Perfect Life Research Paper

When I look at my life growing up I was very blessed and had a lot to be thankful for. There was always a meal on the table at night, a bed for me to sleep in, a roof to shelter me, and kind loving parents who taught me good morals and principles. I was always an straight A student through out my elementary and most of my middle school years. I had a picture perfect life in my eyes, with a bright future and a wonderful family. However, one day, in my eighth grade year that would all change. Things were not the same around the house any more, there were more fights, and dad would come home late, if he came home at all. There were a lot of things going on that I could not quite understand, I had trouble wrapping my head around it. Needless to …show more content…
They explained to me the whole situation, the divorce, the staying on weekends, everything that I wish I could just erase away. My picture perfect life was gone, things were not the same and they never would be. I began to fail my Advanced Algebra I class, whether it be the lack of attention or maybe my will to try, I simply gave up. Most of my classes were slipping, however, the most prominent one was Algebra since it was a high school course I was taking in middle school. My teachers could not begin to understand they thought it was the content, "maybe it is the presentation," as my math teacher would say. They tried but they had no idea what the real problem was. Things were looking pretty hopeless for me with an almost complete fail of the first semester. At this point it was actually my principal Mrs. Kershaw, who sat me down to have a talk with me. She knew what was wrong, and she knew just what to say. She told me that it may be my childhood and old family memories that I am trying to cling on too, but what I was doing in that classroom what I will do in the classrooms after that would affect my life further