<p>When I was 15 I attacked by a 20 year old man. I was attacked due to involvement to a gang that I am no longer involved with. I was left Unconscious and landed in the hospital. I would have died that night if it wasn't for my two best friends that were with my that night .My first thoughts about what had happened to me were thoughts of revenge, when I had reawaken and remembered some details of what had happened. I asked myself how could this guy of knocked me out? In this time of my life I thought myself invincible. I had strong emotions of anger, hate, and embarrassment. Embarrassment was the strongest of the emotions that I felt. I was embarrassed because being knocked out is a sign of weakness from the world I came from.
I became very rebellious and spend more time out on the streets .My grades reflected my action. This continued until my father sat down and had a heart to heart talk with me about my wrongs. He made me see what I was becoming and how I was affecting my family, I was able to change. I found martial art called Brazilian ju-jitsu and joined the dojo. When I joined I thought that to myself now I will be able to cause harm to my enemies. However, those thoughts soon faded. The people I was now surrounded by explained how violence can only bring on more violence. I started spending more and more time training rather than being out on the streets causing a ruckus. My grades in school also improved. I had to keep up my grades to continue practicing Brazilian ju-jitsu as a condition my father had put emplace when I joined the dojo. The more time I spent training the more my grades went up. I became more engaged in my learning and found how fun and interesting my classes actually were. School was not the boring pointless place I thought it to be. I learned how important my education is. I began to think about my future and what I was going to with my life. I spent a lot less time with the gang I ran with. Eventually it fell apart. Most dropped out of high school and other were incarcerated.
Being knocked out by that man was probably the best thing that could have happened to me. I would not be writing this if it was not for this one event that set off a chain of events that have made me into what I am today. I am more enthusiastic about my learning today than I ever was growing up. I feel that I have grown a lot from my early adolescent years. This experience showed me how important change is. As well I have become mature and responsible through what happened because of my experience. I now look forward to college and being the first to graduate from high school.</p>