Personal Narrative: Mr. Or Coach Land

It’s Not Worth It

Jeremy Land, better known as Mr. or Coach Land, is a high school U.S. history teacher and football coach at Monett High School. He is a tall, has short blonde hair, pretty muscular guy, who almost every girl in school drools over. He’s really cool, he’ll take you aside and help you out on assignments he knows you’re struggling on, but if you make him angry, oh boy you better watch yourself. Well not necessarily watch yourself but he will set you straight. Overall, I could say he’s a caring guy but like the Hulk if you make him angry.

Coach Land taught me probably the most important life lesson I have ever learned. A lesson that will stick with me forever, one I will probably teach my children, if I have any. He has taught me many life lessons and there are most likely many more to come. He taught me that nothing in this world, or even in this universe for that matter, is worth ending your life over. Not a single thing, not now, not ever will ever be worth your life. Now, he just didn’t come up to me one day and say, “Hey, there’s nothing in this world worth ending your life over.” No, it wasn’t like that. …show more content…
I had felt this way for a long time, I felt no need to be here on this earth anymore. I felt like nothing but a disappointment to my parents, the football team, and to even the school. I went home from school, I skipped football practice, as I was walking home, it was a pretty hot day, I was sweating. I was so angry with myself, I knew what I wanted to do. I got home and tried committing suicide. My mom caught me in the act and stopped me, the next day I was sent to a