9thELSA at UCLA- ELSA = use chemicals to see if there is venom in rosesChinese - first year10thenglish- change.org with his partner tried to add another barbie other ethnicities + IT11th LGBTQ excursion, On the 12th I am in Vaughn from daycare. I am considered a Vaughn Baby, someone who has always been in Vaughn from my childhood through high school. I grew up in this school so it made sense that when I entered high school I wanted to move. I wanted to see new schools meet new people, but overall I wanted to have what most people call the "real high school experience", being at a big school. Throughout my four years at VISA, I have learned that this high school offers us the “high school experience” in its own way. Not all secondary schools have to be the same, it is best to be unique and resilient. We don't need to be like every other high school because our system works well as it is. This taught me the most valuable lesson and the lesson I would always like to remember. My freshman year, I thought it was going to be like those Disney movies, like High School Musical. I thought we were all going to be like these star students who were successful in all of their classes and had a talent that they were passionate about. When I was in my fifth week of my first year, I realized that the idea was just a misunderstanding. I had to work hard to get good grades, which involved many long nights of homework, which you don't see in the movie. On the first day of my first year, my advisory teacher handed me my timetable, we all reviewed it, and then the bell rang. I had gone on an adventure to look for my first period. I had to... in the middle of a sheet of paper... use, we can't just wait for the teacher or someone else to point it out. Don’t be like the saying “it goes in one ear and out the other.” For staff and administration, I advise you to create a book club. Allow us to read a book on our own and analyze it on our own with a little help. Being in Mrs. Burnett's class and talking about the books we were reading in class, I felt so embarrassed talking that I always wanted to raise my hand and when I responded I would forget what I had to say. We should have a group that reads the same book together without having to be attached to it. If the member does not read, he or she will be excluded from the group since the reading group meets a reading need. The reading group could also encourage students to read more because they would like to participate in discussions with their peers. “Stay informed”.