Change for the Better

A person's attitude and opinion of ideas are always subject to change. Sometimes its a gradual change, but other times its a swift change that can happen in an instant. Throughout my life I've seen many opinions and attitudes change, many of them my own. The most recent attitude change was sort of a biggie.

 

In my senior year of high school, I started out very happy and jolly. I was captain of Emanon at the time and I felt that nothing could go wrong, until I found out that I was unable to get into the AP classes that I wanted to be in. Looking back however, it was kind of a long shot since I struggled in AP English and AP US history. Since I was unable to get into AP physics I grew kind of sad and it showed in my studies and in particular, my health. Normally, when I'd be sick I would be able to recover in a matter of days, but that sickness was something different. Not only was the AP thing weighing on me, but also being unable to be there for my team and letting down my parents would push me further into a hole of darkness. I'd be bedridden for days on end and I just wouldn't ever feel better. I consulted a doctor and they said it was at first just my asthma and allergies flaring up but it lasted much too long for that. It got to the point where I was hospitalized because the doctor said I had appendicitis and I needed to got to the Emergency Room to get it checked. Fortunately for me, I didn't have appendicitis, but I had an abnormality in my blood test which needed to get followed up on. Alas, it wasn't anything bad and I was cleared to go through my day.

While the sickness was going on, I was marked as truant at school. Yes, I was sick, but the office at my school stopped accepting my notes because of the frequency of the notes. It sucked because I had to go through the whole process of going through court and paying a fine and everything.

Even with all the sickness and truancy, I still managed to get through the year with fairly decent grades. I kept up with my studies where I could and I learned everything by myself. Slowly but surely I was pulling myself out of the hole of sadness that I fell into in the beginning of the school year. I didn't really feel my attitude change until my sister pointed it out to me a couple days ago. While my family was just joking around at the dinner table, she goes to me and tells me that my demeanor has changed from a year ago. I'm not as sickly as before, I'm going to school when I can, and I'm actually enjoying it. My attitude has taken a complete 180 degree turn and I'm really glad it did.