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Turning Point I wish to know everything, to become everything, and to obtain everything life has to offer. This mindset has shape me to who I am today and my drive to a better me. This odd, bold, yet highly effective way of thinking was made possible by my 4 years attendance at Ed white. While this may be my mindset now, I won’t even have considered such ambitious goals when I first enter high school, specifically, Ed White. In the first two weeks of Ed White I have consider dropping out, switching school, and skipping all of my classes. Can you blame me? The least you could hope for in a school is to give the students the resources needed to be educated. Useful books, a non-hostile environment, and (plural) teachers that can teach. What I got was outdated and torn books. The environment consists of at least 1 fight per week, even on the first week of school, and it got to a point of 20 total fights in a week. Finally, the teachers of course not all but a good few was awful, they seem to be lost evetime they teach, and when it’s brought up, they give excuses that made the students feel guilty of even asking the question and make them seem at fault. Somedays we would do nothing and I would fall asleep on my table and class would just end and I would go to my next period like it’s normal. I came to the conclusion that I just want to survive and get my degree. I may have been dramatic with some of my examples, and some examples I may have under tone. However, the main concern is why would attending this awful place be my turning point. To answer this, I’m going to separate my answer by each year. Freshmen year taught me that me that life sucks get over it. Also, I was able to have class with probably the best teacher Ed white ever had, my algebra 2 teacher. She taught me to never underestimate anything even if it’s your favorite subject or a subject you excel at.

Sophomore year taught me to appreciate all of the good stuff in a bad environment. Like the friends I’ve made and all of the fun moments we shared. Also, that’s when I join tennis and cross country. Tennis taught me that if you love what you’re doing (playing tennis) don’t stop even if you’re bad at it. And for cross country, my coach taught me to look at life at every perspective and question what’s motivates me. Also, he taught me what physical pain, soreness, tiredness feels like. Junior year taught me to be prepare and choose the best option you have. It also taught me to either adapt quickly to your environment or make the environment adapt to you. And lastly senior year, it taught me to not be selfish, stick with you goal, achieve your goal, and don’t complain that you should’ve got more. As much as hate to admit it, Ed white has taught me a lot and shape me to who I am today. Before entering the school, I didn’t know what I wanted to be and just wanted to have the bare minimum. Now I aim just a little bit higher.