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How To Write A Personal Narrative Essay

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Imagine a girl, only six, preoccupied with the normal aspirations of a child, clueless as to the chaos bound to ensue. Now envision her life thrown into a pandemonium of distress and disorder. Her father, no longer there, but seven thousand miles away. Her mother, five siblings, and her— soon to follow. But nevertheless, they return, only to face a plethora of inauspicious obstacles. I’m that girl, now seventeen. And this is my story. I grew up in many places, but Falls Church, Virginia was my first home. And as a child, I not only loved school, but I excelled in it. Until about two weeks into the first grade, when my whole family relocated to Jordan, where my father had been for the past few months. And for a young girl, with no experience living anywhere besides the U.S., it was life changing. At first, it was placid, serene, but after about a year, our savings began to rapidly vanish. By the end of our stay, we couldn’t afford chicken, or any other meat, and my parents realized the inevitable; we needed to return to the U.S. But the damage had already been done. My father couldn’t come back and my mother made the trip alone with us kids. And when we returned, she often reminds me, she only had …show more content…

That year, I won the most awards at my graduation, including the Rotary Club Award. Not to mention, I was signed up for all honors courses next year. I had seen what a lack of education had done to my father. I became determined, adamant, to thrive and to, one day, go to college. But I often questioned whether or not that would be possible given our socioeconomic situation. Thus, I endeavored to overcome and perhaps receive a scholarship, and now, in eleventh grade, I’m an I.B. Diploma Candidate. And I may not know what career I want to pursue, but true passion takes time. In many ways, I’m still that little girl, only stronger and engrossed in the world of adolescence rather than of

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