Narrative Essay Narrative

Narrative Essay

It all started my sophomore year of high school. People always tell you that when someone knocks you down, you should always get back up and keep trying. I had this mindset at the beginning of my sophomore year, but I ended up letting a teacher knock me down to the point where I did not get back up for a couple years. I never expected my second year of high school to go so awry. Nevertheless, I was able to move forward and leave my negative experience behind me. I went to Sandia High School for my freshman and sophomore years. By my sophomore year, I felt at ease about high school. My favorite subjects were science and English. I had signed up for Newspaper that year and was very excited because I wanted to become a writer.
This time my friend was smoking. I made it clear to security that it was only her smoking. I no longer wanted any more trouble like that. Even though I had nothing on me, Mr. Knauber gave a choice of long-term suspension and hearings or withdraw and give up finals, and most credits. I lost most of that semester 's credits. Even though I was upset, I was also relieved. I transferred to Gilbert Sena High and began to try to make up my lost credits. I did all reasonably well at first, nevertheless, my anxiety about school was still severe. I wanted to make a change but was afraid to go to school because I would have anxiety attacks. I never wanted to ask for help because I was scared the teachers would be critical and unsupportive reminiscent of Mr. Steele. I was practically terrified to turn in work, especially in English because I thought that teachers would give me bad grades or degrade me for not doing it correctly. I ended up missing much of the first semester. I knew I had to do something about the fear and anxiety. I did not want to give up on graduating high school or let anxiety control me. I tried many ideas, doctors, etc., to help with my anxiety and nothing worked until I tried acupuncture. Right away, I began
I no longer allowed what had happened at Sandia hold me back anymore. I began to accelerate in my classes. I was getting all A 's and B 's. It felt great to be back on track. Even though I still had anxieties, I was getting back into school. I still felt that my work was never quite good enough at times. When I had to take my writing EOC for graduation, I thought that I would not even pass. However, once my essay was graded the principal called me to her office. When I got into the office I saw the principal, vice principal, and the English teachers. They told me that my EOS writing essay was the best in the school and had the highest grade. I set the whole grade point average for the class. They hung it up and gave me a prize and praise. After that, I finally felt like I was able to enjoy school again. I knew that I was smart, my work was worthy, and that I really put all my effort into it. I was finally able to let the past go. In the first semester of my last year of school, I took 11 classes. I took some at school and some online to catch up what I had missed. I then took two extra dual credit classes at CNM in my last semester because I had nothing else to do and wanted to get