Personal Narrative: Breaking The Rules In High School

So, about three years ago, during fifth grade in my elementary school, my friend and I decided to break the rules. Whenever I think back to this event I realize how foolish I was when I was eleven years old. I had just moved to San Diego, so this was my first year at this new school. It didn’t take long before I made new friends. But once I had my “friend group” I would follow them around during the breaks. They had been at this school since kindergarten and they knew all the secrets, and rumors of this school. They would tell me stories of other children breaking the rules, but I never knew if they broke the rules. The school had one large rectangular grass field which was connected to the blacktop, where the basketball courts, and the handball courts were. The classrooms and offices were all in one gigantic building located directly next to the blacktop. Now there was this steep dirt hill that led up to a wall, which divided the school yard from the neighborhood. On the adjacent side of the field was a chain link fence that separated the school from the …show more content…
We would go under just to take a look. First we looked around to see if anyone from yard duty was close by. There was about ten minutes left until the lunch bell would ring, which gave us just enough time to sneak under the fence. I told Nadav to tell me when we had two minutes left, since he was the only one who had a phone. I went first since I was pretty skinny. I slid right underneath, not a scratch on my body. Next, Nadav went under and just got a little scratch. I looked around and noticed we were at the top of a hill which led down to the street. Once we were both safely on the other side, we quickly shuffled past the pine tree. After we cleared the trees, we looked forward and saw the thick brick wall that was to the left of us, which separated us from the backyards of other houses. We kept walking, but the wall never