Personal Narrative: My High School Career

A year ago I was a sophomore. Today I am a senior. My application would be incomplete if I did not explain why and how. I had a rough start to my high school career and below I explain why my attendance is how it is and why my GPA is somewhat low.

When I started high school, I was a very enthusiastic girl. I was excited for life and I could just see myself at graduation when I started my first day and thought about how many things I would have achieved during my high school career. Freshman year I met a guy.He was my first boyfriend. In my naive mind, he showed me he loved me. Everything was well for the first 3 months. I was the happiest girl alive but after our third month anniversary everything changed. He started to become aggressive. I did not know why. He would continuously hurt me psychologically then apologize and “make it up to me” by buying me things. I knew that material things weren’t everything but I accepted them because I thought “ At least he’s trying.” He was broken and he didn’t want to be alone. In just 7 months I went from the girl who believed she could achieve anything if I only put my mind to it, to the girl who struggled with anorexia, depression, and no longer cared about my education. At that point my attendance was horrible

We moved downtown and I went to West High School. A long way from Aurora. My attendance got worse. I would do anything to see him. I was blind to all that he was doing to me. I was being abused emotionally. One day however, my aunt sat me down and asked me why I had been missing school so much; West had called her. I told her everything that was going on and I broke down. In tears, I realized how much I had changed in so little time and how my life was on a downward spiral. How was it possible that at such a young age I had already reached a point in my life I had lost track of my goals and desires? I had to make a