Personal Narrative: My Experience In Elementary School

The elementary school I went to was public and the educational system was from kindergarten to sixth grade. From here, I met some of my, not necessarily closest, but long lasted friends. Three of whom I am quite close to today were of these three girls: Ariel, Jenny and Kimberly. I met these folks at different times. I met Ariel and Jenny in first grade. My mom and their moms met while picking us kids up. From then on, we were introduced to each other. Then drama took place. After second grade, Ariel and Jenny took a gate exam and passed. They both transferred to a more prestigious school called Rhodes Elementary School. From then on I felt what I felt back when I received glasses: loneliness. They never told me they were taking this exam and they just left me together. In a way, I felt our friendship was betrayed. However, this did not stop our friendship from continuing. As for Kimberly, I met her back in …show more content…
Mr. Li was my least favorite teacher. Unlike my teachers in the past, he did not care whether or not I played well. This was the start of when I started to think taking lessons from teachers limited my ability to play piano. I did not like to play piano much, but I did not stop. It just was not second nature that I wanted to play. The music we played was chosen by the teacher. Whether I enjoyed the music or not we were forced to play. He was strict, yelled at me, and I felt obligated to play. I could stomp my way to my room and cry and he would just sit there by the piano doing nothing at all. It was when my mom noticed he was not doing a thing that she was furious. He was paid to teach me, yet he did not really teach me a thing. Those years I consider was wasted. The next teacher I was taught was by Mrs. Lai. She did an exceptional job. I could talk to her as a friend and feel comfortable enough to voice my own