learning from our own mistakes

The story of my life begins with a lesson. It was April 04, 1999. I and my two other classmates were engrossed in making our project in Home Economics Subject. It was awfully hot inside a dilapidated old classroom and I could feel my whole body always perspiring inside that room and I asked my damn self,"What quality education can we get out of this shabbiest environment?"(referring to an old school)

I went out of the classroom and I saw the rest of my classmates happily playing volleyball outside under a fine sunny morning. But I could not dare indulge myself in such kind of activity and still I was thinking on how to finish our project.

I can always imagine things that is outrightly ridiculous. Some of my classmates sometimes called me "genius". But, I'm not. As I went back to our classroom, there was something in my mind---a sort of foolish, stupid thing. I thought it was just a funny thing on my part----putting big erasers, boxes of chalk, teachers lesson plans, charts, displayed flower vases, and delicate shells inside my classmates ' bags. But I did not do it all by myself. I also "asked help" from my two good classmates. We were laughing while putting all the things displayed in the classroom on my classmates' bags. Suddenly, the bell rang.

My enervated classmates went back to the classroom and our sophisticated teacher entered the class. Unfortunately, one of my classmates opened his bag right away and uttered "S!" loud enough to awaken the dead souls. He was astounded why the erasers and boxes of chalk were inside his bag and he suddenly threw it to the teacher's desk. What a bad thing! It was really disgusting and insulting for our teacher. Then, another student stood up and shouted again and again why there were charts and flower vases inside her bag. The rest of the students complained about it. Eventually, fracas happened inside the "four walls" . There I was sitting in my chair thinking as if I were innocent and remained silent.

Our teacher then shouted with ire, " What's this rumpus about!" and unexpectedly our teacher fainted. I was scared then. My whole body trembled as if struck by lightning and thunder. Afterwards, our teacher was brought to the hospital and there she was confined for several days.

When I got all the nerves, I went to the guidance office bold enough to tell the truth that it was all my mistakes. Then the guidance councilor called my parent's attention and informed them about it. It was really disgraceful. I could not imagine even for a funny thing ended up in a most complicated situation. Shame on ME!

During class hours, nobody wanted to sit beside me as if I had terrible disease as if I were a deaf-mute. There I was alone in a classroom as if I were a living dead. If i did not do it, maybe there would be no harsh punishments fro me to suffer for. If I did not do it, maybe there would be a good relationship between my teacher and me. As days passed by, these are the great lessons in my whole life and I myself ultimately admit it----at least I learn from my own mistakes.

Human as we are, are bound to commit mistakes. Nobody is perfect in this world no matter how powerful and influential you are. But there is something we can do to " limit' our sins, it is by merely observing and practicing carefulness. As for my part there are a lot of lessons that I got from that "crucial moment" but there is a lesson still fresh in my mind ---LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
I tell you, THE TASTE OF OUR OWN MEDICINE IS ALWAYS BETTER!