Personal Narrative: My Life In Public Schools

Imagine coming home after a long day of school and mere seconds after dropping your backpack at the door, you are greeted by your mother handing you a duffel bag. You ask her what it’s for only to be told to pack as much as you can in it because you’re leaving with her to go to Michigan. It’s the middle of the week, you have a test tomorrow in your history class, but what else can you do but do exactly as you’re told. My mom had been sick for 2 years with chronic sinus issues that made it hard for her to breathe. She couldn’t sleep for long periods of time, often had to wear a mask while cleaning, and used a nebulizer inhaler at least twelve times a day. The only surgeon who had any idea what to do was in Michigan, so we were forced to uproot our lives in
I went back to public school for 10th grade instead of continuing cyber school and even continued to participate in the color guard, where I made most of my friends. Halfway through the summer following the end of 10th grade, I had decided to take some dual enrollment classes at a nearby community college. The public school I planned to attend refused to give me credit if I took those classes. With great confidence in my abilities to do well in a college-level class and the realization of how much the school was holding me back, I made the decision to go back to cyber school. That decision gave me the opportunity to do so many things that I would not have been able to do in public school; I had more hours available to volunteer and have a job. Most importantly, it provided me with the opportunity to graduate early. However, this decision was far more difficult than the idea to switch to cyber school. I asked friends and family for opinions and even created a pros and cons list. It took me several weeks to finally come to a decision: I was going to graduate a year early. Eventually it came down to a gut