Opportunity Knock In High School

Opportunity Knocks At some point we have all walked the halls of high school. For myself, I am still walking the jungle-like halls of George Wythe High School. As we have grown, most of us have been told to make friends. In kindergarten, you will more than likely make a friend who won’t be around by your senior year in high school. Does that make it a waste of time? No, it means that as you grow, you will find out your interests may not be shared, and that friend maybe the one who helps you grow the most. In kindergarten my mom use to always tell me to be nice, listen in class, and make some friends. I had always been a shy kid, but I had seemed to have the friend thing figured out. I was a fortunate kid in school, I was polite, I had the nicer school supplies, and I knew how to tie my own shoes. In kindergarten that is a big deal to other kids who may not be as lucky as you. Kindergarten introduced me to one of my friends that I am lucky enough to say today that she is still my friend. We were in the same kindergarten class and had met one day on the playground. This particular friend was so much like me, we loved to …show more content…
When third grade arrived we were devastated. I had Mrs. Smiley and my friend got put in Mrs. Workman’s class. This felt like the end of the world to us, because we had no idea what we would do. The year progressed and my friend and I slowly started to become less of best friends, and more of two girls who would wave at each other in the lunch room. For a while it was hard for me to realize that my best friend wasn’t going to be as close with me as the years before. In return, I met some of my even closer friends. I had finally made more than just one friend and it felt great. Yes, I still had the friend I grew up with, but now I had even more friends to be a part of. Third grade felt superior to kindergarten by a