Welcome to another blog post for my English Composition 1 class. The focus of this blog post was to write a
different outcome to blog post number #5. So instead of being in a bad position with my grades and being in danger of not graduating, this blog post will be the opposite of that scenario. I will also write a little reflection at the bottom of the scenario. Below will be things that provided me insight on this blog assignment.
Counterfactual Scene I sit with my mother on a sunny day at the front desk of my high school waiting patiently to collect my cap and gown from my school counselor. I’m vibing and chilling, just listening to music while I watch the birds fly by the windows. “I’m so happy for you,” my mom says with a proud look on her face. I look at her and say in a nonchalant manner “ I’m just doing what I’m supposed to do”. Meanwhile I’m jumping for joy on the inside because I’ve been waiting for this day. Then a couple minutes after the counselor comes by to get us as we get to her office she asks me “How do you feel?, are you excited? “I’m ready to walk down and get my diploma” I responded. “Well let me give you guys the details” she says to us. Then she starts telling us about the location of the graduation and how many people I can bring to it . After that, we start talking about what college I decided to go to and when and where I’m going to talk about my senior project. Our senior project was to do 50 hours community service and talk about what we learned from it afterwards with my fellow seniors. “ I am a bit nervous about the senior project I don’t like speaking in front of everyone.” I say to my counselor. She laughs and says “ you’ll be fine, it’s the easiest part of the project.” After that we give our goodbyes and as we’re about to leave I tell my school counselor “Thank you for believing in me. I doubted myself at times when I was struggling and you guys made sure I stayed on my feet.” Then I turn around and tell my mom “I’m sorry for being such a big headache when it came to school but hey, it all worked out in the end. I know how bad you want to see me go out there and get that diploma and I'm’ just happy I was able to do it not only for you but also for myself.” Finally I thank the counselor again as the meeting concludes. Before we left the building I got to look at my cap and gown for the first time and that’s when it hit me and I said to myself “I can’t believe I’m actually going to graduate, It still doesn’t feel real to me yet.” Reflection It’s crazy thinking back to that time and thinking about how lazy I was for no reason. All I had to worry about at this point of my life was school. I didn’t have to worry too much because I only had one responsibility and I almost failed to keep that in a good position. I think about the whys a lot like why didn’t I just do what I had to do earlier and why can’t I overcome my laziness. I guess the positive from all this is that I still got to where I needed to be and that I learned from it. The scenario above just kinda gave me a glimpse of how pressure free that time could have been.
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Sabatino
3/2/2020 01:38:49 pm
CIF.
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