Sam's High School Senior Paper
(Written by Sam Dubel, Mick's nephew from Houston, TX.)
When I was 12 years old and in 6th grade, I was taken out of
public school and put in home-schooling.
When I was 12, I used to be a brat. Whenever I wanted, I used
to get into fights everyday on the bus and showed no respect
to anyone. When my mother would try to lecture me, I would tune
her out and go do the opposite of what she said. In school I
would never stop talking and would not listen to any of the
teachers or principals. I got sent down to the office around
4 or 5 times a week.
The worse thing that I ever did when I was in this phase was
during a championship basketball game, I was the best person
on the team and the leader. It was a close game and there were
only a few minutes left when my coach made a mistake with the
substitutions and accidentally took me out when I was on a roll.
I was furious with him and went to the top of the bleachers
and would not go back into the game. We ended up losing that
game. It was my fault and I let the team down.
After that game, my mother had had enough of me and my attitude.
My uncle teaches self-actualization classes and my aunt taught
home school. I was taken out of public school and put into the
classes and home school. The class was a 30-day workshop in
which I was the youngest person. We had to do a lot of things
in that class and it totally changed my life. When the class
was over, I had a totally different outlook on life. My first
basketball season after that, I took out my anger on playing
defense. I got the defensive player of the year award and my
team won the championship.
That was the best thing that ever happened to me and I will
never go back to having attitudes again. I am very thankful
to my uncle and he has changed so many people's lives throughout
the world. I hope that nobody ever does to their team what I
did, because they will regret it tremendously.
Here are the teachers' comments:
Sam came to Beaver [Pennsylvania] this year -- FROM TEXAS!!!
He made a monstrous transition. Well rounded, flexible. Articulate,
he was able to express personal weaknesses and growth from those.
Very mature. Sam is ambitious, composed, strong goals. I hope
he takes advantage of his many strengths. Beaming and confident
in what he has accomplished. Great learner.
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