Personal Narrative: Bob The Builder Socks

The oldest pair of socks I still own is my Bob the Builder socks. I got for Christmas when I was only four years old. I am more than glad that I still have them because it built up my admiration for socks. Those Bob the Builder socks are my lucky pair of socks. I have probably worn them every year in preparation for a piano recital, school play, benefit show, baseball game, math test, or whatever is thrown my way. No matter how hard I try, those Bob the Builder socks don’t fit my size eleven feet anymore, but I cannot bring myself into throwing away something that formed me to who I am today.
In the sixth grade, I ran for Spirit Commissioner. For the people who ran for spirit, we had to come up with our own spirit day to exemplify our school spirit. The spirit day I pitched along with myself was ‘Crazy Sock Day’. …show more content…
In seventh grade, I was a seventh grade representative and in eighth grade I was president of my school. I knew I had to start off small, so that I could achieve greater heights. In high school, freshmen and sophomore year I was class secretary, junior year I was co-class president, and now I am Senior Class President. I learned from my student government career that it starts off with just a small step to fall deeply in love with something that I spent most of my life with. Student government taught me to take risks by initiating change at school because it starts with me. Student government taught me to speak up whenever I had an opinion or when I felt a valuable opinion needed to be heard. Student government taught me that it doesn’t matter who I work with, as long as we collaborate efficiently and effectively to finish the job. Student government taught me that I don’t need recognition from others to know I am successful. Student government taught me to be the rock that people will miss when I am gone. However, at the end of the day I put on my socks, one sock at a