In my middle school year I was a really hard head, I never listened to the teacher, and I liked to be outside doing bad stuff. I always had bad grades and never liked to go to school. I would always be in-school suspension or out-of-school suspension. They would always send me to alternative school because they couldn't handle my behavior, but I eventually made it out.
Starting high school was really hard for me. I couldn't really adapt to the school once Hurricane Harvey hit. It really messed me up because it flooded the city including our house. At the time I was working on my behavior, trying to become a better person, but from there I had a lot that went on. We lost our house for not having insurance. My mom, brother and I were trying to find a good place to live, but it was really hard with all the bad nights. I lost motivation towards school because I felt like I was less than everyone else.
Hurricane Harvey passed and school began. I felt devastated, forgetting everything I had learned from middle school. Time passed by and I started to get my motivation back, but once that was happening, COVID 19 hit once again. It was hard for me because I lost all my knowledge that I had gained a few months back. I felt disoriented due to the world pandemic, a disastrous event in history that affected everyone in the world.
Suddenly virtual classes started during March after spring break. Honestly, I didn't think of trying. I was always sleeping through my classes or playing Playstation at the end of my classes, so I really never learned anything. I had a feeling that we weren’t coming to school. It made me really lazy and really unmotivated. Once I started my 11th grade year, I came with no motivation. I felt like school wasn’t the same. I was going to have fun since we couldn't do much because of COVID, but now looking back I regret it because now I could have done much better as a student. Now I'm trying to get all my motivation back and get good grades and have better behavior.
What inspired me to write this story was that I felt like my story needed to be heard so younger kids won't mess up. My writing process was very challenging due to me not writing many essays.