When I first started Middle school at Frank Seale Middle School‚ I was scared because I didn’t know anybody but two of my cousins. I had recently attended an elementary school in Oak Cliff after my 5th grade year when I was finished with elementary school I moved to Cedar Hill. I was scared whenever my parents had told me to get out the car and walk through the school doors‚ I was so scared that I went stiff as my parents kept on urging me to walk inside‚ I cried and cried as I begged them to take
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JaLesa Byes As the end of my eighth grade year was rapidly approaching and becoming a high school freshman was coming to reality I had a lot of anxiety and curiosity that I wanted to know about high school. On January 25‚ 2012 I was getting out of school and I got the devastating news that my grandma at age 57‚ suddenly passed away. I couldn’t believe it‚ I was in shock just as well as my other family members were. The moment she passed away I knew that since such a beautiful person that had
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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
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The biggest commitment that I have ever made so far was when I was in the high school‚ that commitment was challenging and difficult for me. It was graduating from the high school a high grades. Why it was challenging and difficult was because before that commitment I was the laziest person in my family‚ I didn’t care about school and believed that getting high grades in school wouldn’t change my life as long as I moved from level to the next but my intuition was wrong. My father tried to change
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When I was 13‚ I had to go through a transition that tested my character tremendously. Let’s rewind to my seventh grade year‚ which was four years ago. Talk was going around the little private school I attended in Ardmore‚ Oklahoma that my family was moving away. I had not heard anything about this‚ I had no idea what anyone was talking about‚ and I was definitely not happy with being the subject of everyone’s gossip. I heard stories about where and why my family was moving that you would not believe
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I wake up‚ eager to get to school. As I lay in my bunk bed‚ I scan the outside world and see the cars. The sun just rose and it’s a little chilly outside. It was the 4th or 5th day of 6th grade and today we would choose new instruments for the band. I was considering switching to french horn‚ but my first pick was the tuba. In elementary school we could only play trumpet‚ clarinet‚ or saxophone. When I get out of bed‚ I change and tell my family good morning as I walk into the kitchen‚ my body filling
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Norris Pittman English 032 Dr. Miller 04/03/2011 Motivated to Graduate High School Growing up poor is one thing‚ but growing up poor without a father figure has to be one of the hardest obstacles in life. Well anything worth having in life is worth working for. That is why when I saw the opportunity to be the first male in my family to graduate high school‚ I ceased the moment. Failing at anything was not an option so I motivated myself a lot. My mom worked two jobs and I started to
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drug abuse was the only answer. In order for me to escape the pain of losing my friend‚ I had smoked that morning before school began‚ and I didn’t have a clear mindset. The result of an unclear mindset was unfortunate at the time. I had forgotten to close the container properly in order for nothing to be revealed. As I stepped into the principal’s office‚ I saw the school administration‚ a police officer‚ and my father. In this exact moment‚ I knew I was ruined. I knew this offense was going to
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As a child it was very hard for me to learn‚ I used to have a difficult time sitting down and paying attention for a long period of time. I wish that when I was in school‚ before college‚ my school would have tired to focus on each persons learning ability instead of the easiest one learning
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entered middle school that I realized how some classmates were not used to taking initiative. My classmates were reluctant to participate in our group projects‚ afraid of failure‚ and not willing to take risks. So I took control of group projects‚ always. I entered high school and my perception of leadership changed. Now‚ I was in control of not one but two clubs: French and Bible. Organizing fairs and service projects for both clubs for them to be ranked as high as possible on the school website was
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