Don't abuse freedoms

I had crazy experience in my first few years of high school. I couldn’t handle all of the freedom that was given to me. I was still young and thinking like a child. I didn’t want to do my class work, I only wanted to play. I thought that the teachers only wanted to make me suffer, and not try to help me.
When I got to my sophomore year things only got worse since I passed 7 out my 8 classes my freshman year I thought I could play even more. I would skip class more, and got more tardies. I would go smoke in the bathrooms or outside any chance I could. I didn’t want to hear what my counselor, teacher, or administrator had to say about my behavior. I only thought about how o looked to everybody when they seen me skip class and cuss the teachers out. The teachers would tell me to go to my classes and my education, that’s worth more than they could say. I couldn’t convince me since all I thought about was drugs, and being a thug.
I would look at a write up and a failing grade as if they were awards I earned from trying to be a thug. I almost had to go to alternative school because of too many write ups. I once failed a class 3 times and blamed the teacher every time. The teacher would put me out class because I didn’t do my class work, and I saw that as being wrong. Now I see that he putting me out because he didn’t want me affect the other kids that did want to learn something, and get their education. I also let drugs and gangs control most of my life in school. At that time I was too hard headed to see that I was only hurting myself more than others. I and my homeboy would do what we wanted when we wanted, and that’s how we looked at life. My teachers and parents would look at me disappointed, in me because they knew I could do better. At the time I was so involved in drugs, gangs, and guns to see that they were slowly giving up hope on a delinquent like me.
Once I got to my senior year I finally realized that I had to make up for all the fooling around I did in my first few years. I seen I had an opportunity to redeem myself for all the ignorant things I did in when I got to high school. I remembered everything my elders told me about if I get a second chance I better take it cause their might not be another one.
Once you get to high school you have to use your freedom wisely and not abuse it like I did. The teachers are only trying to get you to do your work so you can succeed in life and be somebody. If you need help talk to your counselor because they will not steer you in the wrong direction. Do you and not what other people want for you. Leave all the drama at home, and learn from everyone’s mistakes and especially yourself.