My First Day In High School Essay

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It was my 5th-grade year at Maury Elementary School and I was humiliated on the first day of school by my peers after having to read in front of the class. I felt sad and depress about life because the basic English skills I lacked do to the disability I had. Until my teacher Mr. Johnson encourage me to overcome my disability by, working hard and never quit. Which help me with my success today in college.
It was the first day of my 5th-grade year and I was unhappy that my summer was cut short due to school. As I entered the classroom I joked around with my friends that I didn’t see over the break. A few minutes later the teacher walked in and introduced himself as Mr. Johnson. He was a peculiar guy with a big smile and a funny voice. Our first assignment was to write a paper on what we did over our summer vacation. After getting the assignment I began to think about all the interesting things that took place over that time; such as going to places like Chuck E Cheese 's, Busch gardens, and David
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I didn’t feel like eating, let alone talking to anyone. Even the fruit roll up offered by my best friend Logan I turned down which I love. I couldn’t understand why English was so hard. I can have a conversation with someone with no problem, but once I put pen to paper it becomes more difficult to express my words. I started to blame my mother for making me the way I am. At that moment I felt that if I wasn’t born I wouldn’t feel this pain. It didn’t make sense, why didn’t anyone else have this disability. My stomach turned hearing the dismissal bell ending lunch. Interring class I was stop by the teacher. He asked why was crying. Thinking he wouldn’t understating he expressed to me how he also had this disability. he wiped my eyes and told me that crying wouldn’t do anything. Instead work hard and overcome your weakness. He expressed to me how intelligent and cable I was. I contemplated on what he express through out the day

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