In my senior high school life, I enrolled to a catholic school named University of the Immaculate Conception and it was really hard for me to adjust during our first day in school because I was a transferee with no friends at all. Hence, I have faith that it will be a great opportunity for me to have new ones. Everything was new to me; the people, the environment, and everything. It wasn’t really my choice to study at this university because when I was in grade ten I never really imagined to study at UIC because me and my friends wanted to study at Ateneo de Davao but sadly we run out of slot so we have to choose another school and SPC was our second choice but my siblings didn’t allow me to study there because they wanted me to study at the school that they’ve graduated and as a youngest I have to follow and obey them that’s why I am now studying here at UIC. Adjusting in a completely new environment took every ounce of confidence in order to start a conversation with one of my classmates. The school is very committed to create and formulate programs that would help us to be acquainted with the school culture. All teachers put so much effort in making group activities to help us mingle with our classmates. Indeed, some of my classmates are also shy which makes me hard to know who are interested to converse with me. I realize, there should be someone who should start and its not bad to give a try. There’s more chance of getting to know others when you are also a good listener. There was once a situation where I talk so much and forgot to listen. I focused on expressing myself rather than listening to other life’s story. I started to have the interest of to join small groups to be able to reach more people. They are fond of sharing other life stories but there’s someone who prefers to share her secretes to few people. I never mind about her feelings to the extent I become insensitive. I badly wanted to talk to her so that I can understand her. Maybe I become insensitive or anything. I can’t help with having many assumptions. This is me, I wanted to connect to people that’s why, when someone tries to avoid me, I am so concerned about him/her. To the point that I doubted myself. Maybe, she/he has a reason for avoiding me. Despite of this, it doesn’t make me choose to hate this person. I respected her decision whatever it is. This experience taught me to be sensitive and to be understanding to the feelings of other. I am being careful to my actions and my thoughts. True, it is painful when you have many question to someone and left you without any clue. I might not understand the reason but I choose to believe it happens for a reason.
There was a time in senior high school, you thought having a friend is enough to survive. But people come and go, and you have to consider other people still cares for you, my family. You should not be selfish. It is not always that you will demand or expect someone you trust the most will also consider you to be trustworthy. You cannot expect someone to cross oceans for you just because you crosssed oceans for them. Senior high school has taught me to become more responsible than I am before. Also, in shs you can encounter different people, different attitudes, and etc. and yes I have encountered those but I always chose to understand others even if they are not understandable. One of the most memorable moment in my senior high school life was the time that me and my friends got suspended because of breaking the rules of the school and it really marked in my mind that I got suspended because that was my first time being suspended and I got really scared thinking that the university would kick me out of the school because of what we did. I was so down that time but as time goes by I realized that life must go on and I have to move forward. The first circle of friends that I have during grade eleven is now gone. They’re all gone and I have to accept the fact that no matter how good you treat people, you cannot assure that they will stay right by your side and be a friend to to you because we cannot force friendship.
During my grade twelve everything got better even when I’m not with the people that I used to be with because I have met another friends and I guess these friends are the best because they are really appreciative and fun to be with. I don’t know how I ended up being close with them but one day we became really comfortable to one another. I cannot say that I have regretted meeting those friends that I have during my grade eleven because I was once happy with them, I also found comfort zone to them but for now, I can say that I am happy even without them. I will always be thankful for the people who become part of my senior high school life because shs wouldn’t be memorable for me without them.
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