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Personal Narrative: The Criminal Justice System

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It was a warm March day. The semester had just reached the halfway point and people were scrambling to get grades up, to finish projects, and meet deadlines. Through all the chaos of school nobody was able to see the new era that was about to be thrust upon them. It was speculated and rumored about, that the Principle, Wade Martin, was scheming something sinister, nothing the likes of Middle Creek have ever seen before. It was his mad power grab, The Tardy Policy. The policy was simple yet thorough, any student not in class when the bell rang was locked out and given a punishment. I know it might sound innocent enough, students complained about it at the time but nothing was done and god damn it do I wish something was done. That day marked

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