High School Research Paper

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Most people will tell you that the high school years are some of the most important years of your life, and they’re right. And yet, whenever I went down those school halls growing up, they always seemed frightening. What was a regular hallway to anyone else, was a dark, terrifying place to me. Looking down the hall, the lights seemed to flicker, people’s eyes pierced through me, and the hallway seemed to extend further and further as I walked, making the horrifying walk through seem even longer. I was never confident in myself, and I had put up a wall between myself and others to keep me from getting hurt. As a result, I never interacted with people much in school. When I did, I ended up affiliating with the wrong people. My cycle of poor…show more content…
I couldn’t do nothing for four years, so I decided to try some things to get more involved. At first, I tried running for Associated Student Body. That broke up when I couldn’t muster up the words for the campaign video. Like the fear I felt in the hallway growing up, when the camera was on me, I froze as if time had stopped. Later, I tried fitting in with the schools Anime Club. Eventually, that too would end; the president never remembered my name, and when he did have to refer to me, it was never in a way that made you feel good about yourself. The implication was made, that hazing in this group was to be expected. I left the group, and near the end of my sophomore year, I grew disillusioned. Unable to find a place where I could grow as an individual, I began to give up. All I hoped was that I could graduate and start…show more content…
I knew that some of the people there where, unlike me, already somewhat experienced in theatre, and they lacked the feeling of anxiety I had. Grabbing the audition material, I tried making out what was around me. I noticed there where others: freshmen, people like me, who had never done this before, with fear in their eyes, not unlike mine. Scared people, vulnerable people, people who might benefit from getting into this more than I. Soon, we were called up to read lines for the characters, and despite still being at the peak of my anxiety at the time of reading, I came back the next day, and found myself on the cast list. “Daniel DeBrier – Traveler, Ensemble” , the list said. I found myself stunned and elated, because I had become part of
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