Growing Up-Personal Narrative
I have had several challenges while growing up but one significant challenge that stood out to me more than the others was moving away far from my birthplace and then later moving back. Where I was raised in and where I grew up in. I hadve grown to love this city called Santa Ana where all my memories, friends, and family were, and it was difficult to leave.. It was would be hard for me to go out and communicate with others, socialize in the real world. I had to say many goodbyes to all my friends and family wondering if I'll ever see them again. It was quite far where I ended up moving to. It was a new start, a fresh start almost like a new beginning. To me it meant having to go to a new school, having to make new friends, having to accustom myself to this city where I moved to and realize it's not the same place where I had once grownew up in.
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There were days when I would not touch my lunch food or go outside. I soon realized that I had to get myself out there, stop isolating myself and socialize with my classmates. I play soccer so I decided to try out for the soccer team to put myself out there and gain the confidence to socialize with others in my own way with the sport I love to play. With this being said and done, I made the team and eventually made some new friends, genuine friends that I will remember for a lifetime. I also made friends in the classes I had. I had to speak up and eventually I did then I learned many important things from them. This challenge affects my academic achievement strongly because I am one of the people who does not like to communicate but I have learned to communicate with others easily and this helped mey gain confidence to speak in front of the classroom more smoothly than how I once
There were days when I would not touch my lunch food or go outside. I soon realized that I had to get myself out there, stop isolating myself and socialize with my classmates. I play soccer so I decided to try out for the soccer team to put myself out there and gain the confidence to socialize with others in my own way with the sport I love to play. With this being said and done, I made the team and eventually made some new friends, genuine friends that I will remember for a lifetime. I also made friends in the classes I had. I had to speak up and eventually I did then I learned many important things from them. This challenge affects my academic achievement strongly because I am one of the people who does not like to communicate but I have learned to communicate with others easily and this helped mey gain confidence to speak in front of the classroom more smoothly than how I once