Personal Narrative: Why I Succeed At Soar High School

I stared at the application. And it stared right back at me, as per Newton’s third law. The question was directed at my parents- “Why do you think your student would succeed at SOAR High School?” Handing the paper back to my parents, I said “I can’t do this”.
My parents didn’t know how to fill it out either. Their eyes tried making sense of the hieroglyphics on the page, seemingly taunting them, but to no avail. They handed it back to me, asking if I could translate it for them, hear their responses, translate said responses, and finally write it for them. I shook my head no- I didn’t think my mind could generate an answer that would sound like an adult came up with it. Angry with frustration, they asked me how else we were supposed to fill it out. I shrugged. All of my friends were going to Quartz Hill high school but I couldn’t follow them because I was on a waitlist. My other option was the school that I only heard bad things about. I had to get into …show more content…
That friend was my hymns teacher/summer competition coach/ choir teacher at church. He also had a daughter that was of my age and we both went to the same middle school. Scrambling to get the application and have me complete it on time, my parents got an application from that friend and passed it to me.
Since neither my parents nor I dared write in that question, my parents asked that friend for help. He answered it for me as he knew me pretty well. He gave it back to my parents and I copied it into my application. I turned in my application at literally the last moment possible as I had misread the instructions and needed more paperwork from my middle school and it was a hassle. A breathed a sigh of relief as I turned in my application.
A few weeks later, my mom walks over to me in my room holding a letter in her hand. She says to open it quickly. After inspecting it for the sender for a second, I tear into it with anxious