Your first blog is going to have you interview those that are closest to you and find out their expectations of you. Many of us think that we know our parents, friends, or teachers' expectations of us, but I think it is important to have a conversation about these expectations, especially since you have just embarked upon your high school career.
Interview three people that are close to you (one must be a parent/guardian) and ask them what they expect out of you in high school and in life. In your response, I would like you to somehow directly quote them and then reflect on their comments.
For example, I asked my husband what his expectations of me were and he told me "to be the best mother to our baby." I was not surprised by this comment because those are my expectations of myself and we had this conversation before I decided to work part-time. Our child needed to be number one, and we had to rework our life to make sure that he was getting the attention that he needed. Last year, I was trying to be the best mother, teacher, wife, daughter, chef, homemaker...IT WAS EXHAUSTING. I realized that I needed to repriortize because my expectations of myself were too demanding. They were so demanding that I knew that if I kept at that pace I would let everyone done: my students, my husband, my child, and myself. Expectations change, and that is OK. They should because life changes and what we can handle changes.
Your reflection should look something like that. I probably could go on longer, but for brevity's sake I am keeping it shorter.
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