Personal Narrative: Summer Geometry In High School

Summer Geometry Throughout my life I have always put as much effort as I could into everything I did and my reward would be success, but in the summer of 2015 I learned otherwise. When I chose Loyola as the institution at which I would develop as a young man, I knew that the hardest challenge I would ever face was ahead of me. Although there are many great elementary and junior high schools, not many prepare you for the challenges that will be faced at Loyola. In my situation, my elementary school did not prepare me for math, so when I arrived at Loyola I had to find a way to get ahead or equal with my classmates. I learned the only way to achieve this was by taking summer geometry here at Loyola. I consulted with many people before taking

Usually my family and I would be in Mexico with my grandparents but because of me we stayed this summer. I felt awful and impotent and the only thing I could do was thank them every day and try my best. I went to Xavier Center, picked up my slip, and headed over to Mr. Baham’s classroom in L104. The course consisted of four hours in class of pure geometry, two hours of homework, and however many hours you needed in order to study for next days quiz. I was doing eight hours of geometry every day, football, and making time for family, but I had to stop doing one of them, if I didn't I would never gain anything from doing everything. I continued my geometry-football routine for one week before I decided that the best choice for my future would be to quit football. The second Monday of summer school I went to my football coach’s office and let him know that I would not be part of the 2015 sophomore football team. With all my effort concentrated into geometry I felt relieved and ready to do the best I could do for the next four weeks. Everyday it was the same routine; go to Loyola, do my homework, study two hours, and have two hours for my family. Though I grew tired of my routine, I continued doing the best I could until the