Imperial High School example essay topic

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Bad Choices Choices, everyone goes through them sometimes you make good ones and sometimes you make bad ones. In my case I've mad a lot of bad choices in my Junior year of High School. I've learned the hard way about making bad choices, lying, and being disrespectful to my family. In some ways I think learning the hard way was good for me, otherwise I might not have learned at all. After being in trouble and experiencing the worst of my past high school years, I have new motivation to get everything straight with my life. August 28th was the first day I decided to stay home from school and the start of my long and dreadful skipping school experience.

I had no logical reason for not going to school, I just didn't care at the time and needed a reality check. After the first couple days of not going to school it became a "I don't care" and "One more day wont hurt" mentality. I was ditching 2 to 3 days a week in the beginning of the third week of school. On October the first I skipped school once again and surprisingly my mom showed up unexpectedly at home and got a notice from the school about my excessive absences at school. My mom was outraged and disappointed. When I got home, choked up embarrassed and feeling so stupid, I had to look into my moms eyes and tell her that I hadn't been going to school and that I had lied to her about my grades and absences.

I didn't have a explanation for my mom or a excuse I told her straight out that I had no reason to and that she didn't deserve what I had did to her. My mom talked to the school and Principle about my ditching, they were forced to punish me for what I did. I ended up with 52 hours of detention in the 6th week of school. I had the most hours on the schools detention list and I didn't feel honored to hold the spot. I went through a review with 3 of my teachers and the vice-principal.

We thought up solutions and searched for motivation to get me to go to school and get passing grades. They thought I should ask for extra credit and some sympathy to my teachers to get decent grades before the quarter ended, I personally thought that I didn't deserve sympathy or extra credit. I got what I deserved and it wasn't pleasant. Getting sentenced my punishment, I couldn't go anywhere do anything I felt like I was in prison. I felt that I needed to get away from my current living environment and came up with moving to my father's house. My mom wasn't happy about my idea and totally disagreed.

Being the defiant teenager I am I moved any ways. Now I'm living with my dad doing my work and going to school. I get home sick sometimes and I still go and visit my mom but I think I'm on a good start to getting my school life back together. After all the things I have experienced this year so far I regret everything that I ever did wrong and feel very stupid. I never thought I could get in so much trouble and do so many stupid things. My punishment is still a constant reminder to not make bad choices and try to succeed in graduating from Imperial High School.