The motivation and thought that exists within an action defines courage. In May 2011 I realized how hard it was to be courageous when my parents decided to move to the other side of the country. We were moving from my home town New York, to sunny California. So this meant, I had to start over and make new friends at a new school.
My first day of school, I knew it was going to be difficult to talk to others and fit into this new crowd of people. At my old school, I was friends with everyone and enjoyed having conversations with others. Now that it was all different, I was afraid of talking to anyone. Everyone was so different then the kids back in New York, I felt that it would be difficult to try to relate to others. This resulted in me sitting alone during lunch in the school library reading and doing homework assignments. After a week of going to the library at lunch, I started to …show more content…
I felt like nobody would ever want to be friends with me and I was tired of being a loner. At lunch, the group of girls from my class were playing Clue, which is one of my favorite board games. I decided to get up from my table and walk over to see if they would let me play. As I was walking over I got really nervous and my hands were all shaky and I was starting to regret my choice. Once I got to the table I said, "Hi, I was wondering if I could play clue with you guys." One of the girls turned and replied back with "Of course, we were just starting to hand out the cards." I sat down in the extra chair and they all introduced themselves and we started playing Clue.
After hanging out with my new group of friends everyday at the library, I felt like I finally belonged at this school and I wasn't so different. But after that school year I moved to another school since I moved into a house too far away from the school. Now, five years later, I am still in contact with the same group of
My first day of school, I knew it was going to be difficult to talk to others and fit into this new crowd of people. At my old school, I was friends with everyone and enjoyed having conversations with others. Now that it was all different, I was afraid of talking to anyone. Everyone was so different then the kids back in New York, I felt that it would be difficult to try to relate to others. This resulted in me sitting alone during lunch in the school library reading and doing homework assignments. After a week of going to the library at lunch, I started to …show more content…
I felt like nobody would ever want to be friends with me and I was tired of being a loner. At lunch, the group of girls from my class were playing Clue, which is one of my favorite board games. I decided to get up from my table and walk over to see if they would let me play. As I was walking over I got really nervous and my hands were all shaky and I was starting to regret my choice. Once I got to the table I said, "Hi, I was wondering if I could play clue with you guys." One of the girls turned and replied back with "Of course, we were just starting to hand out the cards." I sat down in the extra chair and they all introduced themselves and we started playing Clue.
After hanging out with my new group of friends everyday at the library, I felt like I finally belonged at this school and I wasn't so different. But after that school year I moved to another school since I moved into a house too far away from the school. Now, five years later, I am still in contact with the same group of