Personal Narrative: My Life With Mrs. Wilson Elementary School

Mrs. Richardson was a third grade teacher at Greenfield Elementary School. I switched to Greenfield Elementary School in third grade after passing the center based gifted test. I was nervous. It was my second new school since my family had moved to Virginia halfway through my first grade year. I was thriving at Watkins Elementary school and was unsure if I wanted to change again. Watkins Elementary School before I was considered for the gifted program. I was eight when I started my third grade year at my third elementary school. I was terrified. I wanted to just make new friends and stop moving around. I walked into my third grade classroom with butterflies in my stomach and saw a few faces from my old elementary school and some of the butterflies left me. Now I just had to meet my new Teacher. Mrs. Richardson walked in with the most enthusiasm I had seen in a teacher. This was her retirement year so she was a bit older. She had a short grey pixie cut for her hair and wore clothing that reminded me of what my grandma would wear. She was so excited to get to
If I had not changed schools or had Mrs. Richardson, my life would have been drastically different. I would not have set such high goals for myself. Mrs. Richardson changed the course of my life for the better and I am forever grateful for that situation to have occurred and am glad that I can apply this lesson to the rest of my life. I have been able to apply it to my extracurricular activities as well. I am a natural athlete, but when I started to play lacrosse the hand eye coordination was not coming quickly and I got very frustrated, but I was able to work on it and now I am a starting Varsity player for my High School team. In College I hope to be able to use this experience as a chance to work through any problem that may