Personal Narrative: 324 Lessons Learned

As a graduating senior of Cook High School, I have attended school for approximately 2,324 days; going off the phrase, “You learn something new everyday.” that would suggest that I would have learned 2,324 lessons from school alone. To only say that one of the 2,324 lessons shaped me more than the rest would be false. They all have shaped me and made me into the person that I am today. However, talking about all of the lessons that have shaped me is not logical, I will share a lesson that I learned from my seventh grade math teacher, Ms. Canfield. I was selected as “special” at a young age by being placed in the Program to Accelerate, Challenge, and Enrich Students (PACES) as a student in Pre-K. It seems odd for a child to be selected as gifted