Ninth grade

I mean honestly I didn 't have the best grades but I didn 't have the worse grades. I was decent in a few things but honestly and I know that for some of you this is true . Math was definitely not my strong suit . Although sometimes I would look at the people that were good at math and tell myself that I want to…

time eighth grade came around, I would play video games to escape and would escape briefly from my problems and feelings. Then, in ninth grade, I missed a lot of school and would stay home and watch movies. In tenth grade, I started to realize that I hit my rock bottom and stopped blaming other people for my problems and started to make changes and improve my attendance and start over in school. In eleventh grade I was set back with a concussion in football, but I had raised my grades to…

Perhaps the single most valuable lesson I have learned in my years from high school until now is the merit of surrounding myself with people whom I share common principles. This lesson has dominated the choices I’ve made, mainly in regards to the schools I have attended and the different groups I have decided to partake in. Growing up, I would always hear the saying ‘show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are.’ But how precise is that statement? The ambiguity in my sentiments towards…

As a new grade nine at Brentwood, bright eyed and bushy tailed, I viewed my seniors in the highest of regard, for they could do no wrong. For all that I knew, they didn’t party, do drugs or get into any means of trouble. I remember the shock of finding out that my snowball date, an exceptional rugby player, polite young man, and not to mention a handsome one at that, was an avid cocaine user. How could someone like that, who went to a school such as Brentwood, do that? It was then that my veil…

was there until I was in 2nd grade, When I started at Compass. Which brings me to my second plane of development. Not much happened until I got to Upper El. I remember really liking math and reading. I remember the first time someone told me I couldn 't do something, because she didn 't think I could. I was at the Library and I went into the “big kids books” I wanted to read a chapter book, I don’t remember what book.…

geographic. I did mine on sharks studying their behavior and attack patterns. It was a very fun experience and one that I look back at fondly. That year was not nearly as terrifying as I had originally thought. Seventh grade was much the same only I decided to join the band. Eighth grade I had something strange happen I had a teacher that for some unknown reason take a huge dislike to me. I remember we were watching the entire mini-series of Roots and for some reason she decided that I…

Karachi. Unfortunately, I do not remember my time spent there as I was only a young child. Shortly after my family moved to Canada, I started school! I was one of those odd students who would be beyond excited to start school. My excitement lasted until grade nine, However, now I think I enjoy sleeping in a bit more. Even if I enjoy my sleep, school to me is really enjoyable, especially high school. To me, high school is not here to torture me with homework, or stress me to the point of hatred,…

entential. I wanted to make a change to my body and that’s how I decided to do it. I was dancing a lot, I started working out at home and during the summers I had a gym membership. It was excessive but at the time, I thought it was normal. Beginning of grade 11, I came down with the flu, and lost 10 pounds. That kicked off the weight loss and I never gained that back. By this point, all I had was a devil on my shoulder telling me what to do, what not to eat. I got an app to track my calorie in…

thought of myself as a Christian because I always went to church, prayed, went to Sunday school, and said I loved Jesus. When I was in 1st grade, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She survived, but this really scared me and I questioned why God would do something that bad to my mom. I went to Young Life family camp at Sharptop for the first time in 2nd grade and although I was really young, I saw what it was like to live like Jesus. I went to family camp for about 4 years, but at this…

younger sister, I looked up to her and wanted to be just like her. After I started to realize that she got praised for her good behavior and grades in school, I wanted to be commended as well. Though this did make me want to be a better student and did help me improve, it wasn’t a sudden change. What really changed my mindset about school was my second and third grade teacher, Sarah. She had been my teacher through my downfall and noticed how badly I was behaving. Once she sat down with me and…