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Personal Narrative: My First Day At Bernardo Heights Middle School
Can you imagine moving to a thoroughly unfamiliar place, going 100 miles away from all the settings in your memory and people that you have ever known? Well, I was in that situation just a few months ago. It was almost as if I needed to start all over from scratch, needing to meet new friends and familiarize the neighborhood. Throughout this challenge, the transition helped me to realize that change can evolve into being a helpful thing. This challenge brought up interesting and divergent circumstances, although there were many obstacles in the way. Now, I can act more comfortable with exploring other things and viewing all the perspectives of others.
At first, my mom told me that my dad found a new job in San Diego at TTM Technologies, meaning
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I walked in with the roar of talking and laughter in the halls, with entirely new faces. I didn’t like it since I missed my old friends at Kraemer Middle School. When I got home, my mother said,
“It will be okay, last time you went to a new school you didn’t like it either, but it was all right after a few weeks.”
I agreed with my mom and decided to give it a chance, although I was still unsure of whether I would "fit in."
To help me ignore the title that I had as "the new kid," I made a commitment to focus on my academic studies instead of on my social status. Some teachers helped play a part in helping me make friends when they would assign group projects so that I could know some of my classmates. My parents were also a crucial part of guiding me throughout this challenge. They helped comfort me and were very understanding of the situation.
By going through doubt and change, there was a result of a variety of useful occurrences. I got to know other students like me that have similar likings, and some that don't. I also learned a few different ways how some other scholars accomplished their tasks that were distinctly diverse from my methods. Although pieces of the puzzle are falling into place, I constantly have more to explore and discover about San

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