Which Way?-Personal Narrative

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Which Way? In Tyler's mind he’s frustrated. When his mom, Haley came home one day she said that she was going to take away his cell phone because he had bad grades. He ran up to his room and got on his computer to check his grades. When he looked he had two F’s a D and Three C’s. He started banging his desk because he was really mad. 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. As he was running …show more content…
Haley had slammed the door shut. After a few minutes of running Tyler suddenly realized that it was cold and the snow was covering his feet. He didn’t have a jacket on. He thought he was going to freeze so he ran as quickly home as possible. On his way back he said to himself “If I really try then I can get my phone back. I’m smart, i’m smart, i’m smart. Tyler opened the door but when he walked inside he saw his mom crying. He went over and hugged her. She said that she shouldn’t have taken his phone. Tyler then told her to keep his phone because he wanted to earn it. It was his fault that he got bad grades. Tyler went to school and tried his hardest to get his grades up and when he got home he went and checked his grades. They were straight A’s. He was so proud he ran to his mom and told her. He finally got his phone back and ran halfway up the stairs then turned around and said to his mom “ I was lying about needing my phone for school.” His mom smiled. A couple of years passed and Tyler was in Calculus three, advanced social studies, language arts, and science. He was the smartest kid in the school. He then graduated highschool and got scholarship to go to CSU, Colorado State University. He went to CSU and tried to be a doctor on his first day

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