Personal Narrative: My Change In 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

In 2015 when i was in 5th grade i changed schools to lafayette parish school and the food was BAD.And the kids were mean well alot of them.The wait for our parents and the long line of cars,and they made us pay alot of money.So we moved to scott middle and i liked it some of my friends were there and the gym was fun the food was good unlike the other school.But it changed my life because i used to be like a little trouble maker well not that much but until i came here i was not so much trouble.I was happy and i loved the teachers and it made a change in my life i dont really like the teachers that much over here i love them,and the work may be hard,but i know it no matter how hard it is i will get

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.

Middle school is kinda weird, especially if it's your first year. Your meeting new teachers, students so it will be awkward at first, but then you get to know everyone in your class. I was a different kid before I Entered middle school, I was really immature, quite short

I was terrified of starting middle school. I had attended the same elementary school for seven years, change scared me. I’ve now realized how important change is, and to not fear it.

This girl and I actually became best friends, however, for only a year. I finally moved on with my life and forgot about her. I found “the love of my life.” We dated for a year and a half. Afterward, the same girl who I thought was my best friend took him away from me. I was at the lowest point in my life. I did not want to go to school because I had classes with her. I felt like it was the end if the world. So instead of feeling depressed I started to hang out with my other friends. But, all they did was get in trouble and I did not want to be apart of

2010 is the year everything changed, for me at least. It’s the year I started middle school. What this transition changed was not a religious or intellectual belief but a belief about society. The belief that people are the same.

When I moved to Cape Girardeau from California to attend SEMO, I knew that I would need a job and that it had to be something simple and part-time. Only a week after moving here, my step-cousin Melissa, the director of the after school program at the St. Mary’s Cathedral, mentioned to me over a family dinner that there was a position open. She then continued by asking me, “Would you be interested? You would work with kids and it’s only from three to six on the weekdays.”

The term "life-changing" is often thrown around. Whether is be a new diet, a summer camp, or a mission trip, many things can be considered life-changing depending on who you ask. When I started high school, I had no sense of who I was or what I wanted to do. I was a young freshman who just tried to get by with decent grades and a group of friends, but not much more than that. At that point, there was no path for me to follow, but there was an open field for me to explore. And boy did I explore it.

It’s 11:30 pm and I’m just getting back home from a full day at school and then a 7 and a half hour shift at work. Everyone else at home is asleep, rejuvenating for tomorrow. Quietly I go up to my room with my backpack on my back accompanied with fatigue on my heels. As I trudge up the stairs, I mentally calculate what homework, tests, and projects need to be completed by tomorrow. By twelve AM, I am finally starting my schoolwork, in the dark silence of my room until I am confident I understand the material and have finished all of my work. Drifting into sleep, I think “No one truly knows how hard I am working, it better pay off…”

When considering my transition out of the classroom and into a new professional role I cannot imagine a more perfect fit than the Volunteer Coordinator position. I have found in my teaching tenure that there is nothing more rewarding than having a positive impact on a young individual’s life. The Volunteer Coordinator position would allow me to recruit, train and engage volunteers for an opportunity that will hopefully be a life-changing experience for them and the individuals in the PALS community. To me, having the ability to impact someone’s life in that way would be constantly rewarding. I enjoy working collaboratively to come up with new ideas which would be helpful in expanding the organization’s reach. I am willing to travel and would

Throughout my childhood and academic career, I have changed my educational and occupational goals so many times I can’t even remember. But through it all, I kept one thing the same: the desire to be happy and successful. However, as it is commonly said, you don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been. The most important thing about me is that I am an introverted extrovert. Paradox, I know. Yes, I am friendly and sociable, but I also love to have alone time and don’t let people in a lot. This is partly why it was so difficult for me to write this essay. However, I want you to know me, the real me.

What would I change in school today to make it better? Thats a good question.

The shrill bell rings throughout Cambridge-Isanti High School at 2:50 p.m. signaling the end of a school day. Among the crowded halls full of students trying to leave as quickly as possible, Rachel leisurely heads to where she plans on meeting her friends: Sadie, Molly, and Payton. With the background noise of lockers opening and closing as well as the people chatting around her, Rachel says goodbye to her classmates and grabs her black and white Under Armour backpack from Mrs.Hennen's prep room as she greets her friends, so they all can go to swimming practice together. “We always have met up there,” Rachel says, “it's a tradition.”