Personal Narrative: The Time I Let My Grade Slip

The Time I Let My Grade Slip

Have you ever felt this feeling where you were just going to break down

inside and explode into a million pieces? Guess what! I've felt like that before. It was one day when I got off the bus from practice and I instantly checked my grades. I then got my phone out and opened skyward, my heart instantly dropped, my body was still, and my eyes were wide open. The most embarrassing and disappointing thing I've seen in awhile. I had a C- in math.

The night before, I had checked my grades because I would be anxious all the time due to me trying to be a perfectionist in school. I had an A- (94%). I was then thinking in my head “Ok, I'm doing good so far, but I need to keep it up or it'll slip and fall like when you're on a wet rock” until the next day when we took an f.a 1.3 in Math. When I walked into class that day I looked on the board on what we were going to do, it said “f.a 1.3”. I was so nervous that in my head, I asked myself, “Do you get it, is there anything you need help with?”

I instantly then thought, “Here goes nothing.” So I then took the test and after that I said with a panicking look, “ OH MY GOSH!”
Then I was like OH NO! In a deep tone. Although, after math class I just went on with my day, forgetting about my grade. After school, I just went to fast pitch practice. Since fast pitch practice was from 2-4 I would get home at 4:30. Just then, I got off the bus, supposing everything was just fine until I remembered my day, and the first thing I thought of was math. I got my phone out, unlocked it, and opened skyward and while skyward was loading I prayed that my grade didn't go down. After it had finally loaded my body was then still while the wind was moving swiftly. I just saw that I had a C- in