Blog Post #2

When I was middle school I learned that I should be more careful with what I should post on the internet. I was posting videos of my friends doing  various thing around my house and the school yard that mainly involved parkour and flips. While I just saw it as a fun way to pass the time with a couple of friends, my principle saw it much differently. Since I was at a private school we had uniforms with our school's name on it and this was seen as a big no-no. I thought that the videos were innocent and was just having a fun time, not thinking of consequences there would be. The principle took action brought me in with my parents to discuss the treachery that I has caused the school. I was forced to not attend school for a week where make up work was not an option and was forced to take down my videos. This was a crucial time for me because this was one of the first time I was able to be creative on my own terms and was shot down for something I thought was an innocent mistake. I felt as though my spirit had been crushed by someone who just wanted to crush a boy's dreams, but I now see some of the justifications she may have had. But because of my principle, the next year, my parents stated that I was going to go to an entirely new school because my parents were through with their autocracy. I was put into a situation where I didn't know anybody and that one choice to make videos changed my life path into something completely different.