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If I could go back in time and talk to myself as high school senior I would tell myself to make sure you set goals for your future and that you put the process in motion to achieve those goals. I would also tell myself that there is more to life than socializing and eventually you have to grow up and realize that unless you take steps to prepare for the real world, you may end up in a situation where you have to rely on either you parents, spouse or the government to help you live day to day and you will lose any independence that you may have gained. Plan for your future and get an education beyond high school so you can get a job that you enjoy doing that can allow you to be independent and live your life on your terms, at your convenience and at your level of satisfaction. High school is fun, especially senior year, but you have to remember that in the long term, only you can make your goals a reality. Do not take the lazy road, you may not like the turns it takes or the destination it leads to.

Get your priorities straight and decide what you want to do in life and do it.

Hey man don't be scared, but yes i'm you 15 years from now. I know that in your mind there is so much more for you than to continue in your school, but we need to talk I have come back to set us staight . I know that our girlfriend is with child, and you are serching for the best thing to do. you are young and believe that your fathers success can help define you. This is not the right thinking. We do need a home and to be able to raise our children, but by droping out all we do is open ourselves up for all kind of dissappointments. You will fall in with people that you would not have if you stayed in school . Drugs and alcohol will consume our lives, and tear our family appart. By the time you are my age you are single, you do own your on buissness, but it is struggling along. If you would have desided to follow your dream you would at my age already be a well respected lawyer. Instead I have to fight the battle of regaining the respect that we deserve. Follow your dreams.

If I had the opportunity to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior I would definitely encourage proper preparation. Study more; pay close attention, and no goofing off. However, in reality knowing what I know now I would have to go even further back in time than, my senior year, for the proper preparation to fully excel in my collage experience. If I knew then what I know now I definitely would have taken steps in the right direction to better prepare. I am here now, and there is nothing I can do to change the path I have chosen or how prepared I am. But, by having the experience and knowledge I have, I can encourage, empower, and inspire, my three small children to take steps in the right direction preparing for collage. Even though we can not go back in time and correct mistakes or our wrong doings we can use these lessons learned to better prepare our future generation.

There are a couple of things I would change if it were possible to go back in time. I would have preferred to earn a Commonwealth of Kentucky diploma instead of a standard. It would only have involved me taking a few extra courses and completing some community service. At the time it didn?t even occur to me to try but the benefit would have been well worth it. I also wish I had worked with my school resource center to get more information about taking the SAT and ACT exams. Since I knew where I wanted to go to college and what the requirements where I elected to only take the ACT. Looking back it would have been wise to take both. Plus if I had taken skill building practice classes I could have improved my score. Academic success in college involves being well organized. However, you also need to be able to balance socializing and commitments outside of school. The best way I know to achieve this is through careful preparation, being focused and disciplined. I can?t go back in time to help myself but hopefully my insight can help someone else.

If I were able to go back in time and give myself advice based on the knowledge I know now, I would definitely tell myself that the word can't, is not allowed in my vocabulary, and that anything is possible remember never give up and always keep your goals in mind as you strive for what you want to gain out of life, no matter what it may be, the truth is your future is in your hands and no one else's. You must always stay positive and motivated, in the end if you work hard enough your outcome will be your success, if you work hard and yet you fail you are not working hard enough. Always remember who you are and how far you have come and how much further you can go live to learn and learn to succeed.

If I could go back in time to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself to take things one day at a time. There is no rush to get everything done at the same time. Pace yourself and give yourself the time to not only enjoy your time in college but also to enjoy life in general. Always make time for everything and use to-do lists for everything to be able to get everything done. Most importantly, surround yourself with a lot of support. You cannot get through anything without the support from your family and friends. Ask them for help whenever you feel like you want to give up, even if it's just to hear a pep talk or to vent. It definately helps. Finally, always approach your everything in life with the same joy and wonder as a child. You will be surprised how much you learn when you approach everyithing with an open and nonjudgmental mind.

The advice I would give myself is to continue getting the best grades possible, and stay focus while in your senior year of high school. I also would tell myself to listen to what it is that your teachers are asking you to do and do it. Because in higher education you are going to have the professor lecture and teach you. In high school you have the teachers who are almost babysitting you. But at the university you are there to listen to the professor, understand what he is teaching. Then you apply what you have learned to your field of study and your everyday life. Math for an example, I have learned to love it. I realized it is not just about numbers, shapes, and lines. It is also applicable to situations you might face in life. I would also tell myself to always do your best, because doing your best work always pays off. I did do my best and I have made the dean's list because of it. Finally, I would say to myself focus, listen, and apply yourself, and you will be greatly rewarded.

My advice would be to stay focused on your education and get everything possible out of it. Now that I have made this transition to go back to school after 20 years I have learn that procrastination was my biggest downfall. I am doing very well in my first term thanks to staying focused and motivated. I am so tired of these dead end jobs even though I made decend paychecks but when your supervisor comes to you and say your job has been eliminated, what are you going to do now. My advice to myself was to find a field that's in demand along with something that I enjoy doing will work for me. When having to start all over in the work field at my age is not a good thing. So stay in school and stay focused and look at the big picture. It always get greater later. I am working on my associate's now after all these years in Health Information Technology. Where as I could have had this plus a masters degree years ago. So don't put off what you can do today. I'm living proof.

If I could go back in time, and talk to myself as a high school senior, my advice would be, stay strong, think past today and plan for the future. I would let myself know that life will not get any easier than it is today. Sure there will be tons of parties, trips and fun, but to stay focused and finish school. I would tell myself to take school seriously, and don?t just attend the first two weeks and quit until the next semester. I would tell myself that one day I will want more, and one day I will wish I had more and one day I will have a child that I would want to follow in my foot steps by completing college and getting a degree. I would tell myself that sure, I can find a job that would pay good money, but if I want to be truly happy, I need to find a career, something that will fill my soul and make me happy. There is so much I would tell myself if I could turn back the hands of time. I guess that is all a part of the growing process.