Personal Narrative: My 7th Grade Class In Pulaski Middle School

There is sat in my 7th-grade class in Pulaski Middle School, yelling all around me and the teacher trying to take control of the chaotic classroom. This happened every day. Just staring at the racial slurs etched into the desk as my IQ fell more with every passing hour wasted when I could have been learning about the solar system or how to write a simple paragraph. This made me not care about my future or my education at all. As the terrible school system failed me I failed myself because I let myself fall to the level of my classmates by deciding not to put any effort into my education at all.
I moved to Newington and started going to Newington High School. That is when I realized that I was lucky to be going to a good school and I needed to help myself by actually trying to further my education. It did not help that the middle school I went to did
I remember being yelled at my computer applications teacher for not knowing how to do a single thing in the Microsoft programs like Photoshop or Excel. I tried my hardest all freshman year and I managed to keep my grades up enough to pass for the year. I felt discouraged at times and I felt like giving up but I stayed determined to increase my GPA each year. Every year I set goals for myself and tried my best to reach them, and it felt so gratifying when I succeeded in reaching them.
This experience of going from being extremely far behind from what I should have learned to having good grades has made me realize how important a good education is. From my freshman year to now my GPA has risen incredibly. I am glad that I got to see what a broken school system is like because it has made me appreciate the education that I have now even more. Learning is now an important part of my life. I am more eager to learn than most and I feel that my motivation comes from the discouragement I felt in that first ninth grade