1. There Is Always Time To Change!

2. As I was walking in the hallway arguing with another boy about borrowing
money from him. I felt really impatient and gave him a big knuckle in the head. That
was when the teacher gave me a pink slip telling me to go to the principle. Another
busy day at school, I was in the detention room waiting for the teacher to let me go.
As I thought about what I had done, I knew that I would get expelled. I didn't know
punching someone was bad. If hitting that kid could help me to feel less angry, why
would it be bad? I didn't think it would get me in that much trouble. As I heard the
bell rang, I left the room. Mrs Sally called me to stay in because she wanted to talk
to me about what I did today. “You shouldn’t have done that Joe... You are breaking
the school policy. You should say sorry to him tomorrow morning.
As I left the room I thought to myself “What should I say tomorrow when I
have to apologize to the boy? Maybe I can say sorry to him face to face tomorrow?
Nah, it wasn’t even my fault.” On the next morning, I met the boy at the classroom’s
door, I did not say sorry to him; instead, I just walked into the classroom and acted
like I was innocent. At the same time, Mrs Sally asked me if I have apologized to him.
I said, “No I didn’t”, and instead told the teacher my action was right. That was when
we started to get into an argument. In the talk, I was very angry because Mrs Sally
kept saying that I was wrong and that hitting someone was wrong. This made me so
angry that I punched her right on the face. POW! Other students screamed and the
teacher was sent to the hospital not long after. I felt myself as another person when
dealing with a situation like this.
Early next morning, my parents and I received an email telling us to go to the
principal’s office. They were surprised because I didn’t tell them anything had

3. happened yesterday. When we were on the way to school, they didn’t say a word to
me. Soon we were in the principal’s office, where the principal asked me to stand
facing the wall and think about what I have done. They talked and talked, but I
couldn’t hear it clearly. I heard my mum was crying and something about being
expelled. Suddenly, my face was slapped, that was my dad. He yelled “Why did you do
this to your classmate and even your teacher? Silly boy?”. I looked at him and replied
“That’s what I learnt from you, you hit me everytime when you’re angry!”. At that
moment, he became speechless.
We walked out from the principal’s office and the last thing I could do
before leaving this school was saying goodbye to my buddies. Even though I missed
them very much it was actually all my fault for getting into trouble. I was starting to
regret it...
The next few weeks after I was expelled, we spent everyday looking for a
school to take me. No school was willing to take me because of my record and what I
had done in the past. At long last, we heard that there was a small school outside
town. We went to the small school in an old small village. The school was so small, and
there was only one teacher - Rob, and he was the principal there as well. He was 29
years old. He had long black hair. He had very dark skin and liked playing sports. He
also enjoyed playing with the other kids. He looked at me, and told me that he
believed I was a very talented student and also a very energetic student, but all I
needed to learn is to control my emotion. He promised he would help me to change
that and I could enjoy a happy school life soon. He said he would slowly guide me to
controlling my emotions. That was when I was convinced to change. So, soon enough I

4. was enrolled in the new school. As I walked in the school I saw something very very
strange. There were actually more people than I expected. Then I thought, “Why is
this school so popular even though there is only one teacher?” As I walked into the
classroom, I saw all of the kids smile. I wondered how and why they were smiling
when the school they had was soooo small?! Compared to my old school the new school
was super duper small!. You had to bring lunch from home or you wouldn’t have
anything to eat. In the school there were only two tables to sit in and both of the
tables were about to break. I slowly started to find out the reason they were so
happy. The reason was because each and all of them had a chance to change! As the
years gone by I slowly started to enjoy the new school. The people there were really
nice. My emotions slowly started to change, from myself always getting into trouble
and being a troublemaker to a very talented boy!
Suddenly, one day teacher Rob told me to stay in class right after the
students left. At first I thought to myself, “What did I do that made me get into
trouble?” So I slowly found out that I did nothing wrong at all. That was when I grew
my confidence. Rob came and asked me one question: “Do you think you have improved
your emotions?”
Then I said yes. That was when teacher Rob was very happy for me. At last,
I also got good grades along with my emotion fixing as it was the start to having a
three way learning review! Straight away my dad asked me how I was doing at school.
In a flash Rob told them I did an AWESOME job! My dad was really happy for me and
also gave me a surprise for my big improvement on what I did. After the three way
learning review happend my dad and my mom told me very good news.

5. They asked me if they wanted to hear the good news or the bad news. I said
to them I wanted to hear the bad news first. This is what they said “The old school
that you were kicked out of has been demolished. At first I was really disappointed.
BUT, After I heard that the good news was that the people moved to a new school
and that all of my friends moved to the same school, I was filled with enjoyment.
That was when they asked me the real question. They asked me if I wanted to go to
the new school to learn or to stay in the village. I saw Rob trying to signal me to go to
the new school. But I really wanted to stay.
At last, I decided that I wanted to move to the new school. Even though
I thought I belonged to the village, Rob really wanted me to have a new adventure.As
I was going back home I thought to myself... What a wonderful adventure I had... As
I went back to school everyone remembered who I was. They told me that they
missed me a lot and that they didn't have a good time when I wasn’t here. They also
told me about their new teacher and that she was really nice to us. BUT, they told me
that I might have a chance of not being in their class. That’s why they were kind of
worried. The next day, The school announced that I was with ALL MY FRIENDS!!! I
was OVERJOYED that I was with them. They were also very happy for me! The first
day at school was a GREAT success! The teacher thought that I was a great student
and that I was one of her favorite students. That was a wonderful first day of school
and I told them that I enjoyed it a lot! Best of all they told me if I enjoyed the first
day of school I would love the whole school year! At the end of the school, my mom
asked me about the new school. That was when I told her that the school was
awesome and I wanted to stay there for the whole year!

6. One day after school I decided to go back to Robs school to say hi. But that
was when I noticed something... The school was missing! Then I pulled out my map and
checked if the place I was is the correct area! At the same time I also noticed that a
shadow was coming towards my direction. It was Rob! Right after that I asked him
why the school was missing? He told me it was because he ran out of money and
someone wanted that piece of land! As I was relived but sad that the school was gone
I said goodbye to him and told my mom about the bad news. As I was going back home
from the alley, I thought to myself what a wonderful adventure I had!!!
The End