Personal Narrative: What Does Being Different Means To Me

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What does being different means to you? To me, being different means being myself. Can you just imagine everyone on the earth identical, thinking the same way, talking the same way, and liking the same things? It’s my choice to become who I want. No one can make me be remorseful about myself. I believe that it’s my choice to different. At ten, during recess, kids were racing, and playing games. As for me, I usually find it extremely strenuous to make friends. So, I was sitting on a slow moving swing, facing the school, and sketching the building on my sketch book. That’s what I revel in doing. One day, a classmate came up to me and asked to take a look. Then, he seize five pages, and ripped all in halfs. I wanted to slap him in the face,

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