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Personal Narrative: My Decision To Switching School

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Imagine going to the same school for 10 years, only to move away in the middle of 7th grade. Transferring schools, that was my life. I’d gone to Ocosta for 9 ½ years, from two years of preschool to the first semester of 7th grade, so the prospect of changing schools absolutely terrified me. However, when 8th grade started, I enrolled in the Aberdeen district and found my own way. Overall, my decision to switch schools was a much needed and very freeing change. I probably should have switched schools in the middle of 7th grade, but I felt hesitant and didn’t think I should switch schools. I remained at Ocosta for the final semester of 7th grade. I actually ran for a position in the ASB office, promising myself that if I became an officer, I’d

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