Alright, so in High School, we have to have at least 40 hours of community service before we graduate. It is a requirement. I'm in the ninth grade right now and my plan is to do 10 hours per year (10 hours x 4 = 40 hours).

This week, from February 18th to February 24th, I have had no school. We're in something called "mid-winter break". My mom's Catholic school where she works as a lunch lady, only had off on Monday. My mom suggested that I could get up to 8+ hours of community...

I've gotten sick FOUR TIMES this winter, that's a total of 5 days of school missed already. I've gotten sick 5 times the whole year and missed 9 days. 5 days is more than half of the days I missed and 4 times is way more than the one time I got sick NOT during the winter.

The first time I got sick during the winter was when I apparently ate something bad over break, I had a small upchuck in gym class. I had to go home after. I feared it would get worse, and it did. It turned into...