My Sophomo Year High School Life Essay

In my seventeen years of living I have encountered many obstacles, but I have obviously overcome them because I am writing this essay. I’d have to say that my Sophomore Year of high school was one of the worst years I have ever had so far. I went in with high hopes and big dreams and I came out even sadder and filled with dread. As Freshman Year ended, I made a list of goals I would like to achieve in my Sophomore Year. A few things I jotted down were; the cliche fall in love, learn what happiness is, be happy, make friends, be myself, and to learn who I am. I can honestly say that I reached none of those goals and I probably won’t for a long time. The first month of school I decided to join the volleyball team because it was something that I loved doing and despite the fact that I was filled with dread the entire time of tryouts, I made that time. I thought to myself, “this is my year for sure, I’m gonna love myself.” Boy was I wrong. Three weeks into the school year my sister moved to Nebraska to be with her husband because he was stationed there. I can't say that where everything started to go down hill, but it was a start. A week had passed since my sister left and my mom found out that my dad was cheating on her for five years with a lady in Canada. I had to listen to them fight and argue alone, it …show more content…
I thought it was pretty stupid of him to stay, I was horrible to him. He’d sit by me in every class we had together and he’d talk the whole time without me saying a word, eventually I started talking to him and eventually he became one of my best friends. He taught me how to be happy. He taught me how to laugh. I hated him. He had this perfect family, who talked to each other, who hugged each other, who hanged out with each other, anything a normal family would do really. Then he told me how he really felt, he said that at the end of the day he felt like no one was there for