Polished Draft Project One (Ponte Pas Pilas)

 I had to create this I believe essay so I started off by talking about how I would always get in trouble at school. I liked this project because it brought back old memories and allowed me to share it with my class. We also had to look over our classmate's essays and seeing how they put theirs together helped me with mine. This essay also helped me organize my past present and future and just better my understanding of how touse my HOC and LOCS.

Ponte Las Pilas  

 Ponte las pilas is a famous saying in the Hispanic culture. Ponte las piles means you need to “put on your batteries” metaphorically speaking. This saying is used to tell someone to get their life together or to try their best. My mom was the first to say it to me when I was in middle school. I would never worry about my schoolwork. Because all I wanted was to have fun and hang out with my friends. I was the type of person to talk back to the teacher just to make the class more interesting. I made my teachers angry. Towards the end of the year, they had enough of it, and I would constantly get suspended or put in ISS (In-School Suspension). I remember one time my principal set up a parent-teacher conference and my mom had to come to school to talk about my behavior. After the 45 minutes of talking to my teachers and principals, they decided to suspend me for the remaining last two weeks of school.   

My ninth-grade year was a bit different. I would never get in trouble until I got to my English class as if she had it out for me. One day she wrote me up three times in one day, one was for eating in class and the other two were for saying see you Monday. I would love to tell you the story, but I will save it for some other time. Before I started my tenth-grade year my mom and dad had a serious conversation with me and as u can already guess they told me “Ponte las pilas.” By saying those three simple words they said how they know how smart I am and how I need to start showing it. I tried my best in school that same year and I almost got all A’s and seeing how satisfying it was to try your best and get great results made me want to try my best for the rest of my years in school. I also have this one teacher named Maria Touchstone who was always by my side since my elementary days. Over time we created a family-like bond which was easy because she would always give me drinks and snacks. She was one of the reasons how I kept my act together at school and motivating me. Now I'm in college and I force myself to get up and drive to school. The feeling of having good grades and finishing my week's work brings me joy.  I would now say I have my batteries on and they are fully charged.