Personal Narrative: Finding Myself In High School

Through my time growing up in Corona Queens as a kid I had come to realize something, I was beginning to get shorter as time progressed, the odd part was that I was the tallest in my class, standing at 5,10 in the 7th grade I was considered tall for a kid my age, in addition to only being 12 but regardless as I kept on coming home, I only felt as if I'm getting shorter. one day returning from the library and my reading session about the book Nature I was still in shock about what Henry David Thoreau has said about "sucking the marrow of life", and as I was attempting to think of how I can accomplish what he said, I fell and nearly broke my skull. it was then that I realized that what seemed like a footstep to walk into my home was a 10ft fall.

Going through high school the days were all the same, except for game days. There was just something different about the culture of the school. You could almost feel the excitement in the air. Every “Good luck tonight,” that was received made it feel like the whole school was rooting for me. This was my senior year and tonight was an especially big game. The game that night would decide if we made playoffs and if I could step on the court as a Hawk again.

Coming into high school was amazing because it was nice to experience, a whole new school setting. But in reality my first year was the worst year. I lost my grandfather along with three uncles, and it shook my whole year. The fact that i am still in school is outstanding, when i look upon it. The most difficult obstacle for me was getting back on track after what i went through my freshman year high school.

My transition into high school was as easy as taking a breath. I had always found school quiet easy and I never had to put much effort into getting promising grades. Before high school I had my whole life figured out, or at least I thought I did. I had planned that I would attend a law school or major in English. After a while of being in high school I started to realize many things. My parents did not have the financial stability to send me to a law school, I was not as smart as all the other kids, little by little I began struggling with a negative mentality about myself and my future. I slowly let go of my dream of becoming a lawyer and decided to join the Health Careers Academy. Soon enough, I began to have a deep interest in the medical field but then again I continued to have the same question; how can I afford going to a medical school? I did not know much about college or what it took to get into college. I assumed I just had to have a pretty transcript and that was all it took. My self confidence began to lower as I saw how other students cruised through their high school years so effortlessly. I never wanted to ask for help because I did not want to seem “dumb”. I would bite my tongue and hold in all the unanswered questions I had. My junior year, I was having a very difficult time. I had a tight schedule which consisted of almost all AP or honors courses. I slowly began to give up because I did not believe that I could do it. I let my grades slip failing almost

Growing up I learned about financial trouble by my parents telling me that Santa’s workshop is under construction, so he’s limited on supplies. I got told that at a young age and at the time I didn’t understand. Once I got older and started following financial situations and saving money, I realized what they meant. Looking back at it now, it isn’t a big deal because I understand what happened. At the time I was upset because I knew I wasn’t going to get everything on my list.

Going into High School I didn’t know what to expect, I was nervous but I knew what classes I wanted to take and get over with. World Geography was an option and I was discussing it with my sister, she did let me know that there would be mostly all sophomores in that class because it was a sophomore class. That did get me a bit nervous because I only work well with a certain amount of people. The first day of school I was a little calm because when I walked in, I already knew most of the people in my class. Somethings that I will take from World Geography is how I somehow managed to improve on my time management skills, with the help of Mr. Brubaker and DJ, I got to see what I needed to improve in my writing and I took what I learned in this

As a freshman in high school I woke up every morning before all of my fellow classmates and came to school an hour early. But I didn’t mind, because now I was apart of the Broadcasting Team. I didn’t mind waking up earlier because being there made me feel more awake than ever before. My early morning dedication persisted, all four years of high school. The rush of adrenaline after running my first broadcast has continued to drive my desire to learn all aspects of broadcasting. I can’t imagine doing anything else. I will graduate college and then work toward “running the board” for a major news

Last year, I was shy of speaking English because I didn’t know a lot. I was afraid that the people would laugh about me If I said something wrong. But the last day of school, my English ESL (English Second Language) told me, “Saul, come”, so I went, “I just wanted to tell you that you have developed your English a lot, and next year you are not going to be in the ESL program anymore, I don’t want you to be afraid of talking English. Good luck.” I thought she was right, so this year I’m not scared of talking English anymore.

" Are you twin sisters ? " This question is not particularly uncommon for both Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein , though they never truly know how to respond . Separated at birth to the power of a secret research project , neither twin knew of the other's existence until 35 years later , when they came to know the terms of their own being . While the other's presence in their lives is something they've grown accustomed to , being in each others company can sometimes be an uncomfortable situation . Both twins have similar basic tastes of / for books and music , yet there is something unexplainably different about them that makes it hard for them and other individuals to realize how each girl is her own person with a different life story . So

High school is a time for growth– self-discovery, recognizing your learning style and learning the fundamentals of schooling to prepare for a successful college experience. And yet, for one reason or another, thirty-one incoming juniors were chosen to skip all that.

I was like a toddler learning to swim. As a sophomore, I was barely navigating the tumultuous waters of high school. I was in over my head. Nearing the halfway mark in high school, it was surely time for me to have something figured out- for me to know where I wanted to go to school, or at the very least what I wanted to study at the next level. For two years, I had drifted along without much forward thought, only concerning myself with the next project that was due or the next presentation that lie ahead. In fact, if it weren’t for my parents’ concern, perhaps I’d still be in that float-like lifestyle today. However, the lollygagging came to a definitive end on a sizzling June weekend in the Bay Area.

Every since I was younger, I was never the person to go around and talk about myself, even though I was quite an outgoing child. Now, years later, after maturity- and a freshman English class- I am doing just that. When I was eleven years old, I moved in with my grandparents, I am quite a competitive person, and I aspire to become an Abnormal Child

I am one of the few people that get to experience having a twin. We were born in Springfield, Missouri on October 14th. I was 5 pounds and my sister, Mariah, was 4. We were a month premature so we had a few health problems. Mariah and I were both born with holes in our hearts. As we grew, the holes fixed themselves. Unfortunately, this was not the end. Mariah was kept in the ICU for a few months after we were born. When I was about 6-8 months old, I came down with whooping cough. I fought through and barely made it. I grew up in Marshfield. My favorite thing to do was read. I would read instead of watching tv or I would go outside and play with Mariah in the mud. When my brother, Jordan and my nephews and nieces started to be being born. I became a mother hen. This is where I believe my care and love for children came in.

Throughout my life, I’ve dealt with many challenges, which have resulted in different outcomes, but have also sent me in the right direction. Not everyone deals with the same challenges thus being because every single person doesn’t think the same. For everyone not just children, but also adults have obstacles in their lives; it could be financially or simply just something that could be easily fixed. None of us can say that we've never said “ Everything is going wrong,” at some time or another it's been said; maybe not in those exact words but it may have been related to it. As humans, we all have our times of despair; when we don’t like the way something turned out to be, however there are people in the world that have to face far worse challenges than we’ll ever face.

My entire life has been full of three of me. My brother, my sister, and myself. I say three of me because my siblings and I are the same age. We were all born on the third of June in nineteen ninety-nine. It has always been this way – the three of us. We are the musketeers, always by each other’s side. We have been through ups and downs and everything in between. For the past eighteen years, all I have known was my siblings and the comfort that they bring. Not only are they the other two-thirds to my life, but they are my best friends. Jaelyn and Dakota (my sister and brother, respectively) are my guidance, security, and sanity.