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From the incident, I learned a lot about myself; how I want my actions to reflect what I want in life. I also learned how my actions could have had much more severe consequences than I received. I have always been a good kid – I make straight A’s (and some B’s), I have always been in involved in extracurricular activities in both high school and college. However, though I try to make my case for being a good kid and a good student, I did not justify the type of person I am with the decision I decided to make the night of January 16, 2016. The week of the incident, I made a very poor judgement call because I needed a stress reliever. It was syllabus week and I was overloaded with homework, re-adjustment of classes, and expectations. I decided to have one beer that night because I felt like I deserved to have some fun with my friends and stop worrying about what was going on in school. However, I realized, not too long after we got caught, that my decision to drink was not worth the risk. I am very grateful to …show more content…

There are just too many risks behind making the choice to drink, and I am not ready to take those risks because I have so many goals I want to achieve. I will take this experience, learn from it, and go from there; I will continue to work on surrounding myself with positive, influential people, I will learn how to handle my personal situations in better ways, and I will strive to be the person I was before the incident. I have lost sight of what I want in life, but the incident has, ironically, set me back on the right path again. I will continue to work hard, make good grades, and make good choices. Now that I am an adult and on my own, I have to take responsibility for my own actions and I need to be more careful on the decisions I make. I know there is a lot more responsibility that comes with being an adult, and the incident really helped me to see

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