Stephanie Ludwig Mrs. Rowe English 12A 19 September 2013 How !

"e #hanged Sin$e %reshman &ear %reshman 'ear had bra$es( short blonde hair( and wasn!t "er' outgoing. was 1) 'ears old( a*raid o* bo's( and nai"e about e"er'thing. had a $ompletel' di**erent *riend group than ha"e now and didn!t ha"e a bo'*riend. did not thin+ about the *uture or where was going to $ollege. ,ow am 1-( tall( and ha"e long brown hair. got m' bra$es o** as a sophomore and ha"e had a bo'*riend *or a 'ear. +now where want to go to $ollege and tal+ to a lot more people than did as a *reshman. ha"e m' li$ense now and a summer .ob. !m not the same sh' girl was when *irst started high s$hool. ha"e a better relationship with m' parents than did ) 'ears ago. /unior 'ear *ound 3 reall' good *riends who +now i $an trust. *ound out that the sa'ing 0&ou won!t lea"e high s$hool with the same *riends 'ou started with1 is a$tuall' true. ha"e also had to step up as the oldest +id in m' house sin$e m' brother mo"ed out *or $ollege. would sa' am more o* a leader and stand up *or what is right. %reshman 'ear went with what e"er'one else did and didn2t +now an' better. %reshman 'ear pla'ed gol* and bas+etball( and now as a senior am on the $ross $ountr' and swim teams. ha"e learned so mu$h throughout highs$hool and it reall' does *l' b'. ma+e m' own de$isions and ha"e learned so mu$h in m' $lasses.