I guess, when you really want something that you think will make your life better your willing to sacrifice or put away other things that our actually way more important. So, In a way yeah I got what I wanted. I found my first high school love, I was hanging out every weekend. The first time in my life I thought I had the high school life that was right. However, at what cost was this new since of popularity?
My name is Khairaah Davis, I am a junior at West Side high school and the student representative on the Newark public school’s advisory board and I believe it is cool to be smart. 1. Hello, my name is _______________________________________________, I attend ______________________________________________________high School, and it is cool to be smart. 2. Hello, my name is _______________________________________________, I attend ______________________________________________________high School, and it is cool to be smart.
It took me twice the time to read an assignment or to do homework than my classmates took. Everything was a new start to me. Thanks to my diverse background, I received the honor of the diversity scholarship. My parents cried on the day that I was awarded the scholarship because I was the first child go to college. It was a really big surprise for me and my family.
Tryouts began after school on a beautiful Monday afternoon. Instantly, I realized the skill of this team was way above what I had been accustomed to. For the first time, I began to feel unsure of my talent. The list was posted every morning following try outs. Every day I woke up and rushed to school with the anticipation that my name would not be there.
The students at that school had no home training; they cursed teachers out and fought them, and even though it was my first and second year of high school I’ve never seen that happen in my grammar school before. Another event that happened was one time a underclassman ditched school one morning and went to a corner store by our school and someone shot up the store, and ever since then before I graduated I was scared to walk to school. The school work was way easier than the first school I was in which lead me to get better grades that I was proud
Walking the halls, not knowing where to go was very frustrating. In the back of my head all I wanted to do was get up and leave but I knew that was not possible. A few weeks into the school year, I became more confident in my surrounding. I knew where all my classes were and how to navigate the school. Although I knew my way around the school, I was still facing a bigger problem; I had no
It was the first day back from Winter break and I hadn't seen Miles since our kiss at his house. He said he needed time to think about what he wanted and I respected that since it was a lot to take in. Not everyone can be like me and already know what they want, but he had said that I made him feel good which is how he makes me feel. As I walked up to the school I noticed Zoe was there, we hadn't talked since she ditched me for Zig the night of the dance. But since that's what brought me and Miles closer together I couldn't hold it against her as I walked towards her glancing at the flyer she had plucked out of Beckys hand.
When the bus moved, I was saying to my youth pastor that this was my first time going to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA! So, then she said(laughing), ”There are rides that are extreme and rides that will make you pee your pants!” We got there a little early, so we had to wait in line because the parking lot wasn’t open yet.
In the fall of 2006, I started my first year of college at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Within my first few weeks there I hated it; not because I was homesick, but because the work was too hard. The social life was great but behind closed doors I struggled with bio-chemistry and my professor was not making it easy, especially since he failed all 6 African American students in the class. Once that happened I decided to have a conference with him to see where I went wrong. He responded by saying, “I was never fond of black people, and helping you was is the question”.
I moved thinking Richmond would be horrible, but I actually love it. I remember when winter break was over I was supposed to start the same day Richmond did but they did not get all my papers sent over, so I missed like a week of school because of that. When I finally did start I only really knew a couple of people which was good. At least I didn’t start school where everyone was a complete stranger. Over time I developed really strong friendships with a lot of people.