The journey through high school was awkward and uncomfortable for the most part. It took a lot of time and effort to be comfortable with the people around me and myself. Aspects of high school changed me for the better. Four long years with students unlike myself pushed me to become me. The memories I made through the halls of BHS, will be remembered as the best times of my life (as of now).
As I entered ninth grade the feeling of anxiety was overwhelming. All of the older students rushing through the hallways with no attempt to make the freshman feel at ease. Classes were different from before; longer class times, but only four classes a day. Mixing with the upperclassmen was the most uncomfortable, awkward experience that high school had …show more content…
Adjusting to life in high school meant stepping out of normality and making new friends with people I would never imagine speaking to. I had taken high school level math in middle school, so entering ninth grade I was placed into tenth grade level geometry with only three other students in my grade. I wouldn’t exactly call myself shy as much as antisocial, so being with students I hardly remembered because of the grade difference pushed me further into social awkwardness and avoidance. As the school year progressed, I learned to focus more my grades, just to avoid the whole “make new friends, get involved” aspect of high school. Flash forward to the summer preceding tenth grade. I joined the Trio Upward Bound program, just to avoid wasting my summer away. I didn’t know then, but that was the best decision of my life. Starting tenth grade, I began to adjust more socially and grade wise. I placed myself in more difficult classes, which I knew would force me out of my circle of close friends. I was prepared for the change that was bound to happen, socially and personally. I started to enjoy coming to school, but it was still an uneasy feeling to be in classes with upperclassmen. I avoided joining …show more content…
I became president of ATOP, and started to relax and ignore any insecurities I had in my classes. I started to enjoy my classes and just enjoy the high school all together. Pep assemblies, sporting events, and class involvement just felt more natural. The sense of belonging in school and the unity within our class as a whole started to make me feel at ease with myself and others. I had a new outlook on the social aspect of high school because of Upward Bound. I was in classes during the summer with kids from different schools and counties. Batavia was the only city in the program, the rest of the schools were from a more country setting. The dynamics of their schools were vastly different from mine; everything from music to language use to the way they dressed and for some reason it made me more comfortable with myself and around others. Mixed classes became easier with my level of comfortability so the senior class didn’t seem so weird. Sectional titles in football and basketball, art awards, music, academic prosperity, and record setting test scores, classes and in sports showed that the class of 2016 had succeeded as a
As I entered ninth grade the feeling of anxiety was overwhelming. All of the older students rushing through the hallways with no attempt to make the freshman feel at ease. Classes were different from before; longer class times, but only four classes a day. Mixing with the upperclassmen was the most uncomfortable, awkward experience that high school had …show more content…
Adjusting to life in high school meant stepping out of normality and making new friends with people I would never imagine speaking to. I had taken high school level math in middle school, so entering ninth grade I was placed into tenth grade level geometry with only three other students in my grade. I wouldn’t exactly call myself shy as much as antisocial, so being with students I hardly remembered because of the grade difference pushed me further into social awkwardness and avoidance. As the school year progressed, I learned to focus more my grades, just to avoid the whole “make new friends, get involved” aspect of high school. Flash forward to the summer preceding tenth grade. I joined the Trio Upward Bound program, just to avoid wasting my summer away. I didn’t know then, but that was the best decision of my life. Starting tenth grade, I began to adjust more socially and grade wise. I placed myself in more difficult classes, which I knew would force me out of my circle of close friends. I was prepared for the change that was bound to happen, socially and personally. I started to enjoy coming to school, but it was still an uneasy feeling to be in classes with upperclassmen. I avoided joining …show more content…
I became president of ATOP, and started to relax and ignore any insecurities I had in my classes. I started to enjoy my classes and just enjoy the high school all together. Pep assemblies, sporting events, and class involvement just felt more natural. The sense of belonging in school and the unity within our class as a whole started to make me feel at ease with myself and others. I had a new outlook on the social aspect of high school because of Upward Bound. I was in classes during the summer with kids from different schools and counties. Batavia was the only city in the program, the rest of the schools were from a more country setting. The dynamics of their schools were vastly different from mine; everything from music to language use to the way they dressed and for some reason it made me more comfortable with myself and around others. Mixed classes became easier with my level of comfortability so the senior class didn’t seem so weird. Sectional titles in football and basketball, art awards, music, academic prosperity, and record setting test scores, classes and in sports showed that the class of 2016 had succeeded as a