Personal Narrative: My First Experience In High School

What was your first experience in high school ? What thoughts were running through your head at the time? My head felt like it was going to pop off my body. Foremost, I grew up with parents who moved from the Dominican Republic and never had a college education. The time and dedication they take to do their jobs is incredible. There are times where I don’t get to see my father for weeks being he’s too focused on his job. On one occasion my father had to work for almost 48 hours straight due to a broken machine in his workplace. When I did see him, he was completely exhausted he looked as if he were a walking corpse. Dark shade of purple under his eyes, dragging his feet across the floor. I never want to see my father as rough as he was again. I don’t think that’s the life anyone wants. It makes me want to go further than they have gone. Not only seeing, but actually experiencing what they go through opened my eyes on how far you can go
High school was my time to stop fooling around. The first day of high school, I awoke to the aroma of coffee brewing on the stove. As I get ready to head out my sister approached me, and told me “Education is the key that opens the door many possibilities you can be and do in your near future” I was so nervous the sweat started dripping from my palms, and I suddenly felt 15 degrees hotter. I was nervous, I knew this is the time to get serious. Immediately a thought came across “ how well I do these four years can affect my entire life”. At first high school might look like a time to have fun and have no worries, which was my initial thought. Later on you start to realize that you need work hard. I thought “How would my future look? I don’t want to end up hopelessly. I want to make something of myself. Sometimes it can be hard though. I just have to work through the pain. At this point it’s make it or break it, success is my only