Seventh Grade Changes

As children grow, they start to change and become different people. In seventh grade I was an irresponsible student and I didn’t study at all; I had to study a lot to survive seventh and eighth grade, and I had to become a model student for my younger sibling and cousins. At the beginning of my seventh grade school year, I had a problem controlling my temper and I really didn’t care about my grades; all I did was play video games or watch television. Fortunately, I have changed to a better and brighter student whom people can look up to.
As a seventh grader I didn’t study and I just winged my tests, usually I would get grades that ranged from a “B-” to an “A+.” My friends started to get “A+’s” while I was getting a “B-,” and I know that is not such a bad grade, but, in my

My anger became so bad that my friends started to get scared of me, they even started to treat me like a ticking time bomb because anything could tick me off. The moment I realized that my friends were scared of me was my turning point. I realized that to be successful in life you have to be calf and optimistic; every time I got angry, I would do everything incorrectly, like walking the stairs, I would trip and fall on the stairs, then I would get me angry because the stairs were giving me a hard time. I started breathing exercises that would calm me when I started to become agitated. The first time I actually used this exercise was when some kid flicked me. He came up to me and flicked my arm, so I started to get angry, but, thank God, I realized I was getting angry and was able to stop myself. I started to breathe slowly and steadily, and I calmed myself. Once in awhile I explode on people, but I am just human and no one can control their emotions