Growing up as a child, I not only had trouble focusing in the classroom, but I found school to be devastatingly boring. I quickly became enamored by TV and video games, but sending me to school was like a punishment. My parents and teachers all told me of how I would regret not trying in school, yet I would not listen. Each year I faced the dreadful uncertainty of whether or not I would make it to the next grade. Each year I ignored the loving advice of my teachers to try harder. By the time I reached ninth grade, I was as blind as Oedipus, unable to see the damage I had actually done. Like Icarus, I had fallen into the sea, but much worse, because I thought I was fine! I was the foolish man building his house upon sand; I had little to no foundation in my education. All that was left was for me to
Growing up as a child, I not only had trouble focusing in the classroom, but I found school to be devastatingly boring. I quickly became enamored by TV and video games, but sending me to school was like a punishment. My parents and teachers all told me of how I would regret not trying in school, yet I would not listen. Each year I faced the dreadful uncertainty of whether or not I would make it to the next grade. Each year I ignored the loving advice of my teachers to try harder. By the time I reached ninth grade, I was as blind as Oedipus, unable to see the damage I had actually done. Like Icarus, I had fallen into the sea, but much worse, because I thought I was fine! I was the foolish man building his house upon sand; I had little to no foundation in my education. All that was left was for me to