When making decisions, you don't always know whether or not you've made the right one immediately. I was deciding on which high school I wanted to attend;
I chose to go to public school, even though I had previously gone to private school. Why would a kid choose to go from a class of 24 to a brand new school with 1700 kids without knowing anyone? That sounds crazy to me, but my 14 year-old self thought that it would be just fine.
At my old school, I was the most outgoing and talkative person in my grade. On the first day of freshman year, that completely changed. I didn't know anyone and had no idea what to talk to these people about. I told myself to just sit at a table and listen to what everyone else was saying, trying to pick up new information about this …show more content…
The interview came around, and I had to choose whether I wanted to go in as my new self, or did I want to show them who I really was and could be? After going through the whole process and finding out that I was one of the lucky 16 to make the program, I didn't realize how much this would change my high school career.
Coming back to school as a sophomore, I was very nervous, since I didn't know whether or not the other 15 kids would accept me. Looking back, I discovered newfound courage through my decision. After a few weeks, I was back to being my old bubbly self. I branched out to so many new people and made a ton of new connections in the school. Throughout the year, I gained a new perspective on life. When we were working with students with special needs, we learned how to view life differently. No matter what, they always looked at everything so positively. One particular experience, when I mentored a third grader whose Dad was in jail, taught me that you have to persevere in life and make the most out of everything no matter how bad things seem. This helped me understand that even in the toughest circumstances, you can look at everything in a
I chose to go to public school, even though I had previously gone to private school. Why would a kid choose to go from a class of 24 to a brand new school with 1700 kids without knowing anyone? That sounds crazy to me, but my 14 year-old self thought that it would be just fine.
At my old school, I was the most outgoing and talkative person in my grade. On the first day of freshman year, that completely changed. I didn't know anyone and had no idea what to talk to these people about. I told myself to just sit at a table and listen to what everyone else was saying, trying to pick up new information about this …show more content…
The interview came around, and I had to choose whether I wanted to go in as my new self, or did I want to show them who I really was and could be? After going through the whole process and finding out that I was one of the lucky 16 to make the program, I didn't realize how much this would change my high school career.
Coming back to school as a sophomore, I was very nervous, since I didn't know whether or not the other 15 kids would accept me. Looking back, I discovered newfound courage through my decision. After a few weeks, I was back to being my old bubbly self. I branched out to so many new people and made a ton of new connections in the school. Throughout the year, I gained a new perspective on life. When we were working with students with special needs, we learned how to view life differently. No matter what, they always looked at everything so positively. One particular experience, when I mentored a third grader whose Dad was in jail, taught me that you have to persevere in life and make the most out of everything no matter how bad things seem. This helped me understand that even in the toughest circumstances, you can look at everything in a