APA* Speech

Good evening, everybody. My name is Nicoletta**. I've always been an accident waiting to happen. I...um...I have difficulties on...uh...putting focus on what I was doing. And today something happened to me. I was driving my mom's car while my mind was busy elsewhere. I guess I was thinking about what happened last night. And then, I almost hit a truck that suddenly stopped on the left side of the car. I was too near to that huge thing and I grazed the front-left side. To make things worse, I just fled the scene of the accident. The damage wasn't severe but I'm still scared of telling my parents about it. Sooner or later, I’m sure they would find out. It is kind of visible, if you look at it carefully. I was thinking of faking a black-out or amnesia, but I guess that's not a good idea. I know if they found out, my mom would ban me from driving on my own and start preaching on how I should start giving full attention on everything. I should always focus, focus, focus. Especially while driving a car. I've been too sloppy and it is very very dangerous. I don't know what I should do. I could pretend I knew nothing, right? I could do that, couldn't I? Help me, I think I need help on this problem...

* Accident Prone Anonymous
** under false name to protect real identity.