Personal Narrative Essay Examples High School

Coming into high school for the first time was a huge transition. When in middle school, the eighth graders were the top of the school. We were the ones that all of the younger students looked up to. We got the most playing times in the sports that we played. The teachers expected us to know all of the rules and such at the school. We knew that we were moving on to bigger and better things but once we hit the high school, the tables turned. One our first day as freshman, the class of 2016 got…

blunder of the performance; the notes jumbled all together and the beat became unsteady. All of my hard work was thrown away and I fell into the abyss of failure. From that moment, I decided to quit. Middle School graduation was fast approaching, so clubs and sports teams from the high school went to inform the students to encourage participation. Excitedly, I visited every table and learned about each club until I stumbled upon the table for the Girls’ Tennis Team. That week, the team held…

I was in my sophomore year in high school and I was preparing for a swim meet on a Thursday in February. It was high school sectionals and East Noble is part of a really tough section. East Noble has a fairly small swim team and swimmers usually don’t make is past sectionals into state, at least in the past few years. It’s rare that the guys even have individuals that make it into finals. Regardless of the odds, I always have to do my best and that was what I planned on doing. I woke up that…

Even though everyone who goes to Shakopee High School knows about this situation, they do not know how much it has significantly affected my life. My life changed last year in so many ways. In some ways this has given me more opportunities, but in most cases this event has negatively changed everything around me. Worst of all it has made me lose many friends, given me a bad reputation, and has made everyone think that I am someone that I am not. People I had never met did not like me,…

it especially shows when I’m with groups of strangers. I was often hesitant to speak in classes in middle school simply to not bring attention to myself. I’d much prefer to listen and follow orders than participate in class. Participation based grading terrified me. At times, I just accepted the loss of points for not partaking just so I wouldn’t have to stress about it. Starting my high school career by moving to a new city didn’t help me much either. Fortunately, I moved into a small apartment…

that we have already been in school for a quarter. For the first time in my life I actually wish that time would slow down. I know people say “I want out of high school as soon as possible,” I think differently. Once you graduate, you have to face the fact that you are an adult now and your parents wont be there to help you as much. The faster you graduate, the faster your out into the real world at college or working. It is very funny to me how throughout high school I told people, “I just…

I was sitting at the kitchen table, eating chips and salsa, as I usually did when I get home from school. I was exhausted from a long day of high school. This was last year, when I was still going to public school. My school was in Purcellville, with by car is only 30 minutes away, but on the bus there were other children in other neighborhoods that had to be dropped off first. I was always the last one off the bus because I lived the farthest away, which meant I was always the first one on…

replied that I hadn’t had any luck as of yet, his eyes lit up. It seems that a teacher at the local parochial school that his children attended had just left to take another job and they were looking for a science teacher for grades seven and eight. He then asked if I thought I’d be interested in applying for the job. He didn’t have to ask me twice. The very next morning, I contacted the school office, spoke with the principal, picked up the application materials, and had an interview lined…

who have influenced me over my high school years whether it be my teachers, advisors, parents, or friends. Although all have had a great impact on my life at some point, I have to say the person who had the biggest significance on my life was easily my 8th grade teacher, National Honor Society Advisor, and mentor: Mrs. Mindi Phelps. Having first met her as my 8th grade English teacher, I did not know how much this woman would mean to me now, as a senior in high school. She believed in me and…

address, I also had a new school. Naturally, I went to the school nearest my home, Connally High School. I didn’t know it on my first day of school, but Connally High School would become my 2nd out of 3 high schools I would attend. Connally High School was a whole different world from my previous high school. The most noticeable thing was the size. Connally has about 600 students in the whole school, while my previous sophomore class was 556 students, with 1000 in total in school. Also,…