Have you ever gotten a feeling where you thought you were going to be a failure in life? In life you can overcome several of obstacles but all it takes is effort. One obstacle I have overcame was during my freshmen year in the year of 2012 where I had fallen behind in school by 4 1/2 credits in just one year. During that time all I felt was like a huge disappointment to my entire family.

During my eighth grade year at montebello I would always hear my older friends saying not to fall behind in High School or i'd regret it. My older friends would always say not to fall behind during High school because it was going to be difficult to get back on track but all that went in through one ear and came out the other. As days flew by me I noticed High School was just around the corner from starting but at that time I wasn't worried, I was ready for a new chapter in life. Days would go by so quick that I was beginning my first high school year at Central High School and it had already started off not so good. I had started school with some classes that I didn't choose but I thought I would be able to push myself through the year and get over it. As time passed I got more bored of it but my only choice was to stay in those classes since I had waited too long to try and switch the classes out. After going to school everyday for almost 3 months and having the three classes I didn't like such as choir, JROTC and ceramics I started to ditch school. Some days of the week I would go hang out at Indian steel park and sometimes I would just be there everyday until the end of the school year got closer.

Christmas break was just around the corner and I always had my cousin Kevin that was a year older than me telling me to move to a charter school that he was going to. He would tell me that at that charter school we would be able to graduate early and only go to school Monday through Thursday which sounded like such a great idea. Days would come by closer and closer to christmas break and all the grades were being sent out to our houses. I remember the day my grades got home, all Fs and only two Bs and worst part was that my parents had received them. As they showed me my grades I got a lecture on how school was important and that I shouldn't be taking it for granted but didn't really bother paying attention to what they said. I would beg my mother all week just so I can get her to move me schools which probably would help me. On January 7, enrollment day, was just about 3 days away and my mom had already agreed to move me schools but in 1 condition, if I made up to everything I had messed up the previous semester and I had agreed but just so I can go get enrolled. As January 7th passed, I was already enrolled into the system and there I was at Mission Academy with my cousin and his friends. I had a feeling like this school was actually going to be good and helpful to me since I was liking the people around me and based off what my cousin would tell me.

The third quarter went by quick since all the classes I had were on computer with no teachers helping me but I would still put in some sort of effort. Once the fourth quarter started me and my cousin and his friends had already started ditching. I didn't know anyone else at the school and I was a shy person so I didn't really have any option but to tag along with him and his friends. I would notice that at school I had classes I didn't even need. I had a class that was for seniors and a weight lifting class when I didn't even choose that elective and taking a senior class when I was only a freshmen wasn't so easy or worth trying since the teachers wouldn't really teach good. When me and my cousin would ditch we would ditch 2 out of 3 classes and would go eat at Jack in the box or Peter Piper Pizza if not go hang out at one of his friends house. The school calls would never get to my parents because I had decided to put my number in the enrollment paper instead of theres so I wasn't worried about them finding out. I was having fun during the year since I wouldn't do much class work or go to school often time was going by quick. Days would get closer to the end of the school year and I knew I was going to fail but there wasn't really anything I can do about it.

I remember getting a second talk by my dad about not doing good in school and how he was disappointed in me. He would tell me he was going to take me to work so I can see how it feels to be someone without an education. I would go work once a week with him in the hot sun surrounded by dirt. When lunch time would come I would always sit back and think deeply about everything I had done while I ate. I had promised myself that once school started I was going to become a good role model for my little brothers and try my best to make them happy for me. Once again there I was with my mother at a new High school this time I was enrolling at Alhambra High School. I had arranged all my classes with my counselor and decided I would take summer school for the remaining 3 years and eighth hour. In addition, I would also be taking a night school class my senior year and if I was to pass all my classes I would be back on track to graduate on time. I promised myself to make my family happy and recover all the missing credits so failing or giving up wasn't an option. Two school years passed and I passed with average grades but the good thing about getting average grades was that I at least passed the classes. Senior year was the most exciting year for me because not only was I going to be back on track once I complete my night school class but I was going to graduate with friends I entered High School with and my parents would be really proud of me all I had to do was keep up my dedication and hard work.

Sometimes feeling like your're going to be a failure takes hard work and dedication instead of giving up and not putting effort to not feel that way. I've learned that putting in hard work and dedicating yourself to something can actually help you out a lot. This has helped me by not letting me give up in school and to continue in college.