“Mistakes are made for learning, not repeating” -Anonymous It was a fun night until it happened. I was at my friend Alex’s house with him, his sister, and her friend. My parents always told me not to do it, but I never listened, and I could have died because of it. This mistake showed me my laws of life,which are, never take life for granted, and always think about the consequences of decisions.
We never thought that one of us would be lying on the road, unconscious. Alex rang the doorbell and we took off sprinting. There was a ditch ahead, and I jumped early. I went head first onto the road. They all laughed, but didn’t realize how serious the fall was. Alex looked back and said, “Andrew, let’s go!” I didn’t budge. Alex rushed towards me and flipped me over. I was bloody and cross-eyed. The woman of the house we ding-dong ditched rushed out and helped Alex pick me …show more content…
A nurse came and woke me up every single hour and asked me questions like, “When is your birthday?” I never answered incorrectly and never experienced any concussion symptoms, no headaches and no drowsiness even though I did have one. I have amblyopia in my right eye, which makes my eye legally blind. Luckily, I hit my head on the right side and my right eye was swollen shut. I couldn’t slightly open it for one whole week. After six weeks, I was cleared for physical activities, which was the first day of basketball tryouts.
I will never forget the look on my parents faces when they first saw me. I put myself and them in a tough situation. All this happened because of a stupid decision my friends and I made. Looking back at it, it has helped me in a lot of ways. For example, I now think before I act. If someone offers me a cigarette or an alcoholic beverage, I will decline and think of the consequences. This has impacted my life in many ways. It has developed my law of life which is to cherish every second because there is no way of knowing when it could
We never thought that one of us would be lying on the road, unconscious. Alex rang the doorbell and we took off sprinting. There was a ditch ahead, and I jumped early. I went head first onto the road. They all laughed, but didn’t realize how serious the fall was. Alex looked back and said, “Andrew, let’s go!” I didn’t budge. Alex rushed towards me and flipped me over. I was bloody and cross-eyed. The woman of the house we ding-dong ditched rushed out and helped Alex pick me …show more content…
A nurse came and woke me up every single hour and asked me questions like, “When is your birthday?” I never answered incorrectly and never experienced any concussion symptoms, no headaches and no drowsiness even though I did have one. I have amblyopia in my right eye, which makes my eye legally blind. Luckily, I hit my head on the right side and my right eye was swollen shut. I couldn’t slightly open it for one whole week. After six weeks, I was cleared for physical activities, which was the first day of basketball tryouts.
I will never forget the look on my parents faces when they first saw me. I put myself and them in a tough situation. All this happened because of a stupid decision my friends and I made. Looking back at it, it has helped me in a lot of ways. For example, I now think before I act. If someone offers me a cigarette or an alcoholic beverage, I will decline and think of the consequences. This has impacted my life in many ways. It has developed my law of life which is to cherish every second because there is no way of knowing when it could