Personal Narrative: Fair Lawn Education

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”Nelson Mandela, whom was the President of Africa once stated. Fair Lawn High school wasn’t your average high school. There were a large variety of students that made the school diverse, people who slept and could care less, and the ones who truly wanted to be at school. Throughout my thirteen years in the Fair Lawn education system, I stumbled upon a few small things that altered the way I would forever think about education and about life as a whole. To start, I believe that Fair Lawn school taught me more about acceptance then I could ever learn elsewhere . In addition to that, I also strongly credit Fair Lawn, they taught me a lot about patience. They taught me both positive and negative attributes. Besides what you needed to learn in the classroom Fair Lawn
FLHS had a mix of students, there were different nationalities, many different ranges of intelligence, and was very diverse. Throughout my years I found that the people who touched me more then anyone and the people I am so blessed to have had the privilege to go to school with were the special education students. Spending 13 years with your peers you are bound to make clicks, and have closer friends as well as dislike certain people. I learned pretty fast that High School isn't like High School musical. Not everything was flowers and smiles.
My senior year I thought I’d learned who all my best friends were, but I was wrong. Senior year I was given the most amazing opportunity and in turn I met one of the most important people in my life. The person who altered my outlook on the education system. This young man's name was Adam, he never failed to make me smile, even on my worst days. Adam was a 17 year old who had severe down syndrome. He was so in tune with himself. He was able to find what truly made him