Paper 2 Draft 1-"Fifteen"

I was fifteen. “You have cancer”, the doctor said. Moments went by and all I kept thinking was I was only fifteen, I was too young to face this, I was too young to die.

 Time moved slowly as I waited for them to tell me they were wrong and made a mistake. They weren’t wrong and they didn’t make a mistake. I was fifteen and had cancer. I was only fifteen so choices and decisions were made for me.

 I was no longer too young to have cancer. Life would never be the same. I was still fifteen but life was different now. New hurdles, challenges, and obstacles. I was still fifteen but this life I had now was new. I didn’t ask for this life, I like my old fifteen, but sometimes you can’t always choose. And sometimes the new can be even better than the old.

The Best versus The Worst

I have had a lot of good educational experiences so far in my life. If I had to narrow it down to just one I think the most memorable one was when I won my schools spelling bee competition when I was in elementary school. I worked hard for weeks before the contest with my mom and dad and winning filled me with a sense of accomplishment and I was able to connect all my dedication and hard work to my success. 

I think my most unfortunate educational experience took place at the end of my freshmen year of high school. I had just been diagnosed with cancer and was told that I had to stop attending school. My parents and I asked my school and my teachers to work with me in giving me assignments so I could still keep up but unfortunately they weren’t as willing to help with my situation and so they decided to fail me for the last quarter of school. That experience made me aware that even though I wanted to be able to learn and succeed in life; other people aren’t as willing to help me in reaching my dreams. 

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