Throughout life, a shift in direction occurs more frequently than one would anticipate. Change in life can either be negative or positive. Among the journey of life, a bad experience may be disguised as a blessing. The negative experience’s can be compared to planting a seed, only to blossom into a beautiful flower. Wisdom comes when one sees the positives through a negative situation. Personally, my life has been through legions of negative change the past four years, shaping me into an individual who will achieve success.
Freshmen year, 2011, I entered Bishop Hendricken High School. Being a 14 year-old football star, I thought I knew everything. On my second day of freshmen year, the principal walked up to me during lunch and told me to shave my face. My attitude getting the best of me, I replied, “ You have to shave your nuts.” I did not receive punishment for this, but on only the second day of school, I was already labeled as a delinquent. From that day foreword, every mistake I made had …show more content…
During Christmas break going to Joe’s every day to play cards with all the boys from the neighborhood was my interest at the time. James, Baby G, Andrew V, and Willy B, were the boys. While playing cards we would all smoke mini cigars called Cheyenne’s. After Christmas we all had money. Deciding to ditch the mini cigars, with money in our hands, we bought a half an ounce of weed to smoke while playing cards. We played cards for about 30 minutes and then we found ourselves passed out on the coach eating chips. This continued for the rest of Christmas break. After the new years, the end of break came, starting my second semester at Rocky Hill. I wanted to start off again on the right track, trying hard with my academics. After class, when I arrived home, my laziness got the best of me and I would not do any homework. Now that I was smoking marijuana regularly, my grades began to
Freshmen year, 2011, I entered Bishop Hendricken High School. Being a 14 year-old football star, I thought I knew everything. On my second day of freshmen year, the principal walked up to me during lunch and told me to shave my face. My attitude getting the best of me, I replied, “ You have to shave your nuts.” I did not receive punishment for this, but on only the second day of school, I was already labeled as a delinquent. From that day foreword, every mistake I made had …show more content…
During Christmas break going to Joe’s every day to play cards with all the boys from the neighborhood was my interest at the time. James, Baby G, Andrew V, and Willy B, were the boys. While playing cards we would all smoke mini cigars called Cheyenne’s. After Christmas we all had money. Deciding to ditch the mini cigars, with money in our hands, we bought a half an ounce of weed to smoke while playing cards. We played cards for about 30 minutes and then we found ourselves passed out on the coach eating chips. This continued for the rest of Christmas break. After the new years, the end of break came, starting my second semester at Rocky Hill. I wanted to start off again on the right track, trying hard with my academics. After class, when I arrived home, my laziness got the best of me and I would not do any homework. Now that I was smoking marijuana regularly, my grades began to