High School, High Self-Esteem

By Maximiliano Ayala

The change from primary to high school was a good experience for me. I don’t want to sound pessimistic, but my basic education is considered one of my darkest periods in my life. This is because I didn’t use to have good relations between me and my classmates. But it wasn’t my fault, I always tried to get on with them. They were the problem. I was completely different from them. For example, I was interested in other things like my studies, art or writing, whereas they, on the other hand, were interested in playing football. Despite that, I was an excellent student and teachers considered me very intelligent, but that wasn’t enough to cheer me up. I was very depressive and I didn’t have friends. But when I started my high school studies, everything changed. My classmates were far more mature, and the relations between them were good too. Also I started to have friends, and that obviously made me a happier boy than when I was in primary school. In fact, I met my two best friends there: Carmen and Janis. My marks weren’t as excellent as they were when I was in primary school, but my teachers considered me a good student anyway, especially Ariadna, my Language and Communication teacher. She taught me to be more confident and determined. But anyway, the change from primary to high school was necessary for me to make me a happier person, which is good… Isn’t it?