Narrative Essay About Moving To High School

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I am a Senior in High School at Midlothian, Virginia, a Suburb of Richmond. I lived the first seven years of my life in Arizona, where all of my grandparents and cousins live. When I was seven my dad got a new job and moved my family and I moved out here to Virginia where we did not know anyone. It was a hard transition for me at first moving between three different elementary schools in three years, but it all ended up working out great for me. After moving here and going to school for a year I was sent to a gifted school. It was the best possible thing that could have happened to me at that time. I had never had to work for my grades before, but when I started the new school in third grade I got my first bad grade and ever since then I have always tried my hardest on everything. That third grade teacher was a tough love type of teacher she was a stickler to the rules and always made sure that everyone was living up to their full potential.
Since we lived so far away from family and money was tight for some only a few of my aunts and uncles came with my cousins to visit us. Which lead it so we only got to see them when we travelled back in the summer. It was hard, but …show more content…

My best friend moved into another School district and we eventually lost contact. My closest friends started to participate in activities that I did not like so before my Freshman year even started I knew that it would be hard since I would basically have to make all new friends. The other people that were in my Church that went to my school did not invite me to many things to do with them so it made me feel even more alone. I decided to play volleyball so that I could get to know some new people and it was a great choice. I met my new best friend and am still friends with her today. I realized that even though life may throw a curveball at you it can turn out to be one of the best things for you and you just cannot see it

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