Personal Narrative-I Didn T Letdown Like Me !

An event that clearly marked my transition from childhood to adulthood was the truly eye-opening experience of attending a Kairos retreat. For those unfamiliar with Kairos, it is a four-day religious retreat in which you and a small group of students come together to more learn about God, themselves, and others in a setting that completely removes you from the daily distractions and stresses of the outside world. Everyone, including myself, was able to share the personal stories about the struggles that they have faced and are continuing to face every day of their lives and offer support to others that may be going through similar things. We laughed together, we cried together, and we created strong relationships and friendships with people, some of which we hadn’t spoken a word to or even known by

Sometimes it is hard to live up to the person who you want to be like or even try to be different in your own way. I have always heard the phrase "You can be just like Julie," but maybe I never wanted to be. These t-shirts that I have chosen, will express who I am, will tell you how I became me, how my life has changed for the better, and how I made the decisions I chose that got me here. These t-shirts will tell you about my last years of high school, why I decided to attend where I did, winning and placing at state and national competitions for SkillsUSA (that is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workplace), all the way up to my decision for attending two different colleges within a year. I have faced some struggles but I always pushed through because of the decisions I made for myself.

Yeah, I’m just a normal kid with a normal life like any other normal person. Name’s Sami Flurpi by the way. I know, a horrible last name. But anyway I didn’t want to get up for school. Like any normal kid. It was 6:00 in the morning for crying out loud! But I had to or else my mom would be yelling at me like “You’re going to miss the bus blah blah blah.” So I got up and got dressed, and brushed my teeth and all that fun stuff. I was just imagining the delicious French Toast and pancakes I would be receiving when I saw my favorite shirt on the kitchen table. With sharpie all over it.

Have you ever been in a situation where you just felt like giving up? Sometimes when I have a hard project at school or doing a workout I just feel like giving up and taking a nap. But as I have grown up my parents have taught me to never give up and keep pushing through. The most important things I have learned have been from my role models and parents. They strive me to never give up, to push through tough times, and try again even if I fail.

Throughout my life i’ve experienced many things I didn’t agree with. Many things that have tested me and many things that have changed me. I’ve had to learn to accept people. I’ve had to learn that people will be different from me. One of my biggest challenges is my mom. She’s very different from me. Her and I don’t see eye to eye. She has influenced me to be different from her and she gave me the experiences to understand how to accept her and other people.

Never giving up is something I have had to remind myself daily because no matter what

The day started out by me waking up, obviously, and getting ready. I was waiting for Kaycee to get done with her high school thing. She finally come to my house around 10:30. Jenny was still sleeping so we both waited for her to wake up and get ready. She lived about a block away from me at the time so it wouldn't take long. We were already late by the time she woke up. Jenny picked us up at like 11:00 and we were off to warped tour! On the way there I was so hype, I swear! I was shaking and crying at the same time lmao! We met Tanner there with her dad, we all dressed almost exactly alike, we didn't even plan it! As we were getting closer to the entrance, all you could hear was people screaming and the loud screaming music! Then I started getting super excited, I just wanted to

I have many fascinating, surprising, and incredible events in my life. The events that will always be important part of my memories. One of the event is about my experience when I first went to my new middle school right after coming to the U.S. The 1st day of school that allowed me to understand and realize of the new and different disparate school environment. Its name was Ellicott Mills Middle school, located in Ellicott City, and I was about to enter in 7th grade.

On Monday I woke up, got ready for school, walked out the door, realised that I didn’t have school, walked back inside, and quietly went back to bed. This happened to me two more times before I got used to sleeping in. The sleeping part was by far my favorite I think my break was slow because I slept, Watched Netflix, and watched Youtube.

My life in many ways has not aligned with the norm. From kindergarten through all of high school, I was homeschooled. This made me different from many of my friends who went to traditional school. However, I was also different from many of the children in the homeschooling circles, in my interests and more outgoing personality. As a child, while I enjoyed playing with my friends from church and the neighborhood, I also really enjoyed listening to NPR, radio dramas, and watching documentaries. I am comfortable and accustomed to being a little different from others. When I was 16, I began to attend College of Lake County. There, my age is what separated me from my peers. I was never afraid or ashamed to talk about what made me unique, and one of my favorite things is learning what makes others individuals and their quarks. However, there is something that makes me different than many of those I’m surrounded by, that for many years I hid, denied, and felt ashamed of.

Which will it be?Murderer or Hero? My fate hangs on the edge of this razor blade. I look at the cool piece of metal in my hand. How can I take this life? Maybe this heartless man does have a family? I stare into the ceiling not thinking clearly. This is my only chance to kill the man who murdered my friend James.

     On Monday March 25, some members of the baseball team, my girlfriend, and I traveled to Murray State University to watch a concert performed by Nelly and the St. Lunatics. It was a terrible night to go anywhere because it was raining and storming the whole way, but there was nothing that was going to stop us from going to the concert. We where all so hyped up about it and couldn’t wait to head out. My brother, who attends Murray State, had gotten us excellent seats about seventy-five feet away from the stage.

Have you ever experienced something that helped you realize just how special you truly are? It is a moment we look back on as the key turning point in our lives. We all have them. This experience helps us visualize what our future holds. It may lead us to compare ourselves to older figures, hoping that we can someday sit in the same ranks as them. No matter how substantial your experience, it will have a lasting impact on your life.

The concert was about to start. The opening band that played was Alice in Chains. I love Alice in Chains. My favorite songs from Alice in Chains are Rooster and Man in the Box. There were other bands that I didn’t know of. They were awesome, so I saved the name of the bands in my phone so I could listen to them later. All the bands lasted for two hours, then Five Finger Death Punch came out. Everyone was hooping and hollering. I’ve never been more excited for anything.

It was a nine and a half hour drive and it definitely felt like it was way longer. On the way up my friend Gillian’s mom taught us hot to-do origami and showed us how to make paper airplanes. for a good three and a half hours we were interested in our ninja stars and paper cranes. We stopped multiple times for gas and to use the restroom. It felt like every ten minutes someone needed to go. At around 10:30 we all fell asleep, well except for the driver.