Stay focused by Dejanae Smith

I remember the very first day of school. I wasn’t even nervous. I was so anxious to see what high school was all about. I had older relatives here already in the 12th, 11th, 10, and even 9th grade, so I was not too afraid because I knew they all had my back. I even had one cousin walk me to all my classes on the first day.
When I entered high school I told myself that I was going to pass all my classes and try to maintain a B average so I could have a good GPA. When my brother was in high school, he barely made it. He played around all four years of high school. He was a senior when he decided that he would buckle down and do all his work. The counselors had told him that he probably wouldn’t make it to graduate. The day of graduation practice they pulled him aside and told that he would graduate. He was so excited that he went to the restroom and cried. That’s when I decided that I wasn’t going to follow in his foot steps and that I was going to do better than my brother.
But unfortunately things didn’t go as planned. It wasn’t as bad as it sounds. I did pass all my classes until my 10th grade year. The first class I failed was geometry. Me and my teacher couldn’t seem to get alone, and on top of that my best friend was in that class. So I really wasn’t focus. Then the next class I failed was Algebra II my 11th grade year, going to sleep in class, texting, and not doing homework was my biggest problem in that class. Plus my cousin and other close friends were in that same class.
So I encourage you freshmen to not make the same mistakes me and my brother made. Stay focus, be to class on time and be ready to learn. The teachers are there to help you. The have their education. Keep your mind in the books and off the boys. Boys will always be there. Take the time to get your education.