The day I turned into an introvert

So it was at the beginning of January last year. I headed to school for what was called the orientation day, or in other words just the first day of school. Normally my heart would've been racing around and I would be as excited as ever to reconnect with my peers and teachers after a 5 to 6 weeks break.

Well...for some reason this time I didn't particularly feel in the mood at all whatsoever

As the new students shuffled in with enthusiasm and vigour, ready for a new challenge in a different school, I on the other end was having none of it. I mean like, seriously. I didn't know what was going on, like maybe was it just the thought of coming back to school again? Or could it be the fact that I was now a year 10 (form 4) student so more pressure was on me to deliver?

Anyways, my friends and I then took our seats to listen to my dad, a.k.a the principal, address the usual introduction routine to everyone.

Guess what? 5 minutes in and I was already bored to death. I literally couldn't wait to get out of there! And once we were finally ushered back into our respective classrooms, that was when I realised what was really happening to me.

Now I'm totally not gonna lie, as soon as we took our seats everyone began talking to each other...while I scarcely said a single word. I mean, don't get me wrong it's not like I was completely silent, but my usual cheerfulness and hippy attitude during my year 7 to year 9 days were nowhere to be found.

Man, even my mouth was mumbling words out. Where they used to be clear and precise, now they sounded more like jumbled words with some stammering . Yeah...it was that bad!

I'm still not particularly able to recall who I was talking to back then but all I can say is that it was terrible...period!

And as bio class commenced...yeah I found out I was practically an introverted person. I didn't even ask a single question throughout the entire period, kept silent for almost an hour(or spoke just very few words) and was like a 'ghost' in the class you could say.

Yup...so I was literally like that for the rest of the week, in every class just not saying much at all. My teachers all pointed out that it was like day and night as they referred to the 'old' me during the previous years.

So it would stay like this over the course of my final 2 years in school...although I will admit that I have improved as of late. Still though, please don't be like me guys! See ya!