If I Went To High School

If we all took a moment to look back at our lives, how many of us would wish we could have done something different? Maybe we could have been more outspoken, become more involved in activities. I am only eighteen so you would think there is not much I would want to change; but in reality, there is not. I may have nothing I want to change in my life, I just wish I could change the way things happened.
I went to high school in two different schools, both being in two different continents. In Palestine, where I first felt the experience of High School, I had a lot of friends. Yet, I struggled with finding a group that would understand me for me, and not understand me simply for being the “American Girl”. In a small town in Palestine, people are not exposed to many foreigners, so I was the cool new toy that everyone wanted to get their hands on. In a way they were using me so they could go home and say, “I met the American”. I liked having friends so I had never thought much about it.
When I was in third grade I was not very successful at sticking with a group of friends, I always prefered talking to the Yard Duty than my classmates. One day my teacher approached my mom and said she …show more content…
Junior year, my favorite year in high school, my little sister, Zaynab, started as a freshmen, so I got a two through seven to match her schedule, but Maryam had a one through five. I no longer had my cousin to hang out with, and my sister already had a group of friends from middle school. I was off venturing on my own to find a group I would remain friends with forever. Mid junior year I met Semaj, she was brand new and I started to get to know her. For some reason I felt obligated to make friends with the new kid from that day forward, because I never had someone that wanted to genuinely meet me, so I knew I never wanted anyone to have to go through that same