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Reflective Essay: What Makes A Turmoil Bag

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I understand the consequences that were given to me because of the actions I decided to make. I understand that the choices I chose to make led me to where I am now. And I know that I am responsible for how this turn out. It is up to me that I dig myself out the hole that I’ve unfortunately dug myself into. The I made was stealing and having possession of a foil bag. I know that is a problem because I was stealing out of a store when I had no business, and a foil bag is illegal and is considered a burglary weapon. I definitely regret my decisions. There are lots of ways I could have done things differently. By differently, I could have completely avoided the situation by not going to the malls at all or better yet, buy the stuff that I took. I had no business with a …show more content…

And I must admit, when I’m by myself, I make a lot more smart decisions. Not saying that I’m a follower, but when there’s a group of my friends doing something or wanting to do something, I include myself most of the time because I be wanting to have fun with them too. But I understand that, that is the reason I’m caught up now, because I wanted “to have fun with them”. My consequences are writing this essay, doing 25 hours of community service, and attending 6 sessions at CARC. I understand that for me to complete these consequences,I must be on top of my game and be on time. I cannot be late to any of my sessions because that will be just digging me a bigger hole. I must complete all of my community service hours if I want to be going down the right track. And I can honestly say, I deserve every consequence that was given to me because I was the dumb one at the end of the day. I’m also looking at this in a good way because I could have been in jail right now. I’m very thankful for this system because it’s helping me at the same time as disciplining

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