Graduation-Personal Narrative

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It was early in my first semester on a Friday, when I first chose to spend a weekend partying with friends outside of Binghamton University's swim team. After a grueling practice, there was a discussion in the locker room about party plans for that night and for the night after. As a shy and modest freshman, I kept my thoughts to myself. Meanwhile, the upper classmen were brainstorming ideas for a party theme. As the team was changing, the brainstorming continued and I unexpectedly got a text message from a Calculus classmate who I met earlier that week. He was inviting me to a social festivity with him and other new classmates of mine that night. At the very moment I finished reading that text, one of the captains shouted, "Hey Artie! You're coming with us, right?" There was an everlasting pause from the moment he said "right?" with inquiry in his voice, making it clear that he was expecting an answer. The demanding question caught me off guard, and I stood there gaping while I was still holding my phone which was still opened to the text message that I just received. There was an awkward pause before I came up with an answer. It took three "Mississippi seconds" of weird silence for everyone in the locker room to look up and stare at me while waiting for a response. For those three long seconds I was unsure of what to say and how to express my true interests. I felt

I had my cousins and aunts and uncles. I also had my grandparents from my dad’s side. So it was as if a part of home was coming with me. It was August so my cousins didn’t have to enter school until the 3rd of september, we had our fun but summer had to come to an end and they had to go to school. Of course my mom being the forgetful woman she is, forgot my transfer papers so I didn’t enter school until a week later. I remember my first day of school was awkward, I didn’t know anybody besides my cousin. Which I’m thankful for because she’s the one who made this situation a lot easier. She introduced me to some of her friends and that very same day I met many great friends. Some of which I still talk to, to this

It was the year to prepare for prom, and graduation. Spite of this events; senior year is not to slack. In senior year I still had to get straight A’s thus my GPA will not fall downhill. I had to still meet the deadlines with the senior activities or requirements. I had to purchase the cap and gown with the entrance ticket for my graduation. During the month of April I started to go to the shopping malls to find the perfect dresses for prom and graduation day. The dress for graduation had to be a light color, and appropriate to wear under the white gown. Finally I found the perfect dress after four hours trying dresses

With any party comes the planning, you have to plan every detail. All of this for just one night. All of these stress on a 14 year old. Trying to keep up with school work while in their free time they are planning a different part of the party. It seems like anything anyone says bothers you. After this day you get to do more of your own things. You get to have more freedom.

Christmas break was right around the corner and everyone was talking about the senior Christmas dance. I was debating for weeks on whether I should go, but sadly it was too late when I finally decided I would go. All my friends at lunch were talking about their dresses. All I could do was sink down into my seat and try to block out their words. My good friend Megan noticed my glum face.

On my way to my high school graduation at Eastern Randolph High School, I had a mixture of emotions, but then I remembered that I had forgotten the most important item for the day, like forgetting to study for a test that counts fifty percent of a grade. My graduation cap and tassel were left in the bag that I bought them in. I called my mom immediately, hoping she could still bring them to me on time. She would not pick up the phone. I had to let someone know I had a major problem. Thankfully, there were extra caps and tassels but in exchange of borrowing one, I had to leave my phone which made me experience the same feeling I have when I have to leave my little brother with his babysitter and see him cry.

So, it was just a normal day at school and I would have never expected what happened to happen. At that point in the school year I had been programing a Sphero for about 2-3 weeks and my teacher asked me if that weekend I would present the Sphero to other teachers. She wanted me to help her show the other teachers how the Sphero could be used for education. I accepted and the instant I arrived home told my mom. She told me I could go then the next day I excitedly told my teacher I could go.

The night of graduation we all lined up the same way we did at practice, ABC order, as I walked out I felt so rewarded that I was able to make it to my high school graduation. We all sat in a huge gym surrounded by our loves ones, Black and gold caps and gowns filled the room. I waited anxiously for my name to be called; with my last name starting with a W I was pretty much at the end. I walked up and across the stage, shook their hand as I received my diploma and smiled for a picture. As I walked back to my seat I feel my eyes start to water because I felt so proud of myself that I made it to this point after years of hard work. I look around once I’m seated and see how happy everyone is. Next year everyone will be going their separate ways, starting college and making new friends. The ceremony ends with a bunch of smiles, some tears and caps being thrown up in the air while everyone is clapping for

My birthday falls on the last week of school most of the time. It doesn't really matter to me though, my family always celebrates it and gets me donuts in the morning before school. This last year, freshman year, was also the year that my sister, Hanna, with no h, mind you, graduated from high school. Graduation was just a few days after my birthday, so I was a little bothered with the fact that none of my extended family that came for Hanna’s graduation remembered my birthday. The day of my birthday, the little Facebook notification popped up on people’s screens telling all of my Facebook friends that it was my birthday. I got a whole 16 posts on my timeline from my Facebook friends! My aunt and uncle from Texas came for her graduation, and it wasn't until they went out to get my sister a graduation gift at Target that they had actually been reminded, by me, that it was my birthday and decided to buy me a “Star Wars” birthday card with Chewbacca on the front. I didn't get donuts that morning.

Flash-forward to the reception, and I was surrounded by unfamiliar, elderly people who claimed to be my relatives and asked me to dance. I spent most of the night making jokes with my brothers and consuming way too many cupcakes, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw my own grandmother dancing a polka dance she claimed to be

Once I was finished, I gathered up my cap and gown and my car keys and headed out the door. All the graduates had to meet in the high school library an hour before the ceremonies started, and I promised one of my best friends Tony that we would go together. I knocked on his back door and let myself in like I always do. All of his family members were running throughout the house trying to get ready. I asked his mom where Tony was and she proceeded to tell me that he was in the bathroom getting ready. I tapped on the door and walked in. He was standing in front of the mirror with his cap and gown on. He look me straight in the eyes and said,” Can you believe that we are about to graduate?”

Graduation day arrived and I had butterflies out of this world. It seemed as if I misplaced everything. I could not find my dress. My family came from one state to another. I finally got to the church were the commencement was going to be held. I

The day I graduated high school is the most important day of my life because I experienced a euphoric feeling. The excessive weight on my shoulders was released and I felt relieved. Throughout high school, I endured many sleepless nights due to homework that piled up because I was horrible at time-management. Also, procrastination always got the best of me and I spent many late nights drinking coffee to stay awake in order to study for quizzes and finals. High school definitely challenged me and I developed into a new version of myself after I graduated. My graduation day was a rollercoaster of emotions because I was anxious on the drive to school because of the tremendous amount of traffic. Naturally, stress came over me as I was about to arrive late to my own graduation. Truthfully, I was running late because I spent so much time straightening my thick, curly hair and applying makeup. After I applied some dark pink eyeshadow throughout my eyelids using a soft synthetic brush, I quickly applied a muted pink lipstick and rushed out of my room. Unfortunately, the time I spent applying my makeup was wasted because as soon as I

When I found out the next day, it had stung and I was hurt that I hadn’t been invited but I decided not to hold it against any of them and “bury the hatchet”, as they say and move on. Another example of forgiveness would be from a basketball game I’d played in a few years ago. The other team had a girl that had purposely pushed me and sprained my ankle, but the referee hadn’t seen it, so it wasn’t a foul. Instead of being angry and retaliating, which would have had serious consequences, I decided to forgive her and had taken her hand when she offered it to help me up. Basically, I was always taught that if you don’t forgive and forget, then those feelings of anger and bitterness will just bottle up inside and grow until they come out in a regretful explosion towards those who don’t deserve it. You may not consider these three values as important and vital as I do, and they may change and shift a few years down the road, but these were a few examples of the beliefs I have had rooted inside me since I’d been