Reflective Essay: Moving To Las Vegas, California

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Back in 2014 I had moved to Southern California from Las Vegas, Nevada. I had moved to California because my mom had a job offer after looking for a job for several months. I had to leave everything I knew. I had lived in Las Vegas my whole life. Growing up so close to California I have obviously been there but visiting is much different than living there. There were many things that I had to come to accustom to like the weather, new neighborhood and the most dreaded, a new school. Once I had moved to Redlands, California I had a week to get everything and attend my new school.
My First day of Arrowhead Christian Academy was terrifying. Going to a new school let alone a new school in a new state was just plain awful. I had no friends and had nowhere to sit in class because everyone had their friends they hang out with. No to mention I did not start the school year there I cam in the middle of a quarter which made it even worse. The second I got on campus I had to go to the counselor’s office to get my schedule. Trying …show more content…

I just walk into geometry first period last because I had been in two different offices. The teacher starred at me for a few seconds and then soon realized I was the new student. She introduced me after taking a quick glance at her paper reading my name “This is Madeleine Munninger, but she goes by Maddy. She is from Nevada and is now attending ACA.” The whole class was staring at me with a blank face it was so awkward I just sat in the closes seat to me because after being humiliated in front of the whole class I just wanted to die.
I was humiliated in a few more classes until lunch rolled around. By this time two girls has befriended me because they had felt bad for me. I was the new girl that no one liked because the school was full of cliques. They were nice but they seemed fake. I now when you meet someone the first few conversations are shallow because you nothing about each

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