Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Middle School

For the most part, entering middle school is an event either desired or dreaded. In my case, it had been anticipated since third grade at my old school (in Wisconsin). Many of my friends had siblings in middle school and the stories they shared were almost unbelievable. I learned of Jr. High trips to the Appalachians and Washington DC, along with camping trips, canoeing jaunts, and an expedition through the Milwaukee Zoo. By the time I entered sixth grade, I was not sure if much would immediately change in my daily life. I had the same friends and the school was the same distance from my house. The school’s textbooks still followed most of the same paths and the I had met most of the teachers in previous grades. However, while time flew by, I learned how much of a unique experience middle school would become.

The school I attended was a PreK-8 school in Neenah, Wisconsin, meaning I knew most of the people there already. One of my biggest worries was about homework. People had said the classes in Middle School would be much harder and I would take home many more assignments, but I found the change easy to adapt to. Eventually, I began to understand all the differences I would discover between Middle School and Elementary School. They lead to major changes with friends, classes, and a new