Looking Back To School-Personal Narrative

I honestly wouldn’t change anything about my lifestyle or how my years of high school have gone because I am truly happy with the person I have become. I might change my freshman year only because I didn’t really pay attention like I should have. I slacked a lot my freshman year and I now realize after the rest of my years at school, it really has been a struggle trying to get everything caught up. But now during my senior year I feel like I’m doing just fine and I am making it to the end okay. I have learned a lot throughout theses last 4 years of high school, I learned that high school goes by super fast and you really don’t get chances to redo any of the years. High School is a big deal and I learned to take it seriously my sophomore

Life is a roller coaster it has many ups and downs. My 8th grade year was going down like the dropping point on a roller coaster, I was missing school, because my stomach kept getting sick from the food I was eating, which the doctors are calling ‘IBS’. By missing school it made me miss lessons, and assignments. I wouldn't fully understand the assignments so when I turned them in I didn’t get good grades.Instead of getting A’s, I started getting C’s.Those got me in trouble.And to make things worse, before school, one morning I woke up with bad lower back pain, pain in my shoulders, and in my neck.My mom took me to the chiropractor to fix it, it helped my shoulders and neck, but it irritated my back making the pain worse.This and my stomach

My decision to go back to school in the fall of 2012 was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. I’m a stay at home mom of 4 boys with 2 of them being special needs. My oldest was born with a rare genetic condition called hereditary spastic paraplegia and my youngest son was born with a rare condition called Dravet Syndrome that requires 24/7 care. I was at a point in my life where I had lost my identity of who I was and I wanted to be me again. I made that important decision to go back to school for myself with the fear of how I was going to do it, but I knew that it was right. It took me 3 years to complete my AS but with the support of my husband and kids I was able to receive my degree. I worked hard and was able to juggle being

Coming back to school after being away for 17 years has been one of the most emotionally taxing endeavors I've experienced. My career experience was working in the quality control field. Being apart of the industry was very satisfying until the point in which the 2008 recession hit. Having to go through the uncertainty of being laid off and the frustration of trying to reenter the work force with only a high school diploma brought into focus that I needed to finish the bachelor degree I had started. While attempting to find gainful employment I took the opportunity to begin the process of transferring to a school here in California. I had originally started my degree in Lincoln, Nebraska, but moved out to California with my significant other.

Returning to college has been a prodigious challenge. One in which I determined I would meet head on with resolution. As a fine arts student I was fortunate to find a mentor in the Paradise Valley Community College Theater Director, Andrea Robertson. Andrea perceived potential in me and encouraged pursuit my goals as a writer/director. I took the initiative to approach Andrea with the idea to write and direct my own play in the Advanced Directing course. This past fall that idea came into fruition. As a director I oversaw numerous different areas in the production of my play. These were roles filled by fellow students, allowing the opportunity to provide guidance and leadership to peers. I worked with actors, stage management, set design, prop

Coming to school every day as a tenth grader was exciting, but it can get very annoying at times. I had to overcome many challenges to make it this far. Generally, freshman year was a year of change. One of the greatest things I learned as I reached sophomore year, was not to procrastinate.

I made the personal choice to come back to school, based on an injury; that happened in winter of, 2015-2016. It was a decision that was made because of talking to a University I wanted to go to. I was told, it was my best route to return to Halton to upgrade my marks, and apply when I finish my upgrading. The decision was also made on something I thought I wanted to do a long time ago, back in high school. In high school, I went a different path in college, and with the injury, I was able to return to the path I wanted to take. Plus I learned, I now have the maturity and, confidence to go into the program, I originally wanted. Plus some of my past education brought me back to this path for success.

During the summer between my sophomore nad junior years in highschool, I had attempted to switch homes from my dad's in South Dakota to my mom's in Texas. The transition would went smoothly if it hadn't been for my dad not wanting me to move. We had to go to court to fight for custody over a legal adult, and even afterwards I had to worry about him coming to my school to take me, which he has accomplished before. So when I finally started my Junior year I was feeling terrified. I would eat my lunches with my teachers and some had storage rooms that I was allowed access to if the time ever come to hide. Finally, everyone calmed down once we had confirmation that he was back in South Dakota and school returned to a sort of normalise.

“Vandi, what was it like coming to America?” I looked up to see my friend Carson staring at me intently, his eyes big blue eyes full of wonder, his blonde hair shining under fluorescent lighting. Suddenly, I was self conscious about my dark skin and eyes.

I was born May 14th, 1993. However, my story really began on April 3rd 2011. On this day, late in the afternoon I was told I had Brain Cancer. After years and years of fighting senseless medical problems an audiologist located the source of it all; a strawberry sized tumor located at the base of my spinal cord, attached to the balance/coordination part of my brain. As a small child, I had rampant nosebleeds that would often cause me to pass out. At thirteen my eyes stopped being able to focus and the doctors all told my parents I must be lying, that my vision was perfect. At fourteen I started to lose my hand eye coordination, and a Carpal Tunnel surgery was performed. Even though I was never officially diagnosed

If I could go back in time and speak to my former self before I began high school I would tell myself a handful of things. I would start off by telling myself to take school more seriously. They always say high school is crucial for colleges, so keep your grades up! I never listened to them, I should have. Not that my grades were awful. I just could have done better. Taking my classes more seriously could have resulted in me being in honors, AP, colleges classes, etc. High school is like a roller coaster of emotions. You’ll end up losing people you thought you would be with until senior year, or forever. I had a boyfriend going into my junior year thinking I would be with him forever. As a matter of fact, we did not even last more than a year.

I cannot believe that I’m so close to being eligible to retire. Wow! Retire…that is a word that I’ve longed to say to my manager! The only problem is that fantasy is scarier than entertaining now. Wait? When did that happen? It made me stop and think. I really have had a wonderful career what is next. I bit the bullet and started school to see what options are out there. I hate regrets, but I do wish I could have experienced college right out of high school. I cannot change the past, so let me focus on the now. I will say, school has been interesting. I did not expect was to have an assignment hit me in such a personal way.

I started school when I was five years old. I went to kindergarten – third grade at Ida Greene Lower Elementary School. I attended O.M.McNair Upper Elementary School fourth – sixth grade. My seventh and eighth grade year I was enrolled at Humphreys County Junior High School. While enrolled in junior high, I experienced my first one day suspension for skipping class and being on the high school end. My friend and I attempted to write a false excuse along with forwarding a teacher’s signature, but that failed. Yes, I received a punishment from my mother and it was not a GOOD punishment!! In addition, ninth – twelfth grade I attended Humphreys County High School where I graduated with the dynamic class of 2014. I graduated with honors also.

I woke up alarmed and breathing heavy. Fear was coursing through my veins. Was it from the recurring nightmare I had for the past week or what was to come that day? I didn't know. Both seemed pretty bad to me and I wished neither of them would have to happen, but they did. That day I had my first day of school. I wouldn't mind if it would have been the year before, this year was different though. This past summer was the hardest thing I've done. I had to say goodbye to everything. My friends, my home, everything that ever made me happy. The only thing that I brought with me was my very precisely chosen wardrobe of cool toned shirts and expensive bottoms and my old and useless cat Luna. Our new house was on the edge of town, the richer

“Mike, give us an inspirational quote,” I yelled over the grumbling bus engine as we sped down the highway.