PROMPT: An experience that changed you the most.
I have had a lot of experiences throughout my life that have shaped me in some way. However, only one has changed me the most. In eighth grade, I thought that my life was perfect. School was easy, there were no problems in or out of school, and I had an amazing group of friends. There were eight of us in our group, and with them, I did not feel like I needed to worry about having any other friends. But then, toward the end of eighth grade, I learned about what they had been keeping from me. All of them except one were going to Sturgis Charter School for high school rather than Sandwich High School.
This news upset me, because I was not sure how well we could maintain our friendship when we would not be together all the time, but mostly it scared me. I was terrified to have to go into highschool with one friend. At the time, I was extremely shy around anyone else and I was not good at making friends. I knew that I would know people who went to my elementary school, but I did not know if they would be in my classes. The freshman class of Sandwich High School includes the eighth grade classes from three different elementary schools, and from the other two I knew few people.
Entering freshman year, I was still terrified. But I knew that I could not go through high school scared of not knowing anyone - I had to go out and meet people. I ended freshman year with way more friends than I started it with. Even today, during junior year, I am still making new friends here. I rarely speak with any of my old friends who went to Sturgis, but I am ok with that. Their leaving Sandwich caused me to become a much more open person who is not as shy and is way more friendly. My personality has changed because of this experience, and it changed for the better.
