Which Way?-Personal Narrative

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Which Way? In Tyler's mind the are frustrated. When their mom came home one day she said that she was going to take away his cell phone because he had bad grades. He did everything on his cellphone he then tried to make an excuse. He said you can’t take away my phone because I need it for school. His mom furiously said “No you don’t. You can get your phone back when you get your grades up.” Tyler had two decisions to bring his grades up and get his phone back or to yell at his mom and run out the door. Tyler knew that he wasn't smart so he ran out the door. He ran halfway down the road until he got smarter and said to himself “If I really try then I can get my phone back. I’m smart, i’m smart.” Tyler ran back home but when he walked inside

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