Rough Draft Short Story

Growing up in the average twenty-first century American world is very difficult. There are many outside sources that shape people into who they want to be. Rafe, a young adult who lives in Colorado, faces problems with his sexuality and coming out to his family and piers. As he goes off to a all boys boarding school he encounters some of the hardest problems in his life. This leads to many bad habits and lack of self confidence which isn't good. Growing up in the average twenty-first century American world is very difficult.

I hold the paper in my hands. It’s crumpling under my grip, but in it I get to live in the footsteps of others. My old dress is wrinkled and torn much like the paper, but I can’t spare the money on a new one. As much as I try to focus on the crinkled piece of paper with scrawly handwriting, I can’t. I just can’t. Tears run down my face and I wipe them away. It has been awhile since I have cried, so long in fact that I was afraid that there was something wrong with me. I push myself up from the old oak I sit at the base of. There’s no use in dwelling in what I can’t change. I fold the paper back in my dress pocket and walk into the field. I used to think there was beauty in the way that the grass grows in the street; standing low next to the

Can you see the handsome young man sitting by my side, driving through the forest, behind the wheel of his decaying truck?

Wiping my tears from my wrinkled face, I put together all the pieces. It was like I just received a huge slap to the face, how did I not see this before? I clutch onto the diary, knowing it holds what my family went through behind closed doors. This ugly truth is the reality that I have been missing.

Everyone has a favorite school year and mine happens to be sixth grade. I had some of the best teachers, classes, and friends. I remember being extremely nervous to start sixth grade, I wanted to stay at Boone Elementary with recess and no changing classes. I was as nervous as a mouse. I thought there were going to be millions of new students from different schools.Turns out I loved sixth grade more than any grades before. The first day of school my parents took me to school and I didn’t want to get out of the silver car. Not knowing that I would have the best time at Troy Middle School.

It was the year we got to change classes every 45 minutes. This was a tough change for me and my classmates but I would say we handled it well. We learned about a ton of new things that I have never heard about. It really extended my knowledge of different things. This is the first year that we had to try out for sports and was a lot of fun when we brought the best in the school together to try and win a city county. We came close in Fifth grade basketball but fell short of our goal. In Science we learned about rocks and minerals and in Social studies about American History. In sixth grade was the first year I had Mrs. kelly and this where Mary Queen really takes off in a religious standpoint in the classroom. She taught us so many thing about our faith and how to build good character. We went to St. Patricks center and really learned about how people have it in our country. Not everybody had it as good as us. We learned about the bones in the human body and the dynasties in China. We learned a lot about English and Literature in Mrs. Ream’s class. Our home room was one of the best I've ever had and we had a good time. We won city County for baseball this year and was a great way to cap of my sixth grade year at

Middle school was interesting I guess you could say I was awkward and had some embarrassing moments but I have really evolved in high school. I am back in choir and I got gold in solo and ensemble. I also am not so clumsy and so unstable emotionally. I also am happy with the way I look and do not need the attention I onced

I met my best friend in 6th grade and she still is my best friend. I learned that junior high is scary, I always thought that high school would be scary, but it’s the total opposite. I learned that people can be fake and lie straight to other’s faces without even caring about feeling. My junior high years I was learning who I was and what made me happy, I was spiritually growing and physically growing. I had always been the shortest person in my grade.

An emotional roller coaster, acing tests I didn't study for, then five finals in one day, and having some of the greatest times with my friends. That was my 8th grade year, it was fun and hard at the same time. It wasn't what I Imagined but it was my favorite year of middle school, “Stayin’ Alive” by Bee Gees, is the perfect resemblance of this year.

During high school, I feel that I’ve grown a lot as a person. Even though I still have a significant amount of growth left to do in college, my family, religion, community, and the various experiences I’ve had in high school have allowed me to mature and become a more enlightened person.

When I was student college freshman. I don’t know what expected out my freshman year, last memories and good friends. I know it is my first of the college bring about many experiences both should good positive and negative that would forever change as mine.

Junior year of high school practically living the dream of an average high schooler. Having seven classes math, english, physics, spanish, world history, homeroom, and physical training for athletes. School was a huge commitment to my family, we had to get good grades A’s and B’s. It depended on the class we took we could only have one C. If we ever got a low grade like a D or F we would be grounded and have something taken away like our phone, no TV, no going out with friends. So i was

High school helped me become aware of the fact that I’m not the best, but I’m okay with that now. Being in advanced classes with advanced students made me feel like I didn’t belong in there. Freshman year was when I realized I had a problem and that problem was self-doubt. I wasn’t confident in my work. The significance behind this is I struggled with it for about two years and never mentioned it to anyone, but I’ve dealt with it and I’m a stronger person now.

At last senior year, the year that brings high school to a close and opens a new chapter of our lives. I have learned so many things over my short 18 years of life! I have met some amazing people and had life changing opportunities. I feel like high school is more than just education, I feel like it helps to shape you into the person you are destined to become.

All my underclassmen years from ninth through eleventh were memorable, but my tenth grade year definitely takes first place.Being at Elsik high school was a jungle , and i wasn't ready.After that huge unknown substance fight in ninth grade , i was excited to be heading to main campus where the mature kids were. At least that's what i thought. My theory was somewhat true.The upperClassmen weren't really role models to look up to, but they didn't influence me. In ninth grade i was shy but it was time to break out of that bad habit. I ended up making a lot of people and ended up met my bestfriend ,Meizel. I would go to every pep rally just to watch her perform .Meizel was a reviler. Her and I went to every school function together, everything