Intervenciones Nortemamericanas

Cogito ergo sum
Cogito ergo sum – René Descartes

Watch your thoughts, for they usually become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watchyour character, it becomes your destiny. - Frank Outlaw

These words do not concern identity, yet I like to see them in this light. "I think therefore I am" in other words, I can be whomever I wantto be. This can come handy in a variety of situations but at the same time, it is a burden.

I can recall my two middle-school year as the first one as hell and the other as purgatory. Seventh gradewas hell, a surprise to me as I had been waiting for that year for so long. During the whole year, I was a dedicated student in some classes. In others, I was a shrewd and mischievous troublemaker.My attention devoted to have laugh in my classes, was not a problem. Never did I get a failing grade, as I am lucky, blessed with intelligence by the almighty. Also in no way did I notice this bipolarbehavior. My attitudes were dynamic as my thoughts, filling the year of stress.

After a year of tensions, I finally gave in. During the last week of school, I did not want to attend classes. Iwant to remain at home. I felt tired and stressed, the year had caught up with me. I begged my mother. Nevertheless, my mom forced me to go the second to last day of school. That day we, a fewaccomplices and I, placed several smoke bombs in school. We were caught. The school suspended me the last day of school, got probation status in school, and my mother told me I was grounded me the wholesummer. Even though the punishment did not last the whole summer, it gave me enough time to think and analyze my situation. I was going into eight grade, one year before high school which what counts Ithought, on probation. This meant that a minor fault could get me expelled. Changing became necessary.


During the vacation, I saw what happened throughout seventh grade. I realized how I could...