Ivonne Cervantes- draft

              Everyone goes through many changes throughout their lives some good and others bad.Life changes rapidly and there are so many people that nothing ever stops because you’ve had a bad day.Life brings you many challenges that you have to face and overcome.

               In my experiences the challenges life has bought me made me stronger and also I learned from them.One challenge  that I can remember is from high school,when I had to take the TAKS test in order to graduate the following year.I was always bad at math ,its my my worst subject,so in the back of my mind I was scared to take it.I was actually failing the class also so it made matters worse.My teachers and my parents always went on about studying the day before and getting a good night sleep.I couldnt sleep that night,all I could think about was the test.Then the time came for me to take the test,the moment I walked into the class room i felt my stomach aching from being so nervous.After awhile of going through procedures they handed me the test,as i was going through it my stomach even more.I realized the test was hard,some of the things on the test I had no clue about.I had to the best i could to answer them it took me longer than others that they had to take me to another room to finish.After I finished,I felt horrible I had no clue how I did.I didnt know what to tell my parents because I felt as I failed and if I failed then I was one step back from graduating.It would take several weeks to find out the results,but when they finally came in my heart started beating fast.I had passed Science,English,and History but i had failed Math.I wanted to cry my eyes out but i didnt because I was in class when i found out.I felt so ashamed that when my classmates asked if I had my response was yes.I then told my parents the bad news and what the consuler told me that i would have to retake it during the summer.I ended the school year failing math class and the math TAKS test.I was bummed and I knew I had to study as hard as I could to pass the test,it was hard to do so because I had a job and also it was summer so I wanted to have fun too with my friends.My close friends told me i would pass it the next time i took it but i was still scared.I had my thoughts going throught my mind,what if  i never passed it I wouldnt get to graduate with my friends.When i thought about it I felt very depressed soon July came and I had to take the test again.When I arrived to school for the retake the test I saw lots of students,I was amazed by the number of students.It made me feel better caused then I didnt feel as bad as I did before.Later on it was time for me to go to the room i was assigned to retake the test and this time I felt alot better,I had more confidents in myself.I took the test and felt my studying and hard work had paid off,I even finished earlier than others.Again it would take several fews to get the results,but unlike the last time the results were mailed to my home.With shaking hands i opened the letter and look to see what my hardwork had done for me,the results said I PASSED!I was so happy to have found out that I passed but then I realized I still had one more problem to face.When my senior year started I had to retake algebra two.That was very akward for me because everyone knew I failed the class and I had to retake the course.The first semester was fine I passed by a couple of points and was happy with that.Then next semester it went down but i said oh i would do better next six weeks and so on I kept saying that.Then when it came down to the last six weeks I was failing to the point me grauduating was in question.My teacher told me I had to do really well in my last exam for me to pass,it seemed impossible.