Personal Narrative: My First Time On The Armstrong High School Swim Team

You might wonder: “what makes us into who we are”? Well, I have an answer for you, the events we go through. For me, a couple are, the first time on the Armstrong High school swim team, the relationships I made and the unity on the team, and even my first experience with the vast world outside normal life in Minnesota, United States. For example, the first time I was joining the high school swim team I was apprehensive due to the fact that I was only 13-years-old and there would be big, scary 18-year-olds on the team. I showed up to the captain’s practices before the season started, except I didn’t know anyone that was there. Fortunately, the upperclassmen were very nice and we played fun games together, like sharks and minnows and water polo. At the practice, I met other new 7th graders who were also joining while playing the games. Eventually, all of that nervousness faded away and I was excited to go to swim practice every day and swim with my new friends. I remember when we were having a pre-meet(match against
We traveled to the Caribbean and visited 7 islands, I got to witness the way they live life there and the different culture as well, not to mention how beautiful it was there.I remember when we went to Saint Kitts island my siblings and grandparents went swimming and, at that time, I had tubes in both of my ears so I had to wear this headband thing to protect them from the water. Because of the headband, I had a rather noticeable sunburn line on my forehead for the next week but it was all worth it for that experience. I learned a lot on that trip, like how they dock the boat and tie it down, banana plants, how friendly the people are there, nature there, and much more. I also observed people living in poverty, who didn’t have the latest and greatest gadgets. Ever since I have tried to never take living in America in a middle-class family for