5
Final Change
First day of school
I have done this so many times, but I don’t know why this time is different. When I was younger, I moved so multiple times to different places and in this place I felt new; I can show and be the person I choose to be. Those 2 weeks were an adventure at the academy, but it was also a preview of what’s was to happen in the distant future. I can see Bio was the real deal and I wasn’t sure if I was ready. Bundle of butterflies in my stomach and now I know this will determine my college/life/future. Coming in was like walking into a new school which I had a lot of experience doing. The feel I was receiving was welcoming and the warmth that I was wrapped with made me feel like a student already and I was. I made it, my goal for the end of 8th grade was to get into BioScience and here I was. I am a 2013-2014 Freshmen Bioscience student. I was a dragon now. The anxiety I was feeling was getting worse and worse, but the feel was shown as excitement, which was there right alongside with fear.
I was getting the feel of the future environment I was to experience by myself and the upcoming freshmen class. Going through those cold metallic doors, I walk in to see people I saw at the Academy in the summer and some new faces, prepared for the First day of school. The upperclassmen seemed to already know each other and freshmen broke out into classic middle school cliques,. Sooner than later we were told to be up on the 2nd floor in the west side, which has officially been the freshmen territory. There, crowded, further instructions were to be given.
As everyone was still together in their groups, we sat down waiting for the next piece of this unsolved puzzle. While waiting, we got the piece into the right spot. A student will go up one by one to pick a triangle out of a Bio’s standard backpack and the triangle was to determine what lair we would be chosen to be a part of. We were giving a choice between 3, fire, water, or air. It felt like a scene out of Harry Potter movies, going up individually to determine where their destiny lies, but our choice wasn’t involved, it was based on possibility on receiving the group you want and I had a 1/3 chance and I was good with those odds
The rest of the day was us understanding how our year will go and the rules given to us. The learning process was different than other schools and that is what we were soon to understand. The beginning half was memorable, but the other half wasn’t. I don’t remember what happen after, but that day started the rest of the year on a new understanding. I got to know so amazing new people and this is where I was going to be and these were the people I was going to be with for the next 3 years. I had a new life and I was going to live it to the fullest. Living in this moment made me feel like I can do anything, but the outcome would determine the way and the path my future was heading. I had to take this moment into my hands and travel with each step I take.