Should I use this story?

[FindersFee5]

So for the UCSD autobiographical question, I'm writing it as a series of representative vignettes about my life. I'm undecided whether I want to use this one or not.

It's about the only time I got in trouble in high school. My friend and I were giving out candy bars in lunch the day before christmas break, people got too excited, and we both got in-school suspensions for "inciting a riot." I realized afterwards that security was totally right for breaking up the whole thing, that it was getting really out of hand. I want to write about it because it taught me a lot about unintended consequences and respect for rules even if I don't understand their purpose. However, is it a bad idea, period, to write about a time I got into trouble?

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[Pusheen]

How did giving out candy cause a riot? I feel like this was something more exciting than just candy


I wouldn't put this tbh. Highlight good things, not bad, even if you did learn from them.

 

[thatwouldbeanarchy]

Is following the rules really that central to your story? I'd leave this out...

 

[candbgirl]

Your high school had rules about handing out candy bars? Really? I'd leave this story out.


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