Personal Narrative: How My 5th Grade I Changed My Life

I have always played the same three sports in elementary school, baseball, soccer and basketball but the summer before 7th grade I wanted the try something new and play football but because I didn't know much about it I was having a hard time deciding if I was going to play or not. But When football season came around i signed up.

Sophomore year was extremely difficult for me. You know how most people go through a rough patch at some point in their life? Well, that was me all of Sophomore year, everything just seemed too big and scary to deal with, and so I basically put everything off. The guidance counselors always use to say when we were going into high school that we would need to stay on top of things before they started to pile up. I just thought that they were just being dramatic to try and scare us into doing our work, but they really weren’t. By the time I realized this, however, it was a little too late, and I was faced with two options; attend summer school to regain the credit that I had lost, or face my peers when school started up again and be two credits

So the first thing I want to talk about is how middle school changed my life. When I was first coming into middle school, I was really scared and nervous about a lot of things like not being able to open your locker, bad people, swearing, and a lot of other stuff. Once I first came into middle school, things were, well a lot different than expected. I had no problem opening my locker, the “scary” people weren’t that scary, and swearing was just blocked out of my mind. I really wasn’t that nervous the next day and I just went on going to classes and learning like I usually did. Now about a few months into the school year, I kept on meeting people and making more friends. Little did I know that I would meet my best friend. Like BEST FRIEND.

Your marriage day, the birth of your children, the day a parent died, these are a handful of the events that stick with you for the rest of you life. These are events that no matter what happens later on in life, are permanently ingrained in your memory for the rest of your life. These are memories that are so incredibly vivid that you remember where you where, what you were doing, and even what you were wearing when it took place. I remember experiencing an event like this in middle school, and it has changed my life.

One thing I will never forget is my fifth grade year, it was one of my best moments. My class made ROVs, had a real life job, owned fake money and owned our own stores. The fifth grade really was the opposite of ennui and had new things right around the corner. 5th grade was by far the best school year of my life. And it all started with ROVs.

Life is a roller coaster it has many ups and downs. My 8th grade year was going down like the dropping point on a roller coaster, I was missing school, because my stomach kept getting sick from the food I was eating, which the doctors are calling ‘IBS’. By missing school it made me miss lessons, and assignments. I wouldn't fully understand the assignments so when I turned them in I didn’t get good grades.Instead of getting A’s, I started getting C’s.Those got me in trouble.And to make things worse, before school, one morning I woke up with bad lower back pain, pain in my shoulders, and in my neck.My mom took me to the chiropractor to fix it, it helped my shoulders and neck, but it irritated my back making the pain worse.This and my stomach

So, far sixth grade has been quite interesting for me. First, I will tell you about my personality. Next, I will tell you special learning traits I have. Last, I will tell you my goals for sixth grade. You are going to know a lot about me when you are done reading my essay.

Have you ever wanted to do something very bad? So you done it anyway? It was between my 8th grade and my freshman year. I made a horrible mistake, but I learned something really valuable. I wish I never did what I did, but if I didn’t do it. I wouldn’t of learned the lesson I did. I lied to my parents.

High school has changed me a lot, then I thought It would. It's probably made me a better person and thinks a lot smarter. Last year I worry about other than myself now I realize you have to sometime think about yourself. I watch out what I say now because sometimes you just have to keep it to yourself. Friends lost a lot of them, they just took the wrong path, so now I try to stick to a small group of friends instead of being in big groups of friends like I use to. I trust less people because I asked people a question that I knew already and they would lie to my face with no smile just a dead serious face so I have a little bit of a trust issue. I'm more discipline in Middle school I was a kid that wouldn’t like to listen to people because

Middle school was a mess. Puberty was punching me in the face. I was emotionally unstable (still am), awkward, clumsy, and lengthy. I wanted to fit in and be well liked. 6th grade year is comical now that I look back on it. 7th grade I was still struggling with school. 8th grade year was the year I started doing really well in school.

Fifth grade was a new year for everyone. Everyone starting to try being something they aren’t. I became really close with four friends in fifth grade, Alexis, Maya, Sadie, and Sophia. Sophia and I were born on the same day, in the same hospital, in a connected room, with only forty-one minutes between our births. We became friends in first grade, we were both in Mrs. Emerick’s class, then we were both some of the smartest and everyone asked us for help on classwork. Then our friendship came to a standstill for second-grade to the beginning of fifth grade. In fourth grade, in Penn Wynne Singers (chorus) Maya and I had assigned seats next to each other. We made each others’ acquaintance and gradually became friends that way. I was introduced

As I started middle school three years ago here at Rocky Top, I don't even remember what I was thinking. Probably nervous, worried, stressed out. As I went through these three years at Rocky Top, I've grown up many different ways. Not just me every one of you have, you can't tell me that you’re the same person you were when you walked through the doors 3 years ago. We’ve all evolved as people every year we were here. More independent, mature, and as we leave middle school we see the world much differently than we did as little 6th graders.

When I received the grade for my first exam, I was shocked. I was confident in myself but I didn’t think I would’ve scored that high. Though I received an 84, it was the best grade I could’ve gotten. With all the material that the professor went over through lecture and the material from the book was a tremendous amount to remember.

The last nine years have gone by so fast. Watching my sister graduate back in 5th grade, I never thought this day would come. The only thing I was thinking about was when we would eat dinner that night. Now that this day is finally here, I can't believe it. I have had so much fun and made so many great memories here at St. Mary's. Walking into kindergarten with my parents to meet my teacher, I was nervous. I never thought I would make so many friends. Then, kindergarten was over and it was off to first grade. I had my own desk, and there was no nap time. After experiencing my first fire drill and growing bean plants by the window, it was time for second grade. In second grade, I made my first communion and I played an angel in the Christmas pageant. Then it was over, and my last year at the PGC began. Third grade was one of the best school years I had. I loved watching Because of Winn Dixie and reading books on Mrs. Wetherald's couch. Third grade went by in a flash, and my time at the PGC was over. I was very nervous to move to the UGC, but after the first week, I knew I was going to have a lot of fun. Gym class was so much different from the PGC, and I liked it a lot more. Fourth grade seemed to last forever, having fun with my friends and doing word searches while sitting in bean bags. However, all good things must come to an end.

My 6th Grade year was pretty good. I got pretty good grades, made some friends, and had lots of fun!