Long story short I was kind of a trouble maker in middle school and got kicked out at the end of 7th grade for having a pocket knife in my backpack. It was misplaced but someone found out and I got expelled. I really learned from this experience because I had to go to a brand new school and take on a new way of teaching. Could this be a subject of discussion in a college essay or does it show that I’m a bad person? Also is it too old of a story?
could damage your image imo, wouldn’t use it
Don’t use it. Colleges wouldn’t learn about it otherwise, and it might show you in a bad light. Just don’t risk it.
Yeah, I wouldn’t risk it. If you think it’s that important to talk about how you had to adapt to a new learning style (which is a topic that sounds fine to me in and of itself), you can just keep it vague and say you moved to a new school at the start of eighth grade. But no, I don’t necessarily think it’s too old if it really made a lasting impact on you.
Since colleges don’t require any accounting of middle school history, why on earth would you volunteer such a negative story about yourself?
In today’s world where colleges are nervous about guns/violence on campus I would not put this story about yourself out there. But I’m glad you are in a good place now. Emphasize your best attributes not your worst mistake. If you think it is the best topic, you can write about how you benefited from/grew from/learned from the teaching methods used in your current school without mentioning the expulsion.