EVER SINCE 7th GRADE, MY LIFE HAS BEEN ABOUT SCHOOL, BUT MAINLY DYSFUNCTIONS
By: Dashawn Harris

7TH Grade year was a very must happen situation for me. I had problems with smoking weed, well it wasn’t a major problem, but as I got older it became worst. I had some how maintained to keep good grades & gain a little attention from certain high schools. I then went on to the 8th grade when things became a little out of hand, because now I was missing more days than my 7th grade year. I had a mindset of knowing the work, so I felt as if I didn’t have to go to school to learn because I felt I mastered everything they had to teach/offer.

So freshman year came & I had no choice but to drop out after a struggling home couldn’t be fixed, frustrations, & Depression came along the way and took over me. I was frustrated because of school work I missed out on, I was depressed because I was wondering how I was gone get out of that struggle situation. After all that frustration & depression it lead into smoking heavily (everyday thing). After a while I took time over the summer to get right or was at least trying, because I was so tired of staying home missing out on school. I had trouble with knowing I had a lot to live for, so I made that change my sophomore year(freshmore). But I was still smoking.

Today is so much better for me even though It’s still a little trouble, but at least It’s to the point when I am still doing well in school, and that we made it out of the struggle. Now, all I have to do is make it out of the city so we won’t ever worry about that problem again. To avoid that all I’m going to do is stay In school because without it, you got nothing. ON GOD I have a plan.