Wednesday, May 15, 2013

This I Believe (FINAL)

"Being bad isn't that bad." I told myself this ever since I was preschool. I would be the good girl of the class. I would do all of my work, be nice to everyone, and never cause trouble. Although, it got to the point where my friends always told me about how awesome it feels to do whatever you want without getting caught. They would tell me how they went off campus to get food, how they skipped class and not get busted for it. I ended up getting sucked into this bad way of living when I was only 2nd grade. Me and my friends would make trouble in class and we wouldn't pay attention. These bad habits got worse when I started middle school however. 
  
  With the attitude and personality I had, it wasn't hard making new friends in 7th grade because I knew most of the people there because of church. But, for the ones who I didn't know or the one's I've never seen before, it was hard to get them to like me because they teased me, bullied me. I would've let it go and not care but I ended up doing the same thing back, ten times worse. Some cried and told the teachers, and others got hurt, physically and mentally. 

  A year later, I was a Moanalua Middle Mustang in 8th grade. It wasn't hard making friends as well because I met most of them in summer school and others approached me first and started hanging out with me. Although, I've got myself situated with the bad crowd of my grade. We would cheat on tests, get into fights, and steal from other people. An event that affected me greatly in my 8th grade year was when I ended up getting suspended. I took advantage of this one girl who was a friend of my best friend. She owed me $8 because of a bet we made, and it may not seem like a big deal but it really was at the time. I found out that she was trying to hide from me so that I wouldn't have to ask her about the money, although I found her the day she supposed to give me the money and started asking her about it in a nice way. But, she decided to give me attitude and say "I don't have your @#&$^! money. So back off @!*$&" and she walked away. That built so much anger in me that I grabbed the top of her bag and pulled her to the ground. "Listen @!*$&, you better get my money and don't you ever talk to me like that"! An hour later, I get called into the office and ended up getting suspended, that suspension made me realize that I need to stop my bad habits.

  The beginning of my freshmen year, I thought I would change and be a better person. I thought wrong, I ended up getting used to my bad habits again. Although, this time, I've gotten involved with things that I am not able to mention. From freshman year till now, I always hang out with the bad crowd in school and outside of school because of who I am now. By bad crowd, I mean druggies, graffiti artists and alcoholics. Being bad has benefits and is a good thing as well. There were times where my friends would get beat up so I would jump in and fight whoever I could. I'm a sophomore now and I still believe that being bad isn't bad even though there would eventually be consequences.

  I'm not proud of the bad things I've done, but I don't regret it either. Things do happen for a reason and I've gotten a lot of benefits from being bad, although, karma or consequences follow up right after my bad actions. 
I have a different perspective of 'being bad'. That means that my kind of bad is good in ways that others may not understand. But, theres no one I would rather be than me. Therefore, I will always believe that being bad isn't that bad.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

This I Believe (RD)

  "Being bad isn't that bad." I told myself this ever since I was preschool. I would be the good girl of the class. I would do all of my work, be nice to everyone, and never cause trouble. Although, it got to the point where my friends always told me about how awesome it feels to do whatever you want without getting caught. They would tell me how they went off campus to get food, how they skipped class and not get busted for it. I ended up getting sucked into this bad way of living when I was only 2nd grade. Me and my friends would make trouble in class and we wouldn't pay attention. These bad habits got worse when I started middle school however. 
  
  With the attitude and personality I had, it wasn't hard making new friends in 7th grade because I knew most of the people there because of church. But, for the ones who I didn't know or the one's I've never seen before, it was hard to get them to like me because they teased me, bullied me. I would've let it go and not care but I ended up doing the same thing back, ten times worse. Some cried and told the teachers, and others got hurt, physically and mentally. 

  A year later, I was a Moanalua Middle Mustang in 8th grade. It wasn't hard making friends as well because I met most of them in summer school and others approached me first and started hanging out with me. Although, I've got myself situated with the bad crowd of my grade. We would cheat on tests, get into fights, and steal from other people. An event that affected me greatly in my 8th grade year was when I ended up getting suspended. I took advantage of this one girl who was a friend of my best friend. She owed me $8 because of a bet we made, and it may not seem like a big deal but it really was at the time. I found out that she was trying to hide from me so that I wouldn't have to ask her about the money, although I found her the day she supposed to give me the money and started asking her about it in a nice way. But, she decided to give me attitude and say "I don't have your @#&$^! money. So back off @!*$&" and she walked away. That built so much anger in me that I grabbed the top of her bag and pulled her to the ground. "Listen @!*$&, you better get my money and don't you ever talk to me like that"! An hour later, I get called into the office and ended up getting suspended, that suspension made me realize that I need to stop my bad habits. 

  The beginning of my freshmen year, I thought I would change and be a better person. I thought wrong, I ended up getting used to my bad habits again. Although, this time, I've gotten involved with things that I am not able to mention. From freshman year till now, I always hang out with the bad crowd in school and outside of school because of who I am now. By bad crowd, I mean druggies, graffiti artists and alcoholics. Being bad has benefits and is a good thing as well. There were times where my friends would get beat up so I would jump in and fight whoever I could. I'm a sophomore now and I still believe that being bad isn't bad even though there would eventually be consequences. 
  
  As you can see, I've done a lot of bad things back then till now. I'm not proud of it, but I don't regret it either. Things do happen for a reason and I've gotten a lot of benefits from being bad, although, karma or consequences follow up right after my bad actions. However, I will always believe that being bad isn't that bad. 

Monday, April 22, 2013

Occupy Moanalua : AC

Due to the humid weather conditions in Hawaii. We always rely on AC's to keep us cool in school. But, we have a small amount of AC's in classrooms in MOHS. Therefore, we are here to protest that there should be more AC's in classrooms so that students will be able to have a positive attitude and be able to work fluently. 

Monday, March 4, 2013

SOG Timeline

 

  I learned that I haven't been following the right path by making a lot of wrong decisions. I plan to change that by making more good choices that will get me to places. Although, it will take time to change all of my habits. Therefore, I'm determined to work as hard as I can to stop making decisions that will eventually ruin my life.