Personal Narrative: A Career In Chemistry

Waking up at 6:30 in the morning was never my cup of tea. I will rush to put on clothes and run outside in the foggy, timid weather to wait for my ride for school. I waited anxiously, realizing how tired I was from staying up all night studying for my first chemistry test. Nevertheless, I was ready to ace my test. All I could think of was my mom saying, “Dimond. I am so proud of you for making an A on your first test; keep up the good work”. As teenagers – of all ages and looks - hurried to their classes, I slowly walked in confidence to room 113. The bell went “ding, dong”; I quickly sat down in my seat where my test was face down. Even though I had studied hard for this test, not in a million years I would have thought one bad grade could make me confident, open-minded, and responsible. …show more content…
First day of class, Mrs. Matthews – a short, brown-eyed, sharp woman-gave us a pretest. She said “this test will notify me of how much knowledge you all have in Chemistry”. I thought to myself, “Well we never toke it, so I am sure everyone is going to bomb this”. I sat there staring firmly at this thick, 8-page pretest until the tan walls seems to close in on me. Days went by of going over Unit 1 in the Glencoe Science book; Mrs. Matthews announced our first test date: September 15, 2014. She told us to “prepare and be prepared”. A study guide was handled out, which was worked on in class. The class noticed that temperature conversion – Fahrenheit and Celsius- was not on the study guide. Nervously as I already was I asked, “Is temperature conversions going be on the test?”, Mrs. Matthews replied back “No, do not worry about them since we just learned