Hey, This is another blog for my English Composition 1. We were given the assignment to create an emotional
scene with dialogue and symbolism. We read Hills Like White Elephants and My Name is Margaret (Maya Angelou) and the themes that stood out to me were anger and disappointment. My scene will have those as well and it takes place at my high school during my senior year. My mother and I had a meeting with the school counselor to discuss my grades. I sit with my mother on a rainy day at the front desk of my high school waiting nervously to be called to the counselor’s office. My hands are shaking a bit as I watch the clock slowly tick. “You nervous” my mom asks with a serious look on her face. I look at her with a fake smile and say “ nope, there's no reason to be”. Meanwhile I’m dying inside because I know what's coming. Then a couple minutes after the counselor comes by to get us and once we get to her office she says “We got a problem and not a lot of time to fix it” I already knew what the problem was and felt like an idiot for letting my laziness get the better of me. “Its my grades right?” I responded. “Yes you are in danger of failing 2 classes that are needed in order to graduate.” she says to us. Then she shows us the grades of those classes and what I need to do to get them up to where they need to be. My mother is just sitting next to me with the most serious expression I’ve ever seen in my life as she starts to converse with my counselor. At this point I’ve hit rock bottom and just block out their conversation and start to argue with myself in my head. Repeating “why do I always do this to myself?” My mother calls me and says “what are you going to do about this? You need to graduate and go to college.” The school counselor then drops another bombshell before I could even answer my mother question when she asks “Did you get started on the senior project because that’s due next month.” She then proceeds to explain the senior project to my mother. Next she tells me “ we all want to see you graduate and receive that diploma but you gotta put in the work to make it a reality. So go talk to your teachers and make a plan to get you caught they are willing to help you” “Thank you for giving me a reality check. I won’t disappoint you guys and I get started right away” I say to her. Then I turn around and tell my mom “I’m sorry for not doing something I am capable of and I’ll make you proud because I know how bad you want to see me go out there and get that diploma.” I apologize again as the meeting concludes. Now that the meeting is over I go to speak to my teachers of those three classes and apologize to them for being lazy and we come up with a hectic plan that will get me where I need to be but also demands a lot of hard work and commitment. I thank them all and my mother and leave the building. As we’re leaving the building I tell my mother “I feel motivated and ready to fight for my future.” She responds “You better!”
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