At first my life was a mess. It all started in 2007. At that time I was in the seventh grade. I was that kid who loved to sit with his friends, play games and laugh at silly jokes just for fun. Almost everything changed that year, nothing remained the same as before. I had so much fun with my friends that I never saw that day coming. That they'll all turn against me just because I refused to give them homework on Sunday morning. I always gave them homework. However this time it was different. Homework would have a huge effect on my final grade. I was scared, that's why I never gave them the paper. I felt that change like a wound deep inside me that really hurts. I have been stabbed by them more than ten times. My friends who were my second family at school have become my enemies more unworthy than my trust. It's funny how the world actually spins in such a way that even if you get stabbed more than once, you keep moving forward. I knew they were capable of destroying every time I gave up. At first I felt frustrated with them, but I continued on my way alone and gathered my strength again. What was similar about my life and Jimmy Baca's was the simple determination that kept us together, without determination we could face our struggles and problems and we overcame them. Jimmy Baca and I wanted to demonstrate something very simple, which is that we both deserve to live with respect because we deserve it, we're not saying we're better than everyone else, Jimmy Baca and I say it out loud that we deserve respect that was our final goal. I received no respect at school. Trying to achieve this has been difficult due to the obstacles I have faced in life. This made me struggle a lot in some cases yes, I suffered...... middle of paper......t school and that includes your classmates. I was dismissed and then I went to class. The next morning the principal announced to me that I would be the principal this year. My classmates here had to change plans. Because now they needed me so much that I was the closest to the principal. I became their favorite friend for each of them. As time went by they felt they had treated me unfairly, so everyone apologized to me. However I didn't want the apology as much as I really needed it alongside them. As I said before, it's funny how the earth turns, we have an old saying in Arabic that I would like to end my essay with which is: "A day passes for you and a day passes against you, however there will be a day that passes where everyone will be with you.” Works Cited Baca, Jimmy.2014