Personal Narrative: Breaking Barriers
“Breaking Barriers”
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” -Jackie Robinson. This quote sums up my eighth grade year. To add to all the dread sixth and seventh grade had already put me through, eighth grade just came crashing down. Losing my best friend who became very rude did not make an easy year for me. With courage and persistence though, I slowly made new friends, and I worked through this obstacle in my life like Jackie Robinson did.
Sixth and seventh grade were quite the opposite of fun. I experienced how mean middle school girls actually were after I had gone through continuous exclusion, rudeness, and even mean notes. When eighth grade finally came around, I was determined …show more content…
I talked to my ex-best friend, and told her even though we were not friends anymore, we could still be nice to each other; that took lots of courage. Additionally, with the persistence to make friends, I reached out to some of my old friends that I had grown apart from, and even made some new friends too.
Likewise, Jackie Robinson had a tough time earning respect from people as well. It could not have been easy being the first African-American baseball player to play in the Major League. With the majority of America still holding on to their firm beliefs, this transition took endless amounts of courage for Jackie Robinson. Also, despite everything and everyone going against him, Jackie Robinson still persisted and continued to play baseball against all odds. No, our stories are not the same, but both of us needed courage and persistence to handle these obstacles in our lives.
From Jackie Robinson’s story, and even my own, I learned that people are not always nice, and often disrespectful. That did not stop me or Jackie Robinson from reaching our goals though. In eighth grade, courage and persistence guided my path, allowing me to make friends and overcome a barrier. Even though some days it seemed as if the whole world was against me, I gained the respect I wanted in the end, and so did Jackie
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” -Jackie Robinson. This quote sums up my eighth grade year. To add to all the dread sixth and seventh grade had already put me through, eighth grade just came crashing down. Losing my best friend who became very rude did not make an easy year for me. With courage and persistence though, I slowly made new friends, and I worked through this obstacle in my life like Jackie Robinson did.
Sixth and seventh grade were quite the opposite of fun. I experienced how mean middle school girls actually were after I had gone through continuous exclusion, rudeness, and even mean notes. When eighth grade finally came around, I was determined …show more content…
I talked to my ex-best friend, and told her even though we were not friends anymore, we could still be nice to each other; that took lots of courage. Additionally, with the persistence to make friends, I reached out to some of my old friends that I had grown apart from, and even made some new friends too.
Likewise, Jackie Robinson had a tough time earning respect from people as well. It could not have been easy being the first African-American baseball player to play in the Major League. With the majority of America still holding on to their firm beliefs, this transition took endless amounts of courage for Jackie Robinson. Also, despite everything and everyone going against him, Jackie Robinson still persisted and continued to play baseball against all odds. No, our stories are not the same, but both of us needed courage and persistence to handle these obstacles in our lives.
From Jackie Robinson’s story, and even my own, I learned that people are not always nice, and often disrespectful. That did not stop me or Jackie Robinson from reaching our goals though. In eighth grade, courage and persistence guided my path, allowing me to make friends and overcome a barrier. Even though some days it seemed as if the whole world was against me, I gained the respect I wanted in the end, and so did Jackie