Xavier

“Senior High School Experience”

Hi! I’m Xavier, a student of San Jose Recoletos – USJR, I am a Josenian, a former Louisian and Giusseppean.

High school for me has proved to be a learning experience and also a challenge. There are many lessons that can be learned.  You can learn more about yourself, who your friends are, what kind of help is offered to you, and what your strengths and your weaknesses are. Attending High School helped build my confidence because my classmates were supportive, my teachers taught me how to study for tests, and the math tutors helped me overcome my fear of math.

Most students would wait until the last minute to study and try to cram all the information on a test in one night. But my teachers stressed that studying a little bit at a time would be the best way to go about learning the material. Another way they tried to provoke studying would be by telling us to study in a group. This method worked, but the method that I found that helped me the most was by using flash cards. It was a good way of studying especially for a test that had lots of definitions on it. But I found it much easier to look at a single piece of information instead of a whole page of notes at one time. Overall, teachers do not just teach you the facts from the books. They can help you sharpen your study skills by showing you new ways of learning. Lastly, the tutors at the school helped me to overcome my biggest fear and that was math.

And because of senior high school experiences, I learned a lot. I learned how to handle difficult things and I also learned on how to overcome our fears as a student, especially Math.