Misunderstanding Life
There were three words that changed my intellectual life and the way I had perceived things. Think about it! Those were the words that were said to me, the phrase think about it didn't have such a powerful meaning until that day. I would have never thought that three words could change a person's life, it changed mines. These words think about it became the most influential words I've ever heard. It was the person who said it and the way he said it that made me take the words in a serious way. My life in elementary was taking a turn for worst I was a bad, carefree, and a want be hard core kid. Even with my mother in the school working as a teacher assistant my behavior was at a low for about eight hours a day at school. My sixth grade teacher on the first day said " I'm not going to have any loud mouth punks in this class. This is my class if you or anyone else don't like what I'm doing in here they will be asked to leave". When he announced that I believe that he was talking about me. What the teacher said to me during that time seemed to me as a bunch of garbage and it didn't effect me, I knew what I was going to do (be a pest) and not do (be a angel). Even though this was the meanest teacher tha
My mom escorted me to the principal's office saying nothing to me; the principal wasn't present at her office because she was out in the school still looking for me, my mother sat me in front of the principal's desk and then departed without saying anything to me. As I waited for someone to come in and talk to me I heard an announcement that "Michael has been found"; I came to realize that the girl had never told no one what I did. When she got in class and the teacher asked where was I she had to tell the teacher something like he was running to somewhere in a hurry and I don't know were he ran to. I guess the teacher didn't realize that I was gone for most of the end of the day. It was a coincident that I wasn't in trouble from the girl but now I was in trouble for running away. So the problem with the girl never came up, I only faced the problem of why I ran away. My mom entered back into the office she asked me " Why I ran away to the closet" I told her that I needed a break from everyone and I wanted to be alone. I could tell when my mother was mad because her eyes would get smaller in physical form, In which that had happened in the office. I recognize that I was over my head in trouble, all I did was pray to god that I would be able to survive this death trap that I made for myself. I remember telling myself that if I got out of this one that I would never do another bad thing while I was living. My teacher Mr.Keulaber came in the office and following him was the lovely principal Mrs. Kunkel they both looked serious, I knew that if I could get Mrs. Kunkel's punishment and not my mom's or Mr. Keulaber I would survive. But the first person I was crossed examined by was Mr. Keulaber; he transformed into a different person who was not to be messed with. I sat in the principal's visitor chair thinking that it will all be over soon all that I had to do is to listen to them. Mr. Keulaber first word to me was " What the hell is the matter with you"; I didn't know how to answer it so I didn't say anything. " I have 29 other students to worry about I can't give you all the attention, I'm just one person and your not working with me. I hope that you and your mom have a nice talk when you get home." I was happy that Mr. Keulaber was done with me now all I had was my mother because Mrs. Kunkel was a nun before she was a principal and she wouldn't do anything to me. My mom came to talked next she told me the worst phrase in the world when it comes to my mother she said," I will see you when I get home". That was over and all I had now was Mr. Kunkel she made me feel so small that day I would never want discipline from her again. I learned a lesson that people are not always the way I think they are. t was in the school and we disagreed on many things, I felt that he sensed that I respected him. In the middle of the school year I was often catching myself doing things that I wasn't supposed to, just to test my boundaries. The process of my intellectual life changing came about because of a thing that I did to a girl. So I ran to the second floor to the cafeteria were a stage was located, I know that I would have never been caught there. In the back
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Approximate Word count = 2140
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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