Horrible Behavior In Middle School

To grow as an individual I had to watch my mother cry in front of my eyes. Since middle school, I was always causing trouble, bringing bad grades, and disrespecting the teachers. My horrible behavior at school confused everyone around me. Now that I look back at my past, I realize that instead of trying to be “cool” and “popular”, I should have only worried about myself and my education since it is my future and not anyone else's. Parent-teacher conferences had always been the worst thing about school because it was the chance my teachers got to explain to my mother I was a trouble maker. My mom had always told me to be an excellent student and make her proud, however, it had not changed my horrible behavior in school. Throughout my middle school years my behavior was as poorly as ever which came with low grades. It was my freshmen year on Thursday afternoon, my mother and I went to school for parent teacher conferences. One by one the teacher briefly explained my obscene behavior towards them, and my deplorable grades. I quickly looked away to avoid my mother’s rage, but instead my mother had tears coming down her face. This felt like a bullet penetrating my chest because of the amount of guilt I had was very enormous and painful. My mother eventually had enough of hearing

During second semester of my freshmen year, I had a whole new attitude towards my teacher and my work in school. The amount of joy I had when I had recieved my first report card was enormous. I was so excited to show my mother my improvement in school. Once I showed my mother my report card, the shock in her face was overwhelmed with happiness as her smile grew as did mine. This was one of the best moments of my