Personal Narrative-Appreciate High School And Cal Burke

I remember the day my counselor told me I wasn’t going to graduate right before I was standing up to get my diploma. I was a student going through high school. Age 16 in 11th grade and age 17 in 12th. I didn’t like school, but I had to do the work that was necessary to pass. I would do my homework once in a while but it would usually be last minute. This story took place in two schools. Panorama High School and Cal Burke High school. Both schools are decent, but I preferred Cal Burke because of the way they do things. They have a different schedule and system. This story is aimed at students in high school in any grade level. The lessons can be very useful early on in high school so you don’t mess up, and have to go through what I went through. …show more content…
I never would of thought this was going to happen. I thought high school would be easy. I thought that the teachers would just pass you if you showed up and move on. I was doing great in 9th but that’s the easiest year. I started to lay back and chill for most of 10th grade with C’s and one or two F’s. In 11th I stopped caring and didn’t show up for half of my classes and that’s what’s setting me back for 12thgrade. After the talk with my counselor, we set up everything needed for me to transfer schools. I ended up starting the new school a week …show more content…
The school was really small. There were about 7 classrooms. I felt like I would be able to pay attention a little better because there were a little number of students in each class. One feature of this school is the ability to work independently. You’ll be able to work on your own without other students holding you back. That’s something I really enjoyed, being able to work at my own pace. Independent work played a huge role in being able to finish classes a lot quicker and being able to transfer back to my old school. All the teachers there were pretty nice and actually help you with your work one on one. After a week of getting used to this new school and schedule, I started to do some work. I was behind a whole semester and needed to make it up in a couple of weeks. While being there I wasn’t completely alone. I knew and met a couple of people the first week. Friends are good thing to have during school so they can make your experience much better. A couple days in I was already close to passing a class. Their system was based on points. If you had a total of 75 points in a class, you would be done and start another. In some cases when you have 60 points, you would need to take a test to finish that