Heather Ridge Expierance
...he schools did not put up the money so that they can home school me but who cares, I got three months to do absolutely nothing. Since my dad was working all the time I had to go to Pennsylvania with my mom. So after the three months of waiting I finally got in to Heather Ridge. Right now I just started in Heather Ridge and I'm in the eighth grade about to be in ninth. When you’re in eighth grade sometimes you get a little scared of the eleventh graders. So I’m walking down the hallways watching my back and all of a sudden there is another eighth grader like me being put in the trash. After that I’m running down the hallway to my next class screaming and everything. Finally getting to my first class there's all these big people, I’m trying to hide under the desk so they can't see me. Then the teacher says “Philip sit your ass in that chair”. Then I get up all petrified and everything, then I meet my first friend, if I can recall correctly his name was Ronnie. He was a giant and fat as hell. I stayed in Heather Ridge for ninth and tenth grade then I started feeling big. Walking down the hallways picking on little seventh graders, that made me feel huge, you know what I’m talking about. Then I'm starting to know everybody like I am Mr. cool kid. Finally I got out of Heather Ridge in the end of 10th grade. Getting out of Heather Ridge was one of the hardest things I have done. It was a big accomplishment for me. A couple of reasons why it was so hard for me are that the teachers and students try to get you in trouble or start matters with you. Another reason is a system of points that allow you to get out of Heather Ridge. The system goes kind of like this: there are seven levels one through six and a level zero (for new kids). Level one is the best. First you have to earn one thousand points to earn the next level, and then you have to have good attendance and great behavior. If you fail to reach the next level t...