Personal Narrative-Achieving Public School

The hardest thing I've had to go through in my life was transitioning from a low-achieving public school to a Catholic school. Growing up, my mom being a teacher at the public school I went to, I had naturally always gone there. Anyone who saw me there, though, could tell I wasn't reaching my full potential mainly because of classroom distractions and students who didn't care about their education. Being someone who had always put a great deal of hard work into school and academics, I often got teased and would feel too scared to participate in class or ask the teacher for help. I sill wanted to do well in school, knowing my full potential and knowing I could do so much better than I was, but I was too scared of being ridiculed by my peers.