Personal Narrative

“Don’t compare your results to someone else's. You can never be another person, you can only be a better version of yourself.” Anonymous. Knowing more about a person besides the basics is important. Sometimes we see someone for whom they portray themselves to be instead of the person they truly are. Marissa Julia Langley is my given birth name and this is my life story, not as others see me but for what I truly am. While most people see me as a typical high school student, very few know me, my emotions, fears, and joys that I carry with me outside of the school walls.
Making the choice to leave the comfort of my friends and teachers at Otsego High School was not done without thought or fear. Numerous things ran through my head. I thought of …show more content…
Just the thought of being around so many new people made me want to cry and stay where I was comfortable. During the first several weeks at Penta, I wondered if this was the right choice for me but now I couldn’t be happier to be here. Leaving my friends and the memories we made together for people who shared nothing with me was like moving to another state. However, Penta has given me so many opportunities to build upon myself as a leader and an individual has pushed me outside of my comfort zone and has provided a career that I have fallen in love with. I was unable to find solutions to many of my fears until placing myself in the situation.The fear of being alone was proven to be unnecessary. I found that I did know a few people and I was not all alone. The first few weeks were extremely hard because I wanted to go back to Otsego, the school that I had grown up attending my whole …show more content…
While having a job in my career field is where I am headed after graduation, college is also another path for me after graduation. People tell me every day that I appear to be enjoying what I do and I will admit, I do enjoy my career because it encourages me to keep pushing myself. There are multiple colleges that have my interest, but I plan on going to a smaller college to get the first two years out of the way. Upon my two year completion, I am thinking about attending a larger college and completing my final two years. Without a goal and plan of execution, certain things will be harder to accomplish. Going into my junior year of high school and graduating seems so far away, but now completing half of my junior year it seems so close! Going out of state for college is one option, but the majority of my family is located here and I want to be near my family. Looking into colleges halfway through my junior year, that has proven to me that with a little guidance and help from people around me I can do anything. Northwest Community College is just one college that I am looking into for the first two years because it is close to home and I know that it is a good school. Knowing that I have so many options for college is amazing, I can always narrow down my options as I change and get closer to needing a college. After I finish my first two years, I am thinking about attending

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