important lesson i learned

The most important thing that I have learned is the fact that fighting is not OK. I grew up in southern California where all bad things happen gang fights drugs etc. when I was In junior high down there I was getting into trouble and fighting was the biggest thing, there was a lot of racial tension that was going on and I was stuck in the middle of it trying to protect my self. Times were rough down there. When I moved up too Washington state the habits came with me too and I thought I was tough shit. I got into three fights in my ninth grade and made a name for myself as being scary. Going through high school I didn't’t like that label at all and I wanted to change that. So the way I changed it was by getting involved with the student body and sports. From there on I turned to a big teddy bear J the lesson I learned was that I didn't want to be a negative person in my life