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    Kayla Okoniewski reflects on her K-12 education journey, which included challenges like moving schools in middle school and the difficulties of learning online during COVID, but was helped by supportive teachers like Mrs. Amos, Mrs. Howard, and Coach Putman. She discusses how facing obstacles in her education has helped her grow and shaped her into the student she is today. While sad to see her schooling coming to an end, she is also excited to move onto the next chapter, taking with her the lessons learned from her ups and downs over the past years.

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    Kayla Okoniewski reflects on her K-12 education journey, which included challenges like moving schools in middle school and the difficulties of learning online during COVID, but was helped by supportive teachers like Mrs. Amos, Mrs. Howard, and Coach Putman. She discusses how facing obstacles in her education has helped her grow and shaped her into the student she is today. While sad to see her schooling coming to an end, she is also excited to move onto the next chapter, taking with her the lessons learned from her ups and downs over the past years.

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    Kayla Okoniewski

    English 111

    Professor Williams

    4 October 2023

    Through the Good and the Bad

    “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain” (Dolly Parton).

    I always stand by this quote. The meaning behind this quote is what life is all about. When Dolly

    says this, she is comparing success to rainbows and difficulty to rain. In life, there will be good

    times and bad, but in order to be successful in life we need to learn to push through the rain and

    strive to reach that rainbow. My education has had its ups and downs depending on the year and

    what school I was at. Moving to a different school during middle school was definitely one of the

    hardest challenges during my education journey. Even though it was one of the hardest obstacles

    I had encountered, it taught me lessons along the way and has helped me shape into who I am

    today.

    Growing up, some may say I was a tom-boy. I grew up around all guys. I have eighteen

    cousins and two brothers. Most of my cousins are males so I would always hang out with their

    male friends. In elementary school, nobody really cared about me being a tomboy. I made friends

    perfectly fine at Sherrills Ford and I was happy with where I was. In middle school, at the start of

    sixth grade, I moved schools to be with my cousins and brother. I thought this would be an

    amazing experience for me to finally go to school with my cousins. Little did I know, that middle

    school would be one of the hardest years of my education.

    Coming into Lincoln Charter, I was known as the “new kid”. At this age, nobody wanted

    to be friends with the “new kid”. Everyone had been a lifer so far at Charter and had been friends
    forever. While I am a very outgoing person, I am also very shy around people I do not know.

    Some of the kids made assumptions about me from the start so this made it difficult for me to

    make friends. I was not able to truly connect with people the first couple of years of middle

    school. Many days, I would do group work by myself and I would struggle to find a seat at a

    lunch table. I felt so alone coming into this new school and not knowing anybody. Later in the

    year, things started getting better. My English teacher, Mrs. Amos, really helped me through my

    sixth-grade year. Mrs. Amos is very good at reading a person's emotions. She could always tell

    when I was upset or if something was on my mind. She was able to guide me on the right path by

    giving me advice on who I should surround myself with. Towards the end of the year, I was able

    to start creating friendships with people who liked me for me.

    Seventh and eighth grade came and it started off strong. I had found a friend group that I

    knew would stick with me through the years. Then came COVID. COVID was one of the biggest

    struggles that I have ever faced in school. I am a very visual learner and I need to be able to hear

    and see things to understand them. Zoom calls became our way of learning for a while. Every

    morning I would have to go from one Zoom meeting to another. It was not only an adjustment

    for the students, but also for the teachers. They basically had to change every method of teaching

    and put it onto a tiny little screen for kids to watch. The problem with this was some kids had a

    hard time focusing so not everyone was getting the knowledge they needed. For me, I struggled

    in the start. I had to learn to become organized with my work and not procrastinate on things. I

    also had to learn to ask questions on a Zoom call which I was never fully comfortable with

    asking questions in the first place. Sometimes I would get embarrassed for asking questions.

    During COVID, I looked at every teacher as a mentor. Everyone struggled during this time and

    we all relied on each other to help out and get through the year successfully.
    Going into high school, I was very excited to start a new chapter in my education journey

    but at the same time, it was very nerve-racking. Mrs. Howard, my freshman math teacher, played

    a big role in my high school journey. In a way, I thought Mrs. Howard and I were the same. We

    both had a sense of humor, we understood each other. I looked up to her my entire freshman

    year. I knew that I could always go to her no matter what the situation. I was never a math person

    until I took her class. She made me understand math. She made math fun to the point where I

    wanted to learn math. I will be forever grateful for Mrs. Howard and how she has helped shape

    me into the student I am today.

    One last person who has played a major role in my everyday life is my softball coach,

    Coach Putman. Through the good and bad of sports, she has always been a mentor to me. Sports

    are not only physically draining but they are also mentally draining. Coach Putnam has taught

    me that no matter what, never give up. Through sports and school, she has always been by my

    side supporting me in my everyday life.

    Knowing that my K-12, elementary, middle, and high school journey is almost over, it

    brings sadness and joy. Knowing that I will be moving onto a different chapter in my life is scary

    yet happy. These past years have taught me so much. I have learned many different lessons in

    each grade that will help shape my future. All the bad has taught me to look and move on to

    bigger and better things in life. Through everything I now know I will always have teachers,

    friends, and family that will be by my side every step of the way.

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