My High School Experience Paper
Directions: Write a 5-paragraph paper describing your high school experience.
Use the following suggestions:
1. Tell a story about each year of high school
a. Each paragraph must be at least 5 sentences
2. Paragraph 1 – Describe Freshman year
3. Paragraph 2 – Describe Sophomore year
4. Paragraph 3 – Describe Junior year
5. Paragraph 4 – Describe Senior year
6. Paragraph 5 – Describe what you will do after you graduate
Good Luck!
Name
Date
Senior Seminar p. ?
My High School Experience
In my opinion high school was a learning experience. This is because I had to
figure things out on my own. Freshman year I was so inexperienced. I really did not
know much about anything. I participated in football, and I decided to try wrestling. I was
successful in both sports. I started to date a girl named Jaime, which was really cool
because she drove a brand new car and could pick me up.
When I started my sophomore year I was starting to figure things out. I continued
to participate in football and wrestling. I made the varsity wrestling team. Jaime and I had
broken up, but I was not single for long and soon started to date Jenny. She was my high
school sweetheart.
Junior year was a difficult year for me. I was now on varsity football and
wrestling. One problem I faced was making weight in wrestling. I had to wrestle at
145lbs. to be on varsity. That caused me to lose a significant amount of weight and
maintain the weight loss, which was unhealthy, but I didn’t want to be on junior varsity
so I made the sacrifice and lost the weight. My team respected me more for making such
a sacrifice. Unfortunately, I broke my right hand in wrestling practice that year which
shattered my dreams of qualifying for the high school state tournament, and Jenny and I
were not getting along.
In my senior year I was ready to graduate. I continued to participate in football
and wrestling and I ended up being the captain of both teams. I achieved my goal and
qualified for the high school state tournament in wrestling, which allowed me to
participate in the state tournament at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
That was awesome. I went to Cancun, Mexico for spring break. When I arrived home
from spring break my brother picked me up from the airport, but my dad was suppose to
pick me up. My brother informed me on the ride home that my dad had died while I was
in Cancun, and that in a few short hours I would have to attend his wake. When Jenny
arrived at the wake I broke down and started sobbing. She was there for me when I
needed her, but the relationship was already over and we both knew it. I ended up taking
my friend Sarah to the prom.
After high school I plan on attending Lincoln College, and wrestling for my two
years at the collegiate level. I will earn my Associates Degree, and transfer to a four-year
University. I am not sure what my major will be in college, but I am thinking about a
business major. Most of the adults in my family on my dad’s side are teachers so
education is also a possibility. There are no limits to what I can accomplish. I know I will
be successful.