change to growth
In 5th grade, I vividly remember overhearing my high school friend talking about her recent SAT test. It was a surprisingly chilly Saturday in August, and we were at a dinner party when I saw her fully surrounded by people. There were uncles, aunties, teenagers, and even kids hearing her ramble on what seemed nonsensical to me, why bother stressing over a test when there is food! In 7th grade, I was once again exposed to the SAT as more and more people around me were taking the test. I thought those teenagers were so cool, and I looked up to them for taking such a difficult exam, but I knew I had a long time before that happened to me. Flash forward to my first SAT test in the August of my junior year of high school and I was pondering over everything I have done building up to this point, and on the way to the school I was taking my test at, I recollected how much I have grown as a person. My mentality shifted, I was no longer the little girl with two pigtails running...