Personal Narrative: How High School Changed My Life

Growing up I always dreamed of being a college football player and making it big. I thought it would all come so easy until I entered high school. My grades started dropping, I started getting into more trouble, but I did meet an amazing girl through all of it. High school changed my whole outlook on life. I can take all the lessons I learned throughout the past few years and use them to help guide me through life and make me want to always try my best at anything I do or have to do. These have been such memorable years to me that I will never forget as I grow. I wouldn’t change my experience for anything because I’ve learned and grown so much in the few years I’ve been in high school.

In the beginning I thought high school wasn’t an important part of my life. I was just focused on football and goofing off. During the first couple of years my grades weren’t all that good. I was failing tests and not turning in my homework. I didn’t realize how much that had an effect on me. My coach started to not let me play in games or even get any practice in because my grades were so bad and my teachers were complaining. I never thought that …show more content…
Her name is Sheri. We have been dating for almost two years now. When we did go to school together we were always getting into trouble with each other. We were always playing around by throwing paper at each other or making each other laugh and the teachers would get mad because we were distracting each other from listening and learning. So we had to talk and try to figure out a way to not distract each other so we wouldn’t get into any serious trouble because we both want each other to pass all our classes. Now that we are both at separate schools we are both at separate schools we are able to make sure we aren’t distracting one another to do our bests. She’s always making sure I try one hundred percent all the time in school and I do the same with