Personal Narrative: My Turning Point In High School

Every year I feel like I have a turning point moment, and I get super motivated for a month or so and then I’d fall back out of it and it would be a continuous cycle. I’d either want to eat healthier, workout more, concentrate on school more, or have a positive attitude. I also have turning points when I realize who my real friends are or who I really am and who I want to be. High school will make you realize things that were oblivious to you before high school. One example is from my freshman year when I had to find my real friends, the ones that didn't talk bad about me behind my back, and the ones who were really there for me. I was always told that the friends that I have in my childhood will never be the same friends when I grow up, and now I’m starting to see it happen in my own life. The people that I thought I knew so well, are now just old friends in the hallways. …show more content…
Just because we started high school, everyone saw upperclassmen doing things, so all of a sudden we had the right to do so too. In the hallways, people would be running around, throwing things, and being loud and disrespectful. I never wanted to be like anyone else, I concentrated on all my school work, and I was a really good kid. I would cry if I got in trouble, because I didn’t know what I was doing. Once sophomore year started, that’s when I started to grow out of my shell, I made new friends that were actually good people to me, and I did more activities after school. Although this led to my grades falling a bit, and me getting more distracted in class. This is when the turning points