peer review response

Alana Turco

April 17, 2021

Cause/ Effect essay

Growing up as a child I made a poor choice in life , and that was dropping out of

high school. After my high school years it took me a while to get myself back on track to

go back to school. Dropping out of high school affected my life with a lot of failure,

shyness and procrastination. Everytime i hear young children who speak about

dropping out of high school, I bring up my past and try to convince them to change their

mind.

Before I decided that I was going to drop out of high school, I had a lot of failure

for myself that caused me to drop out. I had a lot of friends in school older and younger.

My older friends who were in their last year of high school would just not care anymore

and would cut out of class and hangout and drink. My other friends would follow the

correct schedule for school , attend class , and stay on track with their school work.

When I would attend class, I would struggle with learning and being able to concentrate.

I began to get fed up and feel like I was missing out on the fun with my friends who

didn't go to school. I started to do the same things my friends did by cutting out of class

and before you know it, I was cutting out the whole day of school.

Dropping out of high school also caused me to have shyness. Once my older

friends graduated,I became absolutely ashamed to even show my face in the hallways

to my other friends who were on track and doing the right thing with school. I was shy to

even show my face to teachers in the building, even though they were looking to help

me get back on track. I feel it even caused shyness for me until this day because I

missed out on the younger years of my life where I feel children begin their blooming

teenage years.

Procrastination was a big effect on my life when it came to me dropping out of

high school. When it was time for me to get myself back to the swing of things it was a

big process. I would procrastinate with doing work in a timely manner , I would also

make excuses when i was going to start going back to school. I became something that

I would never want to become again. I would sleep all day and stay up all night.

Growing up as a child I definitely feel it is important for children to stay in school

and not drop out. Not only for learning purposes but to be social, have fun and make

friends as well. Children should really think into their future education and future life

before making this decision that can be life changing.