Personal Narrative: Life After Recess

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Have you ever wished that you just hadn’t done something you did? I definitely had. Especially one time when I got into a ton of trouble afterwards. It happened in third grade, during a week that would otherwise have been uneventful. After this experience, I knew never to purposely do things I would regret ever again.

Back then, we had a recess period from 10:30 to 10:45 every day. After recess was over on this particular day, Jackie, a kid that I teased a lot, was standing in line next to me. Somehow I got the idea that it would be funny to slap him. So I did. “Hey, what the hell?” he cried.

The next day, during the morning announcements, my teacher pulled me aside. “Richard, I need to speak to you.” she said. “Jackie’s mom told me

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