Fall 2011:Best quarter academically of the school year.
Worked the hardest in the fall. Juggled sports medicine internship, catering, and
four classes. I think this was one of the best academic quarters because I liked the
majority of the courses I was taking, general/organic chemistry lab, molecular
biology, and Chinese. The one class that I did poorly in was organic chemistry. As
for the internship, I quickly learned that I didn't like it at all, but stuck it out for
most of the quarter. It was a good experience though, but definitely not
something for me. I was not willing to be someone that worked that hard for such
little payoff for people who didn't appreciate it at all. I just did not like the idea
of the athletics program at UCLA. The environment of the whole thing was simply
too cutthroat and unsupportive for my liking. Catering went as usual. Social life
remained the same. I got closer to my roommates and maintained my relationships
that I formed last year.

Winter 2012: Nothing exciting.
Grades were sad. Started the CalTeach internship. Found it really interesting to
learn about the way people learn. Had a lot of fun going to the elementary school
every week to help out in the classroom and learn more about teaching. Started
taking Korean. Found it very interesting at first. Got closer to Jackie. Took one of
the hardest lab classes offered at UCLA. I really enjoyed doing the labs, but I simply
did not do well enough on the final for my professor's liking. Thus, did not do very
well in the class overall despite my performance in the labs. Work went as usual.
Social life continued to remain stagnant.

Spring 2012: Worst quarter academically of the school year.
Grades were saddest. Continued on with the CalTeach internship. On to middle
school. I hated it. Definitely did not learn as much as I hoped to learn about
learning as I wanted to. I suppose it was a good experience learning about how a
normal middle school functions and connecting teaching strategies that are still
used now to what was used when I was in middle school. But overall, not a
pleasant experience. Continued to take Korean. Found it boring. Decided to not
continue my pursuit of Korean. Started taking Japanese again. Remembered why
I liked it so much. My favorite class of the quarter. The other courses... let's not
talk about. Work remained the same. Social life... I became a lot closer to Eve and
Corrina, but not drifted from Jackie. Still maintained old friendships.

Overall:
Was too busy to be lonely. Much better than freshman year. Finally let go of senior
year swim team. Bad relations with mother on what to do in the future. Did
horrible in school. A very calm and okay second year.

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