My First Year Of High School (JROTC)

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In an uncomfortable black chair, I sat nervously trying not to bite all of my finger nails off. Today was the day that I would start my first year of high school. “You’ll enjoy it Angel.” My mom stated, trying her best to cheer me up. But I was over whelmed with thoughts. Will I make friends? What if I get assigned to a mean teacher? Snapped out of my thoughts by an unknown voice, I look up and I’m astounded and even flabbergasted. Standing right in front of my eyes, I am met with the tallest women I have ever seen. Standing over my dad at 6ft 2inches my consoler Miss. Lipke stood. “Hello, I’m Miss Lipke, and I will be your counselor for your freshman year!” She identified enthusiastic and cheerful. We followed her into an office where we started discussing the classes that I would take. “So we’ve got English 1, Biology, Algebra 1, now a gym credit? Would you like to take gym or JROTC?” I was beyond confused at that moment. …show more content…

I’ve heard of it, but I never really knew what it was. “JROTC is a class counted as a gym credit that educates students in leadership roles, with army tactics.” Weighing the pros and cons of each. I thought about being in a gym class all through grade school. Then thought, why not try something new and different. Why not have a new experience. “I would like to take JROTC.” I stated confidently. “Ok, but let me warn you, there is no dropping JROTC when you don’t want it anymore.” She notified. The next day I woke up even more nervous than before. I walked to each class dreading the fact that 7th period I would see what JROTC really was. Walking down stairs into the basement where JROTC was held, I was awed. Students were sitting in what looked like a shooting range!! I could feel myself getting a little less anxious thinking, will we be shooting rifles. “Platoon

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