Obstacles In Life

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In life, obstacles are bound to come up that make your life harder. Even though these obstacles can be frustrating, they teach us how to endure and overcome. My biggest life obstacle was going to a new school. It was 2014, and I was finishing up 8th grade. My dad had been talking to me about coming to PHS for high school and how it would be a good transition for me. So, I decided that I would make the change and begin attending Pickens County High School starting in August. It only hit me the last week of summer that I didn’t know anyone. Who was going to talk to me? Who was going to sit with me at lunch? Who would be my partner for a project? All these questions berated my dreams the night before I had to go to school. After a very sleepless night, I woke up and got ready to go to school with Dad. Time began to speed up while we drove to school and I sat in my dad’s classroom waiting for that dreadful bell to ring. Then suddenly, it …show more content…
Questions like what would it be like to be back at my old school and what are my friends doing right now circled through my head on constant repeat. Sometimes, I would ask dad if I could go back to my old school. He would always tell me no and that I can do it. I just have to endure and keep my head up. As the months went by, classes began to get easier. I made a couple friends here and there and found some people to sit with. I really started to notice that I had overcome my obstacle in 10th grade. I felt a combination of happiness and joy as I looked back at the beginning of my high school life. Occasionally, Dad and I, will talk about the stories of my first couple weeks in high school. I still tell my friends of the memories and obstacle I beat. Most of the people I know would hate to go to a new school and make all new friends. It horrifies us to think that we are the “new guy” and it causes anxiety and worry. I think that this is one of the driving forces behind the