Personal Narrative: Lessons Learned During High School

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During high school especially as a teenage girl you learn the lesson real quick to be careful what you say. While I thought I would learn academic lessons, I was surprised on the life lessons that I gain throughout my high school experience. My freshman year was new and overwhelming, I came from a small private school with only fourteen kids in my class. While my high school was still pretty small the class sizes doubled. In middle school I could tell my friends anything and never had to worry. In high school thought it was anything but that I found out that I had to watch every single word that I said. My best friend and I tried out for the volleyball team together and unfortunately only one of us made it. While I was worried about the us no longer spending every single day together I didn’t think it would have that much of effect. Throughout the season I became really close with the girls on my team, spending the

Sometime throughout the game the girls that I got the closest on my volleyball team told my old best friend from middle school that I didn’t want to go with her. I noticed that my best friend from middle school was very distinct during the game. I was so confused on why she was upset I tried to hang out with her and my team. While I know now that what I did next wasn’t the best way to handle this situation, I texted my old best friend. I asked her if she was alright, she responded back with saying something about your new friends told me that you actually didn’t want to hang out with me and that you are too good for me now. Reading that message broke my heart, I couldn’t believe I just hurt my best friend that I had throughout my whole life. I will always regret saying but realized that I have to make sure I am careful what I say and who I say it too. While we did work through the situation I feel that we no longer are as close as we once