As I think back to what I was like a student and as a person in my first year of high school. I have changed a Lot and further I will discuss that why I have changed.

The Days of High School
In the beginning of high School I was frightened to face the new place .The thoughts which were coming into my mind were how will I cope up with new environment? Whether I will be comfortable or not? After all, I did not even know two-thirds of my class, this quaked my confidence. I was afraid whether the other students will be cooperative or not? My mother helped me to remove such fears and face the circumstances.

From the innumerable characteristics I would like to mention some which I have developed over the period of time.
My first classes did not consist of students of my own age, but mostly of upper classmen. They had the advantage of being in familiar territory with familiar people. Studying amongst them developed in me the habit of making new friends.
I got used to HARD WORK. This came in the form of homework. The drudgery soon became a learning process. The regular home tasks brought in me the sense of punctuality, responsibility and the desire to work in order to prove the abilities.
It is a very essential characteristic which I developed while participating in high school soccer games. Teamwork also developed in me the qualities of civility, cooperation, dependability, effort and responsibility.

The annoyances in school life and produce outbursts of frustration or a temptation to snap at other, but I've learned that the phrase "patience is a virtue" is very true. I have learned in the high school days that one of the major characteristic of success is patience .Without patience nobody can control the undesired circumstances. Paying attention and following verbal instructions are necessary to achieve effective academic skills, but that not where it ends. Listening is the ability which when grasped properly does prove fruitful for the attentive listener. Good listener always finds his/her weak points and tries to correct it. This led to a positive interaction between staff, administrators and me, in which we would sometimes dive into long conversations about common high school problems.

A few confrontations throughout high school with egotistical self conceited seniors have taught me, however, not to get too confident and to keep my wits about me. It has taught me to be cautious about whom I get involved with, and it’s shaped my character-judging skills As a freshman, my inner self was covered up a little more; due to the thought that I had to be someone I’m not in order to become well-liked. Later, however, I found that people respected who I really am, not who they want me to be. I’ve watched some of my closest friends’ loose touch with who they really are, but I’ve somehow always kept my morals and standards the way I’ve learned them.

All these have affected my maturation throughout my high school years. As time changed, I changed. All the influences and experiences of my high school years from the beginning, meshed in with the values instilled in me since childhood, has made me who I am today.