Personal Narrative: Overcoming Adversity In High School

I had one major time in my life when I overcame adversity. I faced adversity at the end of my summer of my 8th grade year. It was my own personal nightmare. High school. For some people the start of high school is an exciting new change in their life. This story was very different for me because I had a horrible start to my high school career. I was faced with a problem. I grew up in a small town, and I went to a very small middle school. Living in a small town meant that everybody knew everybody. There was not one person I didn’t know that went to my middle school. Even though growing up in a small school was a great experience because everybody knew each other it caused me to face the most difficult challenge of my life which was change.
Transferring from a school with 82 kids in my class to 473 kids was very hard for me because I was not used to change. In my life everything was pretty simple. I played sports and had lots of friends. Going from my small community to a huge diverse school was difficult because everybody already had
I have learned that there are many ways to overcome the social barriers that I faced. Through joining sports and participating in school and non-school related activities I was able to overcome the difficulty of not feeling like I belonged and create strong bonds with new people. Although this story had a hard start through my persistence I was able to conquer the challenge I faced. It is easy for people to hide from their fears. What sets me apart from others is my ability to face adversity head on. Now that I am finally graduating from the school I have come to love I am faced with the same problem I had when I was in 8th grade. Change. I have gone through this change before, and I now have knowledge to make this adjustment much easier. I can't wait to join new programs at the school of my dreams and make new friends while doing