Subsidizing the Obesity Epidemic

Robert Butler

English 1A

Professor Bauman

Essay 1

I day dream daily through the day and night a lot on situations I have in life for which I have no answer on how to resolve situations. I finally realized that these day dreams were showing me how to better my situation or how I can make them worse. It showed me both ways.

It is 2008 and I am a sophomore in high school. I am in the dean's office, because the teacher finally caught on to my scheme. I need a good excuse quick . This year, I have a problem. I tend to miss the test days in math class, so that I am able to cheat on them. I know the teacher is going to send me to anther class to retake test. Then I was able to cheat very easily on. The last three tests, I have missed in class, I got an A. I was able to because this scheme. I missed the fourth test and went to the math class the next day the teacher was at the door waiting for me with a referral in her hand. The teacher said that she finally caught on to it, and said to watch who I tell my schemes to because my friend Joshua can't hold water. I knew Joshua would tell since I had been teasing him on how I have higher grades. As I was walking towards the dean office, I couldn't think of anything to say to get me out of trouble. I was caught red handed and knew it. The best thing I could do was come up with a good excuse of why I missed only that class those days of the test. I can also explain reason of why I was doing this scheme. My head was empty; I didn't know what to say. I just wanted to drop out of school for the moment to solve and avoid the problem.

I walked in the dean office and it was crowded. I was happy about that since my math class was the second to last class of the day. It was also Friday ; I didn't want my mom to get a phone call she would put me on punishment for the weekend. I just turned my referral in to the dean's assistants. I sat down in chair still with no idea of what I am going to say to get myself out of a trouble situation. Finally, I started coming up with many ideas through my head. I didn't know what excuse would be the best to tell the dean for a lighter punishment. I closed my eyes, and started thinking about all the excuse flying through my head. As I closed my eyes I started to day dream about the situation and dream about what will by my excuse for cheating to the dean. All the excuses that came in my

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