Personal Narrative: My Upperclassman Life

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The Upperclassman Life
Junior year, It’s like your 14th birthday, you’re one year older, but you’re still a grumpy teenager. That’s how I felt about my junior year, I still had so much schooling ahead of me, classes were starting to become a serious challenge, and sometimes I truly wished that I was in college.
Well okay, junior year wasn’t all terrible, it did come with a few highlights. I attended my first prom, became a part of fifth quarter committee, received my first main role in our school musical, Sister Act, and most excitingly, I finally got my license. But these exciting moments were often drowned out by my heavy homework load, dreaded SAT prep, and the classic question, “do you know what you’re doing for college?” You could say

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