Texas Turning Point

Most students grow up with the same friends and same house all the way until high school graduation. Growing up in a family that moves quite a bit, these friendships and houses often change. I have moved numerous times and have attended a number of schools throughout my life, but my recent move has affected me the most. Originally living in Texas from the time I was six months old, I moved to Peoria, Arizona, when I was nine years old. However, just before my sophomore year in high school, my family and I moved back to Texas from Arizona. This move was a major turning point in my life because I had to adapt to a new area and school where I had to make all new friends. First of all, because of the move, I lived in a completely new area. Texas is quite different from Arizona, so I had to
While living in Arizona for six years, I built some really strong friendships, so leaving those friends was extremely difficult for me-especially since I had already started high school with them and was so excited to graduate with them as well. Once I moved to Marcus, that meant I had to find new friends. This task was not so easy at first; the school was so big that it was hard to really connect with people. However, I did figure it out within the first year and started to meet some wonderful students in my classes and in my extracurricular sports and activities in which I participated. Overall, my move, from Arizona to Texas, was during an important time for me in high school completely changed my life; however, I have come to realize the move was not as bad as I had thought it would be. Moving changed me but also taught me about a new area and gave me new friends at a new school whom I am starting to really enjoy. In the future, I know I will be able to graduate with the new friends for my new school, and it does not sound too bad to