ummm definitely not, terrible editing advice. Maybe "has" would work there, but i think it is just fine as is.
To the person starting this thread. First of all, its rediculous youre coming here for help, taking responsibility for your actions would be doing what you need to do here. But you did show effort posting what you wrote, so I will try to help you.
You need a little fluff. 2 pages should be nothing, I've written ten page bullshit papers, mainly fluff.
I would speak of the way your parents raised you and worked so hard to make ou an honest young man..... how could you have gone wrong? How terrible you feel for not respecting them and the way you were brought up. All you want is for them to be proud of you, but you keep screwing up. Talk about immaturity and growing up, realizing to respect others. Talk about how as you mature, you keep learning lessons and how you need to start thinking of consequences before you act. Talk about how hard this lesson has been to learn, and how the aftermath of being caught has affected your life. Was it worth it? Talk about how you would approach the situation if you had a re-do, how would you get a dollar to buy what you wanted? It was only a minute of asking people or 20 cans or bottles (10 in MI i believe) away. Speak of what you are going to do to make it up to the guy you stole from, and to your parents.
Or, you could make it seem like a call for attention from your parents.
Either way, this should be easy. I could write two pages on it easily, and it didn't even involve me at all. If done right, you will get your respect back from your parents, and maybe a tear or two out of your mother.