My Defining Moment Essay

One of the few things in my life that bring me the feeling of pride is the simple fact that I now can talk to people and make friends. There are many occasions that have helped me realize many things. My lack of friends really showed when think about recess as a kid, I can now talk to people easier though it is still draining to do so. Now I can finally say that I have friends. When I was younger, I was the kid that talked all the time and couldn’t move from one task to the next if I hadn’t finished with the first. I never could seem to do the right thing even if I was trying. Because of that, I spent most of my recess walking seemingly endless laps around the dull grey-black asphalt next to the gym. I can still remember the gym, a mountain

I can still see muted gold lines painted on the asphalt that mapped out an area for foursquare, and the tall poles that had been driven into the asphalt for Tetherball which many kids tried to climb to the top of before a teacher would catch them. The puddle that would form in the corner after a rainy spring morning and the grass that grew in the cracks on the edge of the asphalt are still etched into my brain. I can still hear the kids shouts of glee as they played while I walked.

There was an opening in the fence, that surrounded the school, across the field over by an ancient tree. Sometimes I would look at it and imagine that I would start walking towards it and not stop until I got home. It wouldn’t have been hard, as I walked to school every day. After the majority of recess had passed, I was done with my laps and allowed to go play. I would wander around the playground looking for something to do, but because it was so far into recess everyone was buddied up and playing together. The swings were one of the only things that didn’t require a friend to play with if you could swing by yourself. I was not able to swing by myself yet. Once I worked up the confidence to ask the person next to me how they did it. All I got in reply was a sharp figure it out. I never asked anyone that again. I could never understand why everyone loved recess so much.I had no one to play with so what was the point of it. I still hate it to this day because of