The biggest struggle I’ve found myself facing in my years of high school is feeling inadequate. My high school is academically competitive, we host not just the creme de la creme, but the cherry on top. Teachers are constantly reminding me and my peers that this town is like a fairy tale, it’s a basket case, a rare occurrence. In my town, everyone drives Ferraris, Mercedes-Benz, Porsches, BMW’s, Jeeps, crazy expensive cars and everyone lives in crazy expensive houses and wear crazy expensive clothes. It’s always insane to drive to nearby towns like Dallas and Fort Worth and see homeless people or people not as well off as I am. I know that I live in a privileged family. Most things I receive I take for granted. However with a privileged life comes the challenges and conflicts
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I don’t want to take an easier route even if it at times is at the expense of my personal and/or social life. With everyone telling me “No”, it inspires me to challenge myself more. Keeping this in mind, in my 4 years of high school I’ve certainly grown, changed, and learned more than I ever thought I would. Even though I feel inadequate, I have my quirks, talents, and experience that I know make me a unique individual. I can certainly say that with my 3 musical instruments and a truckload of side hobbies, that even if I’m not a complete rainbow, I’m not a gray-scale student either. Being thrown in all directions during my school years, I’ve learned that when faced with conflict, I need to trust myself and what I want. If I let others change my course of life and my lifetime goals, I’ll never be happy. I’ll never do what I want. In order to conquer my feelings of inadequacy and really know what I wanted in life, I needed to do a soul searching, which I’m sure is the purpose of high school. Regardless, I refuse to be a puppet being dragged along by someone else’s string; I want to learn and grow, so that's what I intend to
I don’t want to take an easier route even if it at times is at the expense of my personal and/or social life. With everyone telling me “No”, it inspires me to challenge myself more. Keeping this in mind, in my 4 years of high school I’ve certainly grown, changed, and learned more than I ever thought I would. Even though I feel inadequate, I have my quirks, talents, and experience that I know make me a unique individual. I can certainly say that with my 3 musical instruments and a truckload of side hobbies, that even if I’m not a complete rainbow, I’m not a gray-scale student either. Being thrown in all directions during my school years, I’ve learned that when faced with conflict, I need to trust myself and what I want. If I let others change my course of life and my lifetime goals, I’ll never be happy. I’ll never do what I want. In order to conquer my feelings of inadequacy and really know what I wanted in life, I needed to do a soul searching, which I’m sure is the purpose of high school. Regardless, I refuse to be a puppet being dragged along by someone else’s string; I want to learn and grow, so that's what I intend to