Personal Narrative: Growing Up In A Home

Not many people know what it is like to Grow up in a home like mine but in many ways I used to envy them for that fact. As you can tell from my GPA I wasn't always able to make grades my main focus. Throughout my whole life I can always remember facing many obstacles and conflicts. Growing up I dealt with many issues whether they were with my dad, who is now a recovering alcoholic, or from the bullying I received from other students and even from my family. I even missed weeks of school at a time up until freshman year when I was able to
Get my depression on track. My house was almost foreclosed upon when I was in sixth grade. Around that same time I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder, and also depression. …show more content…
There were times where I would get to the school and have panic attacks and I would refuse to leave my parents car so I would either go home or the vice principal had to escort me to make me feel more secure. There was a year where I missed over 50 days of school and every year since then I have been able to make that number shrink and last year I stayed Under the maximum amount of absences for the first time which was a huge accomplishment for myself. On Most of the days that I attended school I spent half of my time isolated in a room in study hall making up the work that I owed to my teachers. After years of pain I have been able to work out of my issues with depression and anxiety, I now regularly attend class and I do all of my homework. I have improved my grades as well, last year as a Junior I took a L3 senior English course and I ended up getting a 97 for the year in. I have completed many community service activities even including ones that were not approved to be counted towards my graduation requirements. I am also a member of peta and I have been in book club since I was a sophomore. I was also the best nose guard in North Haven until I injured my ACL but I