- Letter to Younger Me - Dear T.A., In this letter, I would like to share with you one of my biggest regrets during my high school years. While attending high school, I stayed at the student's hostel of the boarding school. It was the first year in high school and I knew nobody in the school. After a month, I had started knowing my classmates and some friends staying at the student's hostel. There were two groups of the students staying at this student's hostel. One of these student groups was escaping from the school to gamble in the evenings, and coming to the school late. The other group was studying the lessons and doing the homework. My friend escaping from the school invited me to play a game called "OKEY", and I did not hurt my friend's feelings, so we went to the playing saloon to play the game. Our escaping from the school had gone on for two months. At the same time, I was taking the exams of the classes. I was getting bad grades from my classes because of not studying. Therefore, I was feeling very depressed and under the weather. I had thought about what I would do for a week. And then I decided not to go playing the game and attended the other group. I was studying my classes and doing my homework regularly every day. I lost my father in a traffic accident when I was thirteen. Therefore, my grandfather was taking care of my school. My grandfather was coming near me from another city to get information about my situation. He asked me, "How are your classes?” I answered him, "My classes are very good", in other words I lied to him. I had made my first mistake by not selecting my friends properly. As much as I had made an effort to catch my classmates at school, I had not achieved it. My second mistake was to lie to my grandfather. I should have been honest with my grandfather. He loved me very much and helped me with every subject every time. Even though I lost my grandfather thirty years ago, I don't forget him and I miss him so much. I liked playing football, and when I was in the twelfth grade of high school, the sports teacher asked me, "Would you like to play on the football team of the school?", and "Yes, I would," I answered the teacher. I was selected to the football team of the school. Before being selected to the football team, my grades were very good; however, I started to spend more time in the training, so I was not able to spare enough time for my classes. When I started getting bad grades again, I had understood that I made a big mistake by joining the football team. Even if I made a big effort to study for my classes after the football games finished, I had missed the opportunity. If I had studied my classes without joining the football team, maybe I could have attended one of the best universities in Turkey at which English is the main education language. I would advise you that the choices you will make at high school will impact your life significantly. You should focus on your classes, have high grades and strive for getting admitted to the best university that you can. This will open the doors for a great future for your life. Sincerely, T.A. T.A. is a student in the Advanced ESL evening class
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