Sophomore year. Those two words pretty much explain themselves. For those of you who have not experienced this time in your life yet I will give you a little scoop on what it's like.

     Coming into this school year I wasn't to afraid as I was going into freshman year. The reason being that Atrisco Heritage is a new school and there is no upper class men. We, as sophomore were the upper class men. Knowing that gave me a little more courage.

    At the beginning of the year I came in feeling no different than I did the year before. Maybe my style was a little different and I looked a little older but the feeling of being back at school was the same. I still had all the same friends as the year before, and we hung out all summer, so that made everything a lot easier. It's pretty scary meeting new people, well at least for me it is. Looking at all the kids from freshman year and seeing how some changed and how some stayed exactly the same was pretty exciting. Its crazy how people change just over one summer. One thing I noticed though is that the kids change but the teachers stay exactly the same. There's those teachers that you really liked and your excited to be in their class, but on the other side of the bracket there's the teachers that are really tough and take everything really serious. The classes as a sophomore are a little bit more difficult. The teachers have higher expectations, even more then they did before. Each year you get older the expectations get higher.

     Sophomore year doesn't just involve school. Being a sophomore you get much more privileges. My parents let me do plenty more then what they let me as a freshman. They let me hang out with my friends a lot, and they gave me a lot of trust (which, by the way i still have.) I didn't do one thing this year to were my parents couldn't trust me anymore. But I defiantly had a lot of fun with my friends. We did so many crazy things. Maybe even to crazy to put in words. I hung out with quite a group. There are mostly guys, but that's only because I think girls are drama, and I really don't need that stress added on to all the other stress you get from high school. Anyway, there is one girl that is drama free and I wouldn't trade her for all the money in the world. I call her my sister. For the last two and a half years we've been right by each others side. I can defiantly say our relationship has grown a hundred times a million over the past year and as the years go on hopefully it keeps growing and growing. There's not a better feeling then having a good friend by your side.

     Each year in your life you learn something new. Being a fifteen year old sophomore I learned that everything is getting more real. As you get older you learn that you have much more responsibilities and realize your only a couple of years away of being out in the real world, on your own. Myself as an individual, I feel I am ready for anything that is coming my way. I am willing to take on any challenge. So bring it on junior year.