Influences

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Needless to say, high school is a very diverse place, full of drama and well...secrets. In a way, I knew it was to be expected, I mean afterall, expect the unexpected.

In my second period geography class, there is a guy that sits beside me by the name of Ken. Now Ken is the average rebelious teenager that skips class after class on end. It wasn't until yesturday that I even knew of his existence. I never knew much about him until today. Like the general influencing family, his parents are actually devorced. I wasn't surprised. I had learened that even from my middle school, many of my classmates or friends had divorced parents.

Despite all that, I also learned that Ken lives with his step-dad and his mother. That wasn't surprising either. Though Ken is definately a nice guy and my friend and all, there's only one part I couldn't tolerate. He skips class everyday, leaving him with a 28% average as of mid-terms. Why does he skip? Smoking.

When I'd asked him how long he'd been smoking, he asked me which type of smoking. I immediately felt and knew that he wasn't the average under age smoker. As of now, needless to say, though he is still a classmate and a friend of mine, I am more than willing to spend my lunches away from him. Hopefully, I'd be able to knock some sense into him before it's too late but really, I am more than glad to be pure from the influence of smoking.