Personal Narrative: Growing Up In A Public School

Growing up in a public school you start to adapt to how people accept you with ease. No one really cares about your back story or how smart you may be or how much money you might have. In our eyes everyone is pretty much equal for the most part, but with that at times you might find that the people you are friends with aren't really looking out for your best interest. I think the dilemma that most teenagers face is with personal friendships. I believe that personal friendships are a dilemma because when you are at school the ideal reason would be because you want to learn. Most teenagers these days only go to school to see their friends which is already a problem. We should be worried more about our future right now. I am not saying we shouldn't …show more content…
So, I tried to stick to my school work and not really get out of my shell. I didn't post on social media a lot because I knew the backlashes that could come with it if I said the wrong things. That was until my junior year came and I completely fell off. I met some new friends that liked to go to parties and skip class, so I did too. They really showed me what high school could be like if you were a little rebellious sometimes. The result was my grades did drop a little bit, I started getting in more trouble at home because I would come home past my curfew time and I was kind of a different person. I knew my morals and I knew what I was doing was totally out of character, but I was having fun at the moment. Sometimes when you're ¨having fun in the moment¨ you tend to forget that there is a future ahead of you. There is always someone watching you. They were all seniors though and it was the end of their high school career, so now that they are gone I am more focused and more open to try new things and get more involved. So to basically conclude this paper I would like to say that the challenge could be within yourself or reflected from the people that surround you everyday. You have got to know what people are really friends with you and will still be friends with you ten years from now versus the people that are just having fun with you right now. It's all about knowing what