Alert Scholarship Essay

Alert Scholarship

            My sophomore year of high school I was really good friends with this girl named Cassie. She was my best friend, and my sister. We were that close. Our parents used to say that we were twins that had been separated at birth, or that we should be joined at the hip. At the beginning of tenth grade we became friends with two boys who were new at our school; Dan and Andrew. The four of us did almost everything together.

            Throughout that year Cassie became very rebellious. She would sneak out of her house at night to go drink with Dan and hang out. This made Andrew and I very uncomfortable. By the end of the year, it was like Cassie was a completely different person because of her behavior.  Then, over the summer, Cass decided to try pot, and she got hooked on it. I didn’t know what to do so I went to her dad. As far as I know he grounded her from everything for a very long time. He also told me that it explained why his daughter seemed to have had a complete personality change, that I did the right thing, and he thanked me for looking out for her. After that Cassie and Dan wouldn’t talk to me, and were furious with me for being a “snitch”.

            I think that the situation was dealt with correctly. Going to a person’s parents with things like this is always the right thing to do if you are looking out for their well-being. One thing that I learned from this is how to stand up for myself, and the way I was raised, and for what I believe in. also, that no matter what, we have to do the right thing, even if that means making an unpopular decision. This experience taught me that it is better to have people hate me for caring about them, and looking out for them, than it is to have them love me and throw their lives in the gutter. So remember, always do the right thing, because in the long run they will thank you for it.