Major Conflicts In My Life

Throughout my life I have been faced with a handful of conflicts. Some of them were internal conflicts and some were external conflicts. A few of those are; living with PTSD after a car accident, choosing weather or not it was the right decision to never play sports again, and losing my best friend. There are many more conflicts I have had to face but one major conflict that I have dealt with was a mixture between both an internal and an external conflict.
When I was in elementary school, I made a decision that changed my life forever. My fifth grade year of elementary school started off amazing. We didn’t have that much homework because my class was actually paying attention to our teacher, and everyone in my class were all friends with one …show more content…
I saw this and immediately asked her if I could sit beside of her. Alexis and I sat beside of each other on the way home from school, I introduced myself to her and her to me, we made jokes and we talked and laughed until it was time for her stop. When I got home I told my mom about Alexis, and then I did some research about Down syndrome. The next day, I went in, sat down and talked to Alexis until the bell rang to go to class. Then when I got to my class room I asked my teacher if my desk could be moved beside of Alexis’. My teacher moved my desk and after she did all of my class mates looked at me like I was breaking a law or something. From the time Alexis got there, until Christmas break, I sat with Alexis at lunch, talked to her, played with her at recess and I even taught her how to play basketball. Along the way friends began to shut me out and start being mean to me. Of course it didn’t bother me any because if they were mean to me that meant they were leaving Alexis …show more content…
If I wouldn’t have made the decision I made then I would not have learned anything from it, and I defiantly would not have gained a friend in the process. When I read the book “Holes” by Louis Sachar it reminded me of Alexis and my friendship. In the book, Stanly has to make the decision whether or not to be friends with mean and cruel kids, or be friends with a “social outcast” named Zero. Then after, he had to deal with the conflicts and consequences of making the decision. The decision of fighting may not have been the best decision, but I know that I made the right decision by choosing to be Alexis’ friend, despite what consequences came with