Obviously, track season was cancelled. Over the summer I have a lot of camps and programs lined up that I’ll hopefully be able to attend. Only time will tell. I also will continue to work on the youtube channel I made. Next year, my goal is to remain sane pretty much. Applying for college is really stressful and scares me. It’ll be a year long journey and that’s my focus.