My First Day at High School Essay

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    realization that one day I was going to have to contribute to the advancement of human society. I always believed that I could continue to live a life where I was dependent of every basic need from my parents and not have to worry about the problems they dealt with. However, the first day of high school changed all of this for me. The moment I walked into the high school on the first day of my freshman year the atmosphere that surrounded me was far different than the ones I had previously experienced. As usual, some students showed zero effort and had no ambitions academically but there were also students who were striving to make something of themselves and were becoming prepared for the next stage in life. This had a major impact on me because I realized that I could not stay under my parents protection forever and that I was going to make something out of myself. The most important day of my life was when I realized I needed to start…

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    I grew up here I grew up in Rahway, New Jersey with my mother, step-father and a little annoying brother that I loved. We lived in a two bedroom apartment, in a peaceful neighborhood. Well until my step-father got drunk and started fighting with the neighbors. My little brother and I shared a room, our room was white at first, then we painted it blue and red, finally we decided to paint it blue and black. At the time I was eight and he was three. His side of the room was always a mess. He had…

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    MEMOIR My first day of school began more than 10 years ago and by that time I was in my native country named Honduras. The school were very poor that it could only afford two teachers by that time. I was a quitted kid in the classroom and I used to get distracted all the time by the girls in my classroom, I used to share my snack with the girls and with the teacher. Having starting my schooling at small age were one of my big dream because I was born with what I wanted to do in the planet since…

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    It was my 5th-grade year at Maury Elementary School and I was humiliated on the first day of school by my peers after having to read in front of the class. I felt sad and depress about life because the basic English skills I lacked do to the disability I had. Until my teacher Mr. Johnson encourage me to overcome my disability by, working hard and never quit. Which help me with my success today in college. It was the first day of my 5th-grade year and I was unhappy that my summer was cut short…

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    My First Day of High School My first day of high school was known as Freshman Day, where only freshman go to school and learn about the building and their new teachers. It was a time full of surprises. The day before Freshman Day, I was walking up the stairs and got distracted while climbing up. I wasn’t paying attention and scraped all of the skin off of the bottom of my big toe when I made the mistake of putting only my toe on the metal landing rim rather than my whole foot. Anyways, I went…

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    I remember my first day of high school like it was yesterday walking into that new building with a little bit of fear and a whole lot of excitement. I got myself all dressed up in uniform and I was ready for high school lifestyle. Over those next years a lot of things changed and like it was nothing there I was facing my first day of college. Those four years of high school were to prepare me for college and I believe my time in high school did just that. In my first year of high school I…

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    From elementary school, middle school, and part of high school I had always been the kid that was so quiet. Certainly, I was comfortable around my family but being around strangers made me nervous and scared. Throughout my school years, not including high school, I probably only made three friends. As I grew older things started to change and it was not until I landed my first job that I began to be social. Even though I was a shy person throughout most of my life and I had no work experience,…

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    When you get into high school and you hear all of the seniors and your parents saying “these next four years will go by fast,” you never believe it. Throughout freshman and sophomore year students begin to think “Will I ever be out of here?” Junior year you begin to think about your future, and all of a sudden one day you’re walking into your first day of senior year. High school really does go by faster than students would ever imagine, one day you’re setting up freshman classes and the next…

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    My First Day High School “Beeb! Beeb!”, my alarm rang in the morning. Today was my first day of my freshman year at Toms River High School North and I was not excited. I know that on the first day of school everyone is very happy to be able to see all of their friends again and have a new experience in a new place but not me. I knew for a fact that this day was going to be a bad day. “ Priya! Hurry up. You do not want to be late for school on the first day.” my mom yelled from downstairs. “…

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    that’s what I thought on my first day of high school. I had no idea of what I was doing or even what to do. This was my first time back into public school after five years of home schooling. I went through kindergarten through half of fifth grade public schooling and then, middle school through two years of high school of home schooling. After that I was ready for a change, but I had no idea of what that change was going to be like, because elementary is way different than high school. I had…

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