Narrative Essay Examples High School

I don't even have 20 dollars for gas. Just because someone goes to school and parks in a different space they should not be charged 20 dollars for it. What if they don't have the money.What if they don't even have enough money for gas. So they drive to school, so they don't have to ride the bus for two hours every morning. At the beginning of every year…

eyes between gasps of precious air. My tired and aching muscles are all soon quieted by the rush of accomplishment that overcomes me after every workout. That toxic smell of my soaked clothes is just a reminder of victory. When I started my high school basketball career I was a nobody that no one knew, but the following year I was able to make the varsity team. This was because I showed up everyday willing to work and get better. Every suicide and scrimmage was just a test to see how hard I…

It was a normal Tuesday at good ol’ Freeburg Community High School. Our rambunctious lunch group sat around the table to enjoy the lunch of the day, chili. Now you see, I had brought my lunch, but I wasn’t allowing that stop me from enjoying a steaming bowl of chili. My bowl of chili warmed my hands, heart, stomach, my esophagus when it was occasionally too hot, and eventually my lap. Between all of the jokes and laughter I hadn’t noticed that my hands were shaking a tad more than normal; if I…

up in the morning and looked at the window; the sun is as bright as usual days and the sky is as blue as ocean; I have a basketball game at 9:30 a.m., it is at my high school, but when I looked my clock that I look every morning to check the time, and the clock is telling me that I woke up at 8:30 a.m., since I live close to the school, I do not need to wake up this early—9:00 a.m. is good enough for me— but I did not want to sleep again because once I sleep, I am pretty sure that I am going to…

and my whole body would begin to shake. When I did speak, my voice was so quiet you could barely decipher a word of what I was saying. I hated all kinds of attention, good or bad. Even when I got invited to classmate’s birthday parties in elementary school, the effort that had to be taken to bring myself to knock on the door was almost insurmountable. I would plead with my mom to stay with me, and she usually would- to the discomfort of my fellow peers. The whole time I was just wishing I was at…

were all wearing the same matching purple shirts that the school gave us to wear. Each of us stood in front of a beach background, which was Mrs. Friend’s theme in her classroom, to take group pictures for the month you were born in. It was really fun because she gave us flower lays, hats, and maracas to use for the pictures. After that we discussed her rules and went over the typical things a teacher would say on the first day of school. She was the same caring person she was the year before…

I have went through many dilemmas, but to me personally, I feel as if my biggest dilemma wa figuring out where to go to high school. It is the first step in figuring out how the rest of your life will be or planned out. To me high school is very important, the classes you take are important and the things you learn are important. For me, it was where to go to high school at. Whether or not to stay in my hometown or move out somewhere was the main thing I had to figure out. Of course me being…

For the past two years in my high school experience, I’ve been in quite a few extracurricular activities. The first one being in 9th grade by participating and being a member of the school’s yearbook. That meant committing to the school, and become a member of the YBK staff which later came with the responsibility to attend every school event, and we had to take pictures, records videos and interact with the school community for it to be a successful year in the YBK class. The staff that year…

A time I experienced failure was in my freshman year of High School. At the time, I had prioritized my friends and having fun over focusing on my studies. I didn't see any importance in applying myself at school. This resulted in an extreme drop in my grades and performance inside the classroom. The school I was attending offered college courses, and I failed two simply because I felt that I didn't need to put any effort into the classes and that my friends were more important. After I saw I had…

Who knew that band in high school had such a surprise in store for the new students. On top of the changes from middle school to high school already being terrifying. My experiences throughout high school band were enjoyful, prideful, and exhausting. Starting from the fun treats that band came with, to the long hot sweaty hours spent on the football field practicing our hearts out for every football game. I definitely would be a different person, if it wasn’t for the band experiences that I had,…