Personal Narrative Essay: Transitioning Into Adulthood

Transitioning into adulthood can be a very difficult and at the same time be a new experience. You see a lot of growth within those long thirteen years of education. Mainly you watch your mind and body grow together, alongside each other, shifting into their full potential and capacity, molding you into the person you are destined to be. You look around you and take note of the people you once called your friends, it went from being “besties” to being classmates with memories. The people you once looked past and would never speak too become your closest friend and suddenly you realize, you are becoming you. Not the same you that you would have thought yourself to become when you were five or the you that you were yesterday. You are becoming one who you were born to be. It is a shift that everyone has gone through. You notice everything begin to change, just within this quick transition from junior high to high school. There are various conflicts, including internal conflicts with myself, and external conflicts going on with my friends, family education, career, goals, and life itself. So very much unnecessary stress, dwelling in life that does not stop. You do not

It discussed how teens begin to show interest in the world around them, causing them to take an initiative to want to change their community and how it functions a few different ways at a time. In the article How to get more young people involved in politics, Hanley states: “If only young people in this country knew and cared half as much about politics as they do fantasy football, we’d be twice the democracy that we are today. In a true democracy, we’d demand more qualified candidates. We’d demand more substantive debates. But most importantly, we’d demand a political process that works for all of the people, and not just a handful of billionaires.” (Huffington post