Personal Narrative Analysis

With change, there are always compromises. You lose your sense of familiarity, and find yourself in a sea of strangeness. With every wave, you are hit by the unfamiliar. However, you soon adapt and find that this raging sea has turned into a flowing river, taking you toward your success. Along the path you begin to see things that look familiar, and realize that you are on the same path that you had been before. It was two years ago that I moved to Maple Valley from the city of Palmyra, Virginia. I had left behind my realm of comfort and entered into a brand new lifestyle. At first I was hesitant about my new home, for it was nothing like the countryside of Virginia. It was near the end of sophomore year that I began attending Tahoma Senior High School, and it was a bit of a rough start. I knew nobody in the school and could not start a conversation with anyone. However, it was only a matter of days before I found people to call my friends. …show more content…
I was flipping through the class catalog when I noticed this school offered multiple classes that seemed impossible for my old school to offer. One such class that caught my attention was robotics. I took engineering classes at my old school and they were fun, to I decided to take robotics. While building robots and competing in the mini competitions that were held in class were entertaining, my favorite part about making the robots was the programming. While I had zero programming experience beforehand, I was still compelled to figure out what made the robot move. This class helped me decide what I wanted to do with my life, and I wanted to be a