Believing In Yourself – Kendall Curtis
Kendall takes us back to the bad old days of COVID and her mom’s clever ploy to help Kendall successfully pass the 6th Grade, her “hardest school year ever.”
BELIEVING IN YOURSELF
The 6th grade was the hardest school year ever. The beginning of that school year I started out strong, but it didn’t last. I was suspended. That was bad, but low and behold, I was about to be in for a really rude awakening.
One Thursday in March, everyone was sent home for the next two years. I was suspended already so I couldn’t even empty my locker or get my work or even say goodbye. I just had to deal with it.
Most days during virtual learning I was either asleep or just didn’t sign on. In the beginning, the teachers would call my mom every day, but after a while no one was showing up to class, not even the teachers sometimes. On top of that, a majority of the days I was home alone, which meant why should I even sign on? Who’s going to know if I do or don’t? So I didn’t. This became a constant cycle for me. If I didn’t go to class, I couldn’t do my work. If the work is not done, it wouldn’t get done.
End of the year rolled around and I got an email stating that if you have three failing grades, you fail. My heart sank. All of my grades were failing.
I looked at my missing assignments and something just clicked in my head. I ended up doing 10 assignments a day. Yeah, I cheated but everybody was. I ended up pulling E’s up to C’s and B’s.
I always knew I could do it, but I didn’t believe in myself. Well, that, and I was lazy.
I showed my mom my grades and she laughed. Come to find out the email was from her! Moral of the story, stay ready and you won’t have to get ready.
Kendall Curtis
10/21/22