Personal Narrative: What I Learned In My Freshman Year

I think my life really started in my freshman year when I was just a foolish ignorant kid. As an ignorant freshman that thought freshman year would not count into my GPA, I used to get D’s and F’s and not care about classes, not take notes and, not even study for test or quizzes or even homework, consequently, I did really poorly that year and really dropped my gpa to a horrible 2.0. My life changed when I came to Hargrave in my sophomore year. I started actually caring about my classes and do what I am supposed to do as close to perfection as possible. Hargrave really forced insurmountable responsibilities on me that I didn’t even have time to not care.
A past full of emotions and drama is the past that I come from. My childhood is one

of the reasons why I didn’t care because I keep remembering where I come from and get demotivated. I later on looked at the better side of my life and realized that I actually have an Illustrious family and that I should continue our reputation.
I come from Saudi Arabia and in Saudi the “religious police” were these omnipotent group of people that did what they want whenever they want in order to “make this country the best there is”. That really influenced me since we always seemed to have issues with them because we look at things from a different perspective than theirs. The religious police forced their adversal rules on us and that really made me want to leave the society I was in.
My mom finally allowed me to come the U.S. for a better life and to brighten my future using Hargrave as a college preparatory school to be the first brick on my future life(like how hargrave is here to “build his future”). I personally think going to your school would probably not only be a brick to put but a whole floor for me.