by Dakota
What is a chance? A chance is a opportunity that is given by someone. Chances can both be use for good and for bad. Chances also can be taken for granted. We all have a moment in life where we wish we could take something back. We all have made mistakes. I personally think everyone deserves chances. I think someone could get a to better their life. I have gotten many chances in my life. I have never taken one. I am in Chaves County Detention Center in Roswell, New Mexico, because I used my chances in the wrong way. If I do get another chance I will use it for good.
Opportunities come and go but chances are hard to get when you have messed up like I have. I also have given many chances. Some chances I’m glad I gave, others I regret. Chances are how people learn from their mistakes. Chances help us learn that actions have consequences good/bad. Chances help us explore who we really are! They help us learn how to hold accountability for the mistakes that we made. We learn to forgive people and move on from the past. When we are given chances. Mistakes help you improve.
Chances are very important to give someone another opportunity to change their life. We are all humans and humans aren’t perfect. A chance is a good thing and I wish I took my chances more seriously.
I go to Dexter High School and recently I’ve been getting into a lot of trouble. I got suspended for having drugs and I didn’t know what to do. I was staring to realizing that I don’t want to live like that. So when my suspension was over I didn’t feed into negativity. I eventually started getting better grades and focusing on school. That was one of my chances that I took.
If people that were in trouble took their chances I think less juveniles would be in the system. Teenagers are lost and doing the wrong things ‘cause they need guidance. Teenagers need time to figure out who and what they want to be. People need chances because nobody gets it right the first time. When chances are given people do better in life. Whether you’re in jail or on the outs, you should always let someone have another chance because it might change your life for the good. Everyone is equally the same.
Everybody deserves a second, third, fourth, and so on chances. Some people might take advantage of the amount of chances they get so if you get a chance take it ‘cause you might not get another. Be careful of the choices you make. Make sure you think before you act. No matter the mistakes you make or made you will always find way to get out of a bad situation.
Chances are a gift given by someone who wants to see you do better in life. No matter who you are you can always do better in life. You can always make better choices. To all that read this you can always make a better choice.