Personal Narrative: What I Learned In Middle School?

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In the seventh grade I struggled with everything, I struggled with soccer, school, friends, and family. In class I felt stupid because I did not understand math; I felt worthless at practice, as if I was worse than everyone and were constantly holding them back from excelling; I felt annoying to my friends and like they did not want me around; finally, at my own home I felt unimportant and ignored. Middle school was hard for most because of puberty, changes in friend groups, and figuring out who you are; however, I felt completely alone. Getting through seventh grade was an accomplishment for me; I managed to persevere and move on to eighth grade, and that was good enough for me.
My school had done something different with the teachers. We had pods and in my pod I had 2 teachers, each teacher taught 2 classes. My math teacher believed that we should learn the material online and do problems in class; although, this was completely different to what I thought we should do. Instead of going home to learn the material by myself, I just ignored it. Nearing the end of the first …show more content…
I was supposed to stay for less than a week, but I ended up staying for 2 weeks. I desperately did not want to go home. When I got home the fights still happened, I still thought my friends hated me, and I dreaded going to school. School started up again and I went through the same struggle; i failed my classes, ignored my friends, and hated my house. Although, I made my middle school's soccer team, and that was a sliver of hope. My mom took my brother to multiple doctors and they figured out why he was so mad and upset, they gave him medicine to treat it and suddenly my family was always fighting. My home life got better, my brother and mom stopped fighting; however, I still struggled with myself. I thought I was so stupid, and annoying. My perception of myself has always been bad, but I wanted a

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