High School Dropout Narrative

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When receiving the phone calls explaining that I failed my classes, I thought it was all over. Failure and hardships have been a recurring outcome of everything in my past. With all the depressing problems of the past left me feeling lonely and isolated. This had left me determined to pursue my dreams and flip the negatives of my life and turn them into something useful. The frustration and stress all began in seventh grade where life started to get increasingly harder as I grow older. Preparing for high school was beginning, and I already knew I was going to fall behind. I didn't understand the work, and it just led me to slip farther and farther behind ultimately leaving me impotent where I felt like no one can help me. It left me to the …show more content…

During that summer, I began to realize that I need to change. Life is going too fast to sit around and let everything that matters drift away. September 3, 2014, first day of school, arrives and I was terrified. So I attempted to try hard and make a difference. I disregarded the video games and picked up a textbook and studied for the first time in a while. My parents and teachers start to notice a steady improvement. Ninth grade turned out to be my best grade so far since middle school. The isolation has begun to dissipate, and I began to be more confident in myself. With each successive grade, my grades have since increased. Currently, in school, I am continually trying to challenge myself by taking classes I would never imagine myself even enrolling in. Not only the achievements in school have aided in my goal of overall improvement. Outside of school, I have acquired an interest in learning many activities, some including programming and web designing. By obtaining these skills, it has taught me to think more deliberately and has changed my thought process on facing many problems. I like the pathway I took, and I will attempt to continue this progress for the benefit of me and many

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