Personal Narrative Essay Examples High School

Looking back a week later, the Young Democrats High School Leadership Academy was nowhere near what I imagined. And I mean that in a good way. I had an idea going into the conference of what I expected out of it: marketing, social media branding, touring, and networking. And yet, in hindsight, YDA HSLA was all of that, but immensely more. My father dragged me up at the wee hours of dawn on Thursday the 4th, catching an 8 o’clock flight at Midway. By the time I landed at Ronald Reagan at 9:30, I…

Currently, my high school grade point average (GPA) is a 3.6 unweighted and 4.5 weighted. In my college courses, my GPA is 4.0. I am extremely proud of this number, but I wish that I had the motivation and work ethic that I have now during my freshman year. If my motivation and work ethic changed during my freshman year, I would have a higher GPA today. For the spring semester, my midterm exams are in March. I am not very concerned about any of my classes and their midterms. I will check the…

September I was lucky enough to travel back to my old high school to observe a past teacher of mine. His name is Don Meyer. Not only is Mr. Meyer a teacher who fully understands his subjects, but the conversations he has with his students make them think critically about their lives and the world they live in. He wants to see all of his students thrive and I could tell as I watched him teach his students. Mr. Meyer works at Mountain Pointe a high school located in Ahwatukee Arizona, Right at the…

As I’ve gone through high school, I’ve established a stronger character within myself and built up an outstanding reputation. At times I actually am surprised that I’ve gone this far, because at times it seems the world may be against me. However, I could never have gone this far without the obstacles I’ve encountered, the friends I’ve made, and the talents I’ve honed. My background is much different from anyone else's, and I believe that's what makes me stand-out from other applicants. As a…

Since the age of four, I have attended the KIPP Houston Southwest campus. In my time at KIPP Houston High School and KIPP Academy Middle School, I have taken many AP courses expanding my knowledge about this world both culturally and politically. Being at KIPP has not only taught me to not procrastinate and waste valuable work time but to also take advantage of the class time that I have with my teachers in order for me to ask questions and understand the material taught in class. KIPP has…

always had this certain drive in me to go through struggles and eventually come out on top among other competitors. Sophomore year was supposed to be my year, my year to be the starting catcher on the varsity baseball team at Mary Persons High School. The baseball coach even said that in his own words. In the tryout, I did not perform as well as I knew I could have. That was due to the lack of effort that I had in the off-season, because I just thought that position was mine for the…

My writing skills throughout high school have progressively gotten better. During my freshman year, I hated writing papers, because my writing skills were pitiful. The more I wrote, throughout those four years, the better my papers became. From freshman year to now, I have improved my grammar, flow, and sentence structure. When I was a freshman it would take me hours to write a two-page paper, but now I know that I can write a lengthy paper and my grammar will stay sufficient throughout the…

My Academic Decisions After High School After high school, I plan to attend a four year college and study my desired major. Depending on the career field I would like to go in, will determine whether or not I will go to graduate school. I want to attend a college that is small and out of the state of New Mexico, because they are more personal and I feel like with bigger colleges- you do not have the chance to connect with your professor or have your work evaluated more closely because of the…

This year as a freshman at Sublette High School, has been very enjoyable. I enjoyed being around all my friends and getting to know new people. From trying new things, such as being in KAYS, FCA, and being the girls basketball manager, I learned that I liked doing things like that. Some of my favorite memories are painting pumpkins in KAYS, almost making it to state with the girls basketball team, and making a class float for homecoming. Even though I did not do very much my freshman year I…

Volleyball Season Summer tryouts were on an extremely hot and balmy August day. Many people did not enjoy these long dragged on tryouts, but I was really excited for my first year of high school volleyball as a freshman. Throughout the summer I spent hours upon hours working on volleyball. I went into tryouts not expecting to be put on a higher team. Little did I know what was in store for me this season. As I walked into my first tryout ever, I did not know many of the older girls there. I…