Personal Narrative: My First Period Class

Shortly after, the bell rang to go to first period. Thankfully, Amanda and I had the same first period class, but that was one of two classes that we had together. That left me to experience the rest of my classes all by myself. The first couple of periods were not too bad, but as the day went on, I was really dreading lunchtime. Out of the six kids who were former St. Michael’s students, I was the only one who had Lunch B. I was so nervous for lunch because I wondered with whom and where I was going to eat. I knew that I would have none of my St. Mike’s friends in my lunch so I would have to find a group to sit with. Thankfully, my fourth period class was a freshman class, so when we went to lunch, we all stuck together. That was also the only

I had fifth period with two of my friends from St. Michael’s which was a relief. But gym and Geometry class were not my favorite by any means. I knew no one, and most of the students were not even in my grade. I finished out my day by riding the bus home. My bus driver did not know that I was on the bus (even though my siblings and I have been riding the bus since kindergarten), and he missed my stop. That was another instance when I sarcastically thought to myself, “Well, this day is going just great.” After I got off of the bus, I ran inside. I had never been so happy to be home. I told my mom how terrible my day was and she told me exactly what Jeannette’s mom told her in The Glass Castle. My mom said, “Things will work out in the end.” This quote is almost exactly the same as when Jeannette’s mother said, “Things will usually work out in the end” (Walls 259). Looking back on it, I think it is interesting that Jeannette’s mother and my mom were thinking on the same wavelength. From what Jeannette described her mother as in the book, my mom and Jeannette’s mom are very different people, but it was interesting that they had the same response to both Jeannette’s and my