Personal Narrative Essay Examples High School

the typical bookworm who enjoyed reading obscure literature for hours in a comfy chair at the local library. My mother secretly enjoyed me being an antisocial freak, as she never had to worry about me mixing in with the wrong crowd. Finally, when high school came around, a teacher whom I still admire eventually encouraged me to try and expand my interests as I’m sure he must have been tired of me following him around all day.…

My Narrative essay is going to be about my experience in High School. My freshman year of Independence High School was a struggle, I came from a private community. It was very hard for me to transfer from uniforms to wearing what we want to wear. I got bullied a lot, girls did not like me , and I did not fit in. i tried out for cheerleading my freshman year, I did not make the team. I was really down about it, so instead of giving up i tried out for the dance team, and i made the dance team.…

My educational goals after high school are to attend the University of Phoenix- online. Going online will eliminate the costs of living on campus and other costs. Online schooling will also take the stress of leaving my family away because I will only be minutes away instead of hours. My plan is to graduate from college in four years and then start my career as a social worker as soon as possible. The reason I chose this career is my father and my brother’s dad. My brother’s dad was in my life…

huge problem, that I knew had to be fixed. Then came the summer before my start of high school and I promised myself I would fix being so shy was pulling me back. So I did just that, the next four years of High School were about to change my life drastically. Middle School was rough to say the least. I kept to myself most of the time I had two close friends but even opening up to them was hard. I wasn't involved at school didn't join any clubs sports noting. I though about it but I just couldn't…

Prompt: What would you do if knew you could not fail? There are many things I would accomplish if I knew I could not fail. First, I would go back in time and retake every test I did in High school. Many of the exams were challenging and the grade I obtained were not outstanding. Without the high score my grade in the class will ruin my gpa score. As usual every student is required to take ACT OR SAT. Scoring a fourteen on the ACT, I was not able to attend the university that I wanted to.However,…

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…

two students entered Columbine High School armed with weapons. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold entered their own school, killing 23 students and teachers, and wounding 20. The two students were part of a group, who called themselves the trench coat mafia. This group had about a dozen juniors and seniors who were often referred to as the “misfits” of Columbine High School. After the five hour siege, Harris and Klebold killed themselves inside the library of the school (Brooke, James). Then, on…

During a high school math class I attended, a teacher of mine was explaining a fairly difficult subject, all that was on my mind was how I would teach the class instead. After the lecture ended I started thinking more about it and concluded that I do that for nearly all of my classes. I constantly think about how I would respond to questions, how I would grade, and how the class would be structured if I was in the math teacher’s shoes. I have decided to become a secondary math teacher, but I…

High school can be rough! You have bundles of homework and to pre-pare for college. I feel like you have less friends in high school, then you do in grade school, you have all these friends and you’re always spending time together, but once you get in high school, I feel like you lose all your friends. Once you go into high school I feel you get to know who your real friends are. I try not to get too close to friends in high school because you never know if they will stick with you or they end…

I first attended Boise State University after high school in 1996. While at Boise State, I met my husband and we had our first child. I decided to take some time off of school to raise my son, with every intention of returning to college. Little did I know that it would take me almost twenty years to return to Boise State University, but here I am. I am majoring in Elementary Education, with an endorsement in literature. Since coming back to school a year and a half ago I have maintained a 4.0…