Narrative Essay About Student Life

As a young man, I looked back to what seemed like an insignificant, short life as one that was full of experiences that slowly built me up into who I am now. From what I can remember, I was always a very jovial and gregarious person who seemed to be constantly looking for something I couldn’t put my finger on. My academic life was really dull from nursery to prep but that all changed when I took a test for Lasalle Greenhills and Ateneo de Manila. The two tests were the first to challenge me which I enjoyed and I really felt no pressure from my parents who were just telling me to do my best so by the time the results came, it was surprising for my family to see me pass both Lasalle and Ateneo. Now here comes the point where my parents actually gave me a choice, a choice to go to Lasalle or Ateneo. After some thought, I picked Ateneo but I really never knew why, I passed it off as the Blue Eagle logo appealed to me more but

I had a chance to meet new classmates, learn from new teachers, have consistent honor awards and acquire a motto of Ad Majorem dei Gloriam, All for the Greater Glory of God. Through those years I remained childish, immature, innocent and very naïve which would affect me greatly when I stepped into the Middle School. As soon as I stepped over to Grade 4, I spent most of the year being picked on for being chubby and was often scorned and belittled. Only then was the first experience I had of bullying. During that year, my grades took a dive and my parents often questioned me for why it was happening but I just shrugged it off and distracted myself with video games as they blamed the video games instead. By the third quarter, my teacher noticed how evident was my drop in grades and he noticed that I was being harshly bullied by my some people on my class. He reported it to my parents and the bullying stopped but from that point on, I was no longer the