Personal Narrative: How School Life Has Changed Me

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School life has changed me in many ways. Whether it be the expectations of school or what actions happen in school everyday. A lot of us teenagers tend to get very distracted, and we always want to be accepted. Sometimes we try to hard to be liked and that can lead to bad pathways. The bad habits that take place in school have changed me and also the good things. School has changed my personality and my thinking about education.
When I entered middle school I was terrified, it would be my first time there. When we were released for break the halls and the outside were swarming with people. It took me nearly the whole time to try and find someone that I recognized. I finally did find a couple of girls that I knew but I never thought it would take that long to find someone I could hang out with. I thought I would be around tons of friends and be comfortable, but I wasn 't. Middle school was a whole nother world for me, I felt like you had to have lots of friends to be “cool” or to be liked by a lot of people. I started leaving my friends and tried hanging
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Grades didn’t matter! I needed friends and fun! Even though I didn 't set my priorities straight right away I was doing it slowly as time passed by. I almost didn 't walk the stage for graduation in middle school because I didn 't have the grades. Im in highschool now and so many things have changed even in ninth grade I feel like I have matured alot. I 've learned to put grades and education first, after all that is what i 'm in school for. Everyday i 'm still learning and growing, I have tried to be true to myself and to my friends and I believe that where I am now is exactly where I need to be. My years during middle school paved the way for my path in highschool and has made me more responsible about my

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