Argumentative Essay On Cathedral High School

At a first glance, it was viewed as an abandoned elementary school that was deteriorating physically, a place that was losing hope and a place that no one would ever want to go to. I am talking about Cathedral High School on 310 Main St, Wilbraham, also known as my second home. Waking up at 6:45 and going to the bus stop was a daily routine for myself. Standing there the first day, I was circled up with 3 friends whom I had known from middle school. Shortly however as the days progressed, that radius doubled and continued to grow. Day after day the morning circle became our second nature, followed by a 20-minute bus ride to a place that greeted us with a weathered sign reading “Memorial Elementary School.” Following that sign was the real place …show more content…
While the previous bishop promoted and back the notion of rebuilding the school, the new bishop had worries about the whole notion. His main concern revolved around the low enrollment rate and the financial obligations it would involve to invest in a school that possibly would not thrive. The Cathedral community refuted this statement, however, someone needed to prove to the surrounding areas, the bishop and anyone filled with doubt about its future, that Cathedral could still live on. This prompted my friends and I to come together and write up a petition standing up for our beliefs. We decided to sit down and outline the good in the school and showcase our pride in what we grew up around and wanted to continue seeing. After some more thought, we collaboratively thought about what key items personally molded each of us. For myself, I thought about how the close-knit community brought me closer to my entire school and built an environment that allowed me to truly express my opinions as I pleased. There was support everywhere that wanted to see me strive. As a result, we published the petition on change.org and ended up receiving over a 1000 signers. Additionally, this petition sparked the start of what we were missing throughout the year; knowledge that Cathedral still lived on in our hearts. This idea that Cathedral still living in peoples hearts became a visual reality. Turning right onto City …show more content…
In her speech she brought up the fact that nowadays when outsiders hear of the name Cathedral, they express pity for those who attend. They try to look at all the bad that Cathedral had on the surface, from the low enrollment numbers, lack of sports facilities, residing in an abandoned elementary school, and just thinking to themselves that Cathedral is not what it once was. However, the people that say these types of things didn’t have the life changing experiences those like myself did. I remember walking through the creaky doors the very first day. After being welcomed by the smiling staff, I preceded to a location my peers and I would end up referring to as the multipurpose gym-atorium (the gym that was also used as an auditorium for mass and gatherings due to lack of facilities). Looking around, I felt intimidated by those around me but I soon came to realize there was nothing to worry about. Everyone was friendly to one another and as a result, my confidence level grew. I began to expand my friend group and began talking more often. That once timid, shy boy was no longer present. As a result of situations such as the first day of Cross Country practice, in which the team all welcomed me and the coaches didn’t look at the bad aspects that I could not run very many miles, but instead sought out the good in me with my stride. Not only in sports was accepting one another shown, in the hallways it