Just as I had finally found a few friends as the year ended at my school, I learned that I would be new once again; my family was moving to a different school district. After a disastrous first year - lonely and disappointing - at my previous school, I was presented with a chance to start again. I was terrified. The task of fitting into yet another new school was impossible, and yet that small voice in the back of my head seemed to think the opposite. Hopes of new friends, new possibilities, new opportunities, were spread, tantalizing, before me.…
Marking my first day of the worst School year of my School life. I walked onto the campus of Sequoia Union Elementary School, not knowing what the heck I was going to do. My knees were shaking I couldn’t move. I was beginning to realize that I was narrating all of this in my head as though this were a scene in “A Christmas Story.” At this moment I realized that there was no point of return.…
I laid on my bed and stared up at the plain ceiling and thought to myself, “Tomorrow is going to be terrible.” I walked up to Jefferson High school. The school towered over me as if it was going to engulf me. I pulled open the heavy glass door, took a deep breath, and rubbed the sweat off my hands onto my pant leg. As soon as I stepped inside, a surge of worriedness came over me.…
We walked into the air conditioned building from the smoldering heat. This was the hard part; Jordy and I had to part ways and go to different classes. As we left each other the nerves grew inside me like a shaken up soda waiting for a fool to open it and explode. Praying that I had friends in my class, I walked in unsure if my legs were weak because of the anxiety I was feeling about who I was going to eat lunch with or the long hike I was going to have to take daily to Mrs.…
I owe a lot to Dan Cody former Oklahoma Defensive End. I don't talk about it much but I was diagnosed with severe panic attack/anxiety disorder when I was in third grade. I had trouble going to school because it would give me anxiety and make me have panic attacks. I learned to get threw it with help but the one thing that really helped me was football.…
One particular circumstance that sparked the idea of attending college made me open my eyes at a young age to realize a higher education is important to succeed in the world. It started when I was talking with my parents about their choices and thoughts in high school, specifically, my mother. She was a straight A student throughout high school and when senior year came around, she applied to many colleges. One of the few was Cal State Fullerton.…
My wrists had been slit and tied together, bound behind my back. I was in a small, dark space and muffled vibrations were traveling through the floor from the party taking place downstairs. The only light source was dim and came through the slight slits in the door that was directly in front of me. I felt something brush up against my back. This made me jump before I realized that they were just coats.…
I had been dreaming about this day constantly for four years. All of my blood, sweat, and tears had gone into this one particular goal. On September 24, 2015, I had finally achieved my goal in successfully verbally committing to a division one college. Through motivation, determination, and hard work, I achieved my goal head on, even though many obstacles were thrown my path. My journey began in seventh grade.…
During our lives we will no doubt encounter a vast majority of people that are nothing like us. These people might be different physically, emotionally, or spiritually. We, as a society, are expected to look past these differences and work together in harmony. Sometimes people are able to work together smoothly, no matter how different they may be. Sometimes, however, it can be quite difficult.…
There I was at the kern river with my mom, uncle, aunt , and cousins. We were there for 5 days but on the fifth day we had to leave. On the fourth day we went to the river for the third time and at that time I wasn't even thinking about a crayfish because I thought we were just going to go rafting. Until my uncle pete said " If you guys catch a crayfish I will by you guys ice cream. Then I expected thinking this would be a piece of cake but then thought about it real hard and said in my head this would be impossible so I asked pete where would I find one he said in the shallow part of the river.…
When I was younger, it never occurred to me that life was not all my little town portrayed it to be. I had never been beyond the two flashing lights and one gas station to know what diversity could exist in beliefs and opinions. The point where I reached the age to comprehend how a lot of the people living in my town thought similarly was where I realized I had a number of disagreements with this line of thought. The general opinion was based on close mindedness. There was rarely any encouragement to know what was going on in the world and get involved.…
About 3 years ago I saw my parents struggle economically to provide the essentials for my sisters and me. My mother used to work at a sewing company that paid minimum wage. She had to quit because her sight wasn't allowing her to complete her work anymore. My father worked as a tortilla deliverer on his own account meaning he bought the product and found stores to sell to. When both of my parents worked they made enough to get by.…
The entire experience was so extraordinary and made me feel uncomfortable the whole time. I noted that Giovanna was nervous and that made me anxious with me not knowing what was going to take place. When getting on an elevator I’m not accustom to having my back exposed to the forward-facing view of the elevator plus being in front of people I don’t know. I like to know who’s getting on the elevator etc. This is something I would typically not do on an elevator, especially with it being a closed space.…
I remember the day I stepped onto the airplane in Ufa to the United States nine years ago. I was sitting next to another girl from my city, who was also flying to Williamsburg, Virginia to work and learn English. We talked for a little before take-off and I could see she was bursting with emotions and started to cry her eyes out. She was trembling with anxiety and fear, whimpering about how much she was leaving behind. In contrast, I sat in my seat very still, with a huge smile on my face, gleaming with anticipation of the adventure I was about to begin.…
I had been preparing for weeks to visit my cousins in Massachusetts. I packed my snow pants, my sleds, and the rest of my winter gear, as the weather forecast spoke of a series of snowstorms to hit the Boston area. Every year I would come to Massachusetts to find nearly a foot of snow on the ground. I always looked forward to having snowball fights and sled races in the wooded hills behind my cousin’s house. However, this year the forest was different.…