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Last year, I made a best friend. His name was Cole. Cole was the funniest, sweetest, weirdest, most adorable and aggravating person I had ever met. After about a week, we automatically had figured out that eighth grade wouldn't be so terrible if we stuck together. Cole and I went through ups, downs, and even in betweens. He was the greatest thing to ever happen to me.   One day, I got a phone call from Cole saying he was moving to Atlanta. I thought it was a joke at first but as months went on it became a reality to me that I only had so many weeks until my other half moved away. May 26, 2017 was the last day I saw my best friend. These last few months have been heartbreaking because I haven't had my best friend in so long. Thankfully though on January 26, 2018 I will be taking a trip to Atlanta to see my best friend. There we will exchange Christmas gifts and missed birthday gifts.

   A couple weeks ago, I chose to do some research on the life of Marie Antoinette. When Ms. Howell proposed the idea to me, it seemed boring. Who wanted to hear about a boring old queen who had ticked off enough people and got her head chopped off? It took me a week of researching why this woman was executed so gruesomely to become interested. This woman played a major part in the French Revolution.    So far the research has been going well for the most part. The only confusing part is completing the notecards. When Ms. Howell told the class how to complete them, she turned to me and said that I did not need to worry about how to do notecards since I was not finished with annotations. Now that we have to complete them at home for Emergency Closure Lessons, it's just a little challenging because I don't have a teacher here to guide me.

   One of the few things I learned from my first fall semester of high school is that procrastination can become an addiction. I became so used to putting things off until the last minute that I ended up being drowned in work. It took me until the middle of the semester to realize I couldn't beat this addiction myself. I learned If I did everything on time, I wouldn't have to worry about my grades slipping so quickly. Another thing I learned last semester is that if you surround yourself with people who want to do achieve succeed, it'll inspire you to do your work also. Lastly, I learned your teachers want to see your face more than just during the regular class hours. They love when students ask for help and just go to visit them.     My goal for this semester is to learn from past mistakes and grow as a student. I don't want to take this semester lightly at all. I'm finally realizing that colleges will look at my final grades and decide whether or not I can att