Personal Narrative: My High School Education
During the early years of my high school education, I have been faced with multiple challenges. The most difficult of these took place early June 2014, just after the conclusion of my ninth grade scholastic year. My mother was offered an appointment at an international organization in Washington DC, USA, because of this, my brother and I had to move with her to settle there. The move took place within a very short notice and to me, it felt like an adventure to the unknown. It was not like moving from one school to another, or one country to another. It was rather moving to a totally different continent and life environment. I will not deny the fact that I was overwhelmed by the many challenges I had to face and overcome during our move and
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Moving from a school that I have been going to ever since my kindergarten years, to a school in an area that I have never been to before was a very mentally challenging task to resolve. However, with my keen determination and the support of the new school management, I was able to succeed in adjusting and adapting to my new school environment and teaching styles, which were very different from those of my previous school. Shortly after early attendance to the new school, I worked hard to communicate, get to know all my teachers better, and succeed in making good connections with everyone. All of these factors contributed to making my first year as easy as it could be. Mentally, I was challenging myself to get used to the system as fast as possible to ensure that my transition would not affect my high school academic performance achievements. With my strong determination and dedication I was able not only to maintain satisfactory academic achievements during the first year, but I was also to make the community basketball team and become a referee shortly after. In addition, I succeeded in making many new friends and getting to know the community I was living in a lot better. The above experience really enhanced my successful performance at school and helped me gain more self-confidence in what I do. The lessons I learned from these experiences better prepared me to face any future challenges in my life, and accomplish my assigned duties with confidence and above all, enjoy better my leisure time and
Moving from a school that I have been going to ever since my kindergarten years, to a school in an area that I have never been to before was a very mentally challenging task to resolve. However, with my keen determination and the support of the new school management, I was able to succeed in adjusting and adapting to my new school environment and teaching styles, which were very different from those of my previous school. Shortly after early attendance to the new school, I worked hard to communicate, get to know all my teachers better, and succeed in making good connections with everyone. All of these factors contributed to making my first year as easy as it could be. Mentally, I was challenging myself to get used to the system as fast as possible to ensure that my transition would not affect my high school academic performance achievements. With my strong determination and dedication I was able not only to maintain satisfactory academic achievements during the first year, but I was also to make the community basketball team and become a referee shortly after. In addition, I succeeded in making many new friends and getting to know the community I was living in a lot better. The above experience really enhanced my successful performance at school and helped me gain more self-confidence in what I do. The lessons I learned from these experiences better prepared me to face any future challenges in my life, and accomplish my assigned duties with confidence and above all, enjoy better my leisure time and