Personal Narrative: My High School Career

My palms were sweating, my heart was racing, I had no idea what to expect or who I was going to meet. I was never the type of girl to embrace new situations, I hated change and I wasn’t very good with meeting new people. I figured once I got to high school it would be my chance to start all over, turn the page in my book of life, and flip over a new leaf. I wanted to finally be the girl that fit in with everyone. I had imagined myself going to parties with big groups of my new friends, having sleepovers and doing all of the things cool high school kids normally do. I was certain that my high school career would be just like one of those really corny teen movies and I would live happily ever after with the homecoming crown and the boy of my

It was May 25, 2018 at 7:47 in a steaming hot gymnasium when the name Anthony Joseph Sansalone was getting called from the loud speaker, the sixth to last person to receive their diploma I begun shaking the hands of all the board members and everything that I had known from the last 13 years at the same school was over and a new chapter of my life was stating to begin. A few seconds after receiving my diploma the Class President guided us to changing of our tassels from right to left then commencement was over and I was walking out with my future roommate at BGSU, Vincent Zhang, we looked at each other knowing that our high school career was descending and our college careers were lifting off together. High school was tuff for me due to the fact that I have know what I wanted to do since I was a freshman, I want to become an animator and work for an Academy Award winning company such as

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I have always been a studious school-minded person. I went to school at Miles Exploratory Learning Center aka Miles ELC from preschool to 8th grade. I was very hard working receiving all A's and B's throughout my schooling. I then moved to Tucson Magnet High School. I was top 25 out of 600+ kids in my class and got to wear an honors cord and be called up in front of everyone. I graduated high school with a 3.8 GPA something I am very proud of. I worked very hard in high school to make sure I graduated with good grades because I needed all the scholarships I could get to be able to afford college since I am white and middle class and not very many scholarships are offered to middle class families.

Growing up I always took part in extracurricular activities to be more active and social in my life. I grew up with two brothers who had very different interests in things than me so I had to rely on friends and activities to help me from becoming couch potato.

Throughout my whole high school career what has happened to me in my life has reflected on how I perform. The first two years of high school was smooth sailing for me. I had a little bump in the beginning of the semester. However, that was only for I was not use to the high school setting, so I was only trying to get comfortable with my teachers and their working style. I had the mindset at the time to only focus on school, for I did not have anything else to worry about. The classes I had were fairly simple to keep up with. I believe this was because I only had honors classes during this time, and only one AP class. The teachers I had did not have that many high expectations, as an AP teacher would.

I attended three different high schools as a teenager. I was a member of the JROTC program for four years. As devoted as I was I was on the unarmed drill team for two years at Roosevelt high school called the “ Riderettes “. My junior year of high school we actually made first place out of seventy schools in Kentucky, Louisville. Which means we qualified for Championship Daytona, Fl Nationals. It was a lifetime experience for me as a teenager. Who knew I would be going to Kentucky or Daytona for free with a team I can actually call my sisters. One of the most things I loved about my trip was the beach early in the morning with the sunrise out and all you could see was the beautiful blue waves washing over the shore.

Ever since I can remember I have been fortunate enough to have my parents and

When kids are first asked what they want to do when they grow up they typically list off things like a princess, superhero, fireman or a pilot. As everyone grows up these interests begin to morph as they mature and experience events. Since I started my high school career I have involved myself in many different activities that have shown a light on the type of career that I would like to purse at Indiana University.

Sometimes finding time to do everything you need to do is nearly impossible. Some people push somethings to the side for later, or they just completely forget about them. That is why my ability to balance all aspects of my life throughout my high school career has made me very proud. I have always loved playing sports, so when I got to high school, I was so ready to be one of those kids on the varsity team. I played basketball for two years and softball for two years, earning All Districts and All Regions honors for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. I also knew I wanted to be involved in the school, so I joined some clubs, Art Club, Spirit Club, Volunteer Club, National Honors Society, and Student Council. I have been on the board for volunteer club

During high school I was a lot different as a person then I am now. I have bipolar and I did not know how to control it when I was in high school. High school was rough for me because I moved schools so much due to frequent bullying. My first high school was Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, Massachusetts. Nashoba was really big when I first got there and really hard to get around. I was so afraid of leaving my books behind somewhere that I just carried them all around in my big freshman backpack. Nashoba was a struggle because it was such a difficult high school. I got a 3.0 my first and second semesters at Nashoba but sadly again because of bullying I had to switch schools. The next school was called Montachusette Regional Vocational Technical High School which was even harder than Nashoba.

Of all the experiences of my high school career, the ones that stand out to me the most are the numerous community service projects I have participated. From working booths at Relay for Life, picking up litter on highways, working multiple community dinners, volunteering at elementary schools through our leadership’s PALS (Partner’s in Active Learning Support) program, and serving as a table leader at the middle school’s Character Counts programs, I have made myself available and useful to various aspects of our community. I am very proud of and I have enjoyed my involvement in all these events, my favorite by far is the annual Kings County Farm Day.

My time in High School was made difficult from the constant strife and conflict between my parents. This made my home an unstable environment not fitted for learning or growing as an individual. As I got older and closer to graduating High-School, I began to find my own voice with the help of my mentor Rahn Fleming, which occurred at the end of my junior year. As a result, I came in control of my life and the constant feuding started to die down. No longer did I have to worry about the next scheduled court date, or the next time I would come home wondering what may await. I felt like I was always walking on broken glass for the longest of time throughout my life, until I began to voice myself and what I wanted. My parents came to realize this

High school is arguably some of your best years in someone’s school career and many start to notice this when they get to College or graduate.However,some students take it for granted and don’t participate in anything or can’t participate because they’re academically ineligible.In my experience I missed out on a number of events that I wished I hadn’t because I didn’t use my time wisely to do school work it’s ashame that I wasn’t able to participate since you get to only experience them once in your life.

Shortly after, he responded saying he was not on campus but could call any time. However, similar with my mother, it was already too late. I had overthought the whole situation and chose it was best to push it down. I told him that I just got his email about our required checkup next week, and that I would talk to him then. Unsurprisingly, the meeting was solely school focused, and I told him the situation had been resolved. Preceded by months of pain, two cries for help in the span of two days that were both rejected, I was left in a very confused emotional state. As much as I hate to admit it, the night following these events was filled with tears.