Focus by Jeniesha

Focus by Jeniesha - April 2016 Scholarship Essay

High school isn't easy. It can make or break you. You're going to be there for 4 years. You're going to make friends that are good and bad for you. Just because they want to do something doesn't you have to do it as well. That was me as a freshman. I wanted to be in the cool crowd so I started doing things that I knew I shouldn't. I started skipping school, grades started dropping, and I just didn't care.

I thought everything was going great until one of my so called friends started talking about me behind my back and telling everyone in school lies about me. They told people that I was only skinny because I made myself throw up, called my nappy head, talking about my family, and just ruining my life. I couldn't take anymore. I just wanted to be done with it all. I ended up doing the thing no one could image, I told my mother. She went to the school and got me my life back.

That was 3 years ago. I got into the Beta Club and NHS. My life went back to normal. My point is don't start hanging with the wrong crowd because you never know what they're capable of doing next.