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Descriptive Essay: Coming To School

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Descriptive Essay Just like almost every kid, I dread coming to school every day. It is something about waking up early in the morning and going to a place that I don’t like half of the people, just doesn’t get me excited. I would rather stay home and watch some movies & take a nap, but that doesn’t seem like an option. I wake up at 6 A.M. to the loud, obnoxious alarm going off. I have about six alarms set. I continue to lay in my bed till 6:20. This almost defeats the point of waking up at 6 because I get nothing accomplished throughout those 20 minutes. I then start to get ready. This consists of putting on clothes, brushing my hair & my teeth, and making myself something for breakfast. My breakfast can range from an apple to a protein shake, depending on how much time I have left before I must leave at 6:40. I only live a block away from Senior, but I must leave at 6:40 to get a parking spot. I usually park on Clarke because it is close to the school and I don’t have to walk up a big hill. After I park my car, I go to my friend’s car because she usually has a better parking spot than me and I can talk with her. Around 7:20 we start walking into the school through the huge front entrance. Some schools have metal detectors to walk through in the mornings, but here at Dubuque Senior we seem to have ID detectors. Her name is Mrs.Brokus. I can never get past her without her yelling at me to put my ID on, even though it is on my bookbag and you can clearly see it. Also, one

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