Personal Narrative: My Representation Of Me As A Student

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My academic record does not provide an accurate representation of me as a student. During my freshman year of high school, my parents were battling for custody of me causing me to become distracted. This made me work even harder to maintain my academic standing. Then, in my sophomore year through the beginning of my junior year, my father placed immense pressure on me to not pursue my passion: music. This caused me emotional stress that followed me into the classroom. I excelled in my classes during this period, but still fell a little behind. Throughout everything, I still maintained my academic standing in the top ten percent of my class of 926 students. I went on to take five AP classes my junior year as well as the tests; I scored a 2 in
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