Have you ever wasted your privileges? Or felt you were privileged but wasted them. Well in today’s short story: Mrs. Awful, we see how a kid named Roger, think school is just a place to play and relax. Too often in our modern and fast-growing society, we are just like Roger and misuse our privileges. But instead, we should use them wisely and treasure them.
Roger is a carefree boy who thinks school is a place to play and relax. He brings toys to school and thinks a school is a place where he plays with his friends. But when his playful teacher who he thinks is a good teacher because she is very carefree, like him, and is not strict. But when there is a substitute teacher, Roger calls her a witch, and quote on quote, awful. She is strict and helps Roger realize how privileged he is. For example, he is going to school and thousands of other children in the world cannot. After that, Roger is more serious about school and his academics improve.
After looking at a negative example, let us look at Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt was born in a rich family. He had many privileges, such as being able to wear the best clothes and go to te best schools. He could have easily said I want to be lazy and misuse my privileges. But he did the exact opposite. He worked hard, studied all the time, and became one of the best presidents of the US, helping make one of the greatest achievements of all time: The Panama Canal. If he had not, he would not have beed the great president he was.
We looked in the example of Roger, and how he wasted his privileges. But then changed, and his academics improved. In the example of Roosevelt, he used his resources and made the best of them, which helped him become one of the best US presidents. Though we may not be able to become the president of the US if we do not waste our privileges, we will see an improvement of ourself.