High school is said to be a time for a teen to enter the early stages of adulthood. From my own personal experiences, I have grown as a person. Since my freshman year I have learned how to be more organized, modest, and a better friend. If it was not for teachers, friends, and my own problems I would never had learned these lessons. High school presents a challenge for a person to transform from adolescence to adulthood.
Before I entered into high school, I was a extremely unorganized person. It was a new experience and I did not know what to expect. The first semester of freshman year was the hardest year to deal with organization. The teacher’s demands for work were astounding. I would go home after school and toss my English folder on my bedroom floor letting my papers fall out. Later on during the year when I needed a certain paper it would be missing because of my careless action. There were many times that a teacher would assign a project and I would not write down the due date or what I needed to do. Then as the date neared, I had nothing done and I was stuck with one of those last minute projects. I remembe
Along with being arrogant, I was a horrible friend and would only think about myself over others. One day my friend asked me if I could go to my house to work on my computer because they did not have one. Well I complied and when the weekend came I did not call that person and I ignored them so I could go play basketball with friends. This trend continued and slowly I started to lose many of my close friends. I changed quickly and wrote letters to everyone I disappointed and upset. At first they did not believe me so I did everything I could to convince them. When a friend needed someone to talk to I was there. If they need to borrow something and I could help them out, I would. When the school year was almost over, they knew they could count on me if they ever needed something.
If you ask any of my friends when I first entered high school they would tell you I was not a very modest person. I guess you can say that I was a little conceited and stuck-up. I was just out of eighth grade and was use to being the top of the class. I thought that when I was in high school I was going to be popular and everyone was goi