Personal Narrative: Kalamazoo Central High School

There is so much that has happened in the last three, almost four, years of my life while attending Kalamazoo Central High School. I have gotten to know people, lost people, found out things about myself, I’ve had good times, and even some really devastating times. And even through all of the things that have happened they made me who I am today. There are somethings I wish I would have done differently with the time I’ve spent these last few years. So if I were given the chance to have lunch with my freshman self I would one, slap some sense into myself, and two really talk to myself about all the upcoming changes and how to handle them, advice on people and the situations I would be faced with, and people I should listen to because they know
With life there is always change and you will always have to know how to adjust and how to do it quickly. One of those changes being the transition from middle school to high school. The transition is not easy but needs to be taken seriously. Focus on grades but do not let them control your life. You cannot slack off and think your grades are just going to automatically be what you desire them to be. A large amount of effort comes into play with all of the changes happening around you. There will not only be changes within school but also within yourself. How you used to think will no longer be how you think now, how you view people will be different, and even who you hang out with will definitely see change. As you get more knowledgeable about different aspects of life, your priorities will begin to shift in good and bad ways but no matter what kind of shift happens, for me personally, there will be some type or stress and anxiety attached to it. You cannot stop the changes so
And even though that might be true in some cases, it is definitely not true in all cases. I would talk to my freshman self about how there will be many opinions my family, friends, teachers, and other students will have but the main point is to know which ones are worth retaining and applying to life. I would tell myself that you have to choose to listen to the people who you believe have your best interest at heart. Because there is a big difference between someone who is type A which wants to help you and someone who is type B who just wants to show you they know “everything”. The tricky thing about advice is pinpointing which people in your life are type A or type B and you may not always pick correctly. But this just brings it back to the beginning of what I would tell myself, with being able to accept what you cannot control and control what you can, your