Personal Narrative: The Year That Changed My Life

At the beginning of the year I was not sure if I would make it to graduation. I attended Elkhart Memorial my freshman, sophomore, and first semester of my junior year, which was not the best experience with high school. When I was in junior high, I had a completely different visualization of what it would be. In reality, it was entirely the opposite of what I had pictured it to look like. I was not always the brightest kid in school. I would say that I was above average for my age up until my freshman year. Once I got to high school, everything changed. I never really seemed to care about my grades because I did have three years ahead of me so I decided to mess around and hang out with the wrong group of people. Skipping school and hanging out with friends seemed like it was the

Yoder gave me a talk regarding my grades and what I could do to catch up on all those credits that I never attained. She enrolled me in apex classes, which were a major help for me. She knew that I was really behind, but would do everything she could to help me graduate. Day after day I was working my butt off to achieve the impossible. I have to admit, a year ago today I was not expecting to get this far in my life. Many people such as teammates, coaches, and teachers from Memorial doubted me, but I am proving them wrong and that is the best feeling in the world. If only I had known about Jimtown earlier in my life I would have maintained solid grades. Despite the fact that I started out doing terrible in school, this year has been one of my best by far. I plan on being the first in my family to attend college because even most of my family doubted me, but here I am, proving them wrong. My grades are currently not the best, therefore I have to continue to work hard and never give up on my quest to achieve success and reach my goals of graduating from college. I have to do whatever it takes, and I know I will do it no matter what obstacles are put in my