‘Hi, my name is Bryan and i’m just a regular high school student going along with my life. I am also what you consider the quiet kid the one who doesn’t talk that much in class. There is one thing I wish people knew about and that is that I am a friendly and competitive guy. I like to play games and in some cases I just get too competitive. That is one thing I wish people knew about me.’

This was something I wrote in my freshman year while in lockdown. It’s been almost 4 years and now I’m  a senior. It’s been a rough journey to get where I am now. Back when I was still in Middle schoool it all seemed like just a normal. We thought it would just be a 2 week vacation. But after 2, 3, 4 weeks nothing changed. We stayed home with no sign of going back to school. My freshman year of high school was so different from past and future freshman. I had my freshman year home. It was good for the first few weeks but over time I got tired of it. I barely paid attention during class and just watched T.V or played games while “Being in class”. Not being able to go out normally how I use too really damaged my mental health. Everything was canceled. The soccer team I was in canceled their season. It bothered me that it had been cancelled but there was nothing I could really do. After I finished freshman year, we were allowed back to school for my sophomore year. My sophomore year was basically my freshman year attending the actual school. Junior year I struggled a lot with attending classes. I ended up skipping a lot to the point the school contacted my parents for not being in school and failing most of my classes. It was such a bad year for me, my parents considered me just to leave school and drop out.                                                                           

But I didn’t listen to them and I told them no matter what, I would find a way to graduate. I went to summer school and caught up to where I was supposed to be. I passed every class I needed and actually attended class. And now I’m here, a senior ready to walk the stage. This chapter of my life can now close with a new one ready to come.