Friday, April 26, 2013

I Will Remember You...

 This week our English teacher asked us to write a blog about someone we met during high school that we will never forget. I thought that I would be quite simple to write this blog because I have met so many phenomenal people during my high school career. However, that just wasn’t the case. There are too many people that I don’t think I could forget. So, I decided to write about the person that changed my life while I have been in high school.
 My junior year in high school was really tough. I had a myriad of things going on, and I wasn’t sure how to juggle them all. I was in five advanced placement classes. One of them was calculus…which frankly is more than any teen should ever have to handle!  I was also in the drama club, AP club, FCCLA, National Honors Society, and chess. It was stressful, but it wasn’t just the school work that was stressful. My home life was far from easy.
 Anyone who knows my mother would agree that she has had a severely tough time the past twenty years. She was addicted to drugs, and she was an alcoholic. If an adult is intoxicated their abilities to think and rationalize are impaired. Needless to say my mother was in no condition to be caring for three children. This meant that they care of my siblings fell on me.
There was a day last year that was harder than the rest. I just wanted it all to end. I thought that maybe if I dropped out of high school then taking care of my family would be easier. Then I went to my AP English 11 class. I confided in my teacher that I was thinking about dropping out. She told me that it would be the biggest mistake I ever made. She told me her story of how she took care of her family while she was a full time student in college. Her story inspired me so much that I decided to finish high school in the top ten percent.
Today, my mother has been sober for almost a year. My brother and sister are content, and I am going to finish high school ranked number six out of 153. I owe all of this to my English teacher…who convinced me that there was no investment greater than my education. I know there are some of you that think, “Oh, she’s just sucking up to the teacher because this blog is for a grade,” but that isn’t what this was about. I was asked to write a blog about someone I met in high school I would NEVER forget. Mrs. Caffey is the reason I’m going to finish high school. She is also my inspiration to become an English teacher myself.
So, here is the lesson this week: never give in. I know its cliché, but it’s the truth. There is no reason you can’t finish anything you set your mind to.  I also want to challenge you to thank the person in your life that inspired you. Whether it’s your mother, teacher, dad, whom ever... just tell them what they did for you.
Thank you, Mrs. Caffey; for all that you have done for me.

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