Narrative Paper: Introduction

LOCKED UP

Well before I got locked up, I was living on my own in Salt Lake City. I didn’t know what to do because I had nowhere to live at and had no job. Plus I was on the run because I had a warrant for not showing up in court. Then I moved into my cousin’s house up in west valley, I started working but later I got fired. I only lasted with that job for like three months. Later on my cousin kicked me out of his house. But I still choose to keep on running which was stupid. So I moved into my aunt’s house is house. I was asking myself, now should I just turn myself in or keep running? For a while, but then the cops found out I was there so they went and arrested me. So then I was locked up for like two months. Then I got sent to a program which no I’m trying to change my life around and do better.


Edgar

Narrative Paper: Introduction

I have been living in Hawaii for 8 years. We live in a good-sized house. My family lives pretty close to the beach. I am 8 years old and I am in second grade. My parents both have jobs. I like Hawaii so much I would never of thought of leaving it. But now I see things missing everyday, and I see a lot of full and empty boxes.

Jordan

Narrative Paper: Introduction

My First Time


It all started on the morning of July 4th .I was only 12 years old when all this happened. It was just me and two of the homies . We were at my house just kicking back, there was going to be a party later on that night. None of us had any money so we went to these apartments and started to break into the cars and take the stereos. After we hit about six or seven cars and we had some nice stereos these Africans came out and started yelling at us and saying they called the cops. We all started to run I got about five feet and then a cop car pulled up in front of me so I turned around and jumped the wall. As soon as I hit the other side there was a cop waiting for me with the tazer. They put me in the handcuffs and took me back to the other side. They already had my homies on the ground then they started to question us. We said nothing so they took us to D.T. That was the first time I got caught up for burglary.

Josh

Narrative Paper: Introduction

When all the problems start, there was some drama with my family. I got a question for all of you? What would you do if someone very close DIED, and you figure out someone else is dying. Well my name is Kenny and my story is stressful for me but I have to let it go. It all started when my mom died from cancer and had to find her dead when I was 10 years old. Right after I found my mom dead on her bed I just sat there crying until they took her away. Guess what happened right after they took my mom? The people we let live with us I guess they got stressed out to because they stabbed my dad! A little bit later after all the drama that’s when I started to get into trouble. I started using bud & alcohol, which then leaded to different drugs. After I got into the juvenile system I figured out that my dad got a brain aneurysm. A little later when I was 15 I got taken away from my dad and got put into foster care. Right now I’m trying to get my life together and get back home with my dad so I can take care of him when needs me. I don’t know what would happen if he dies while I’m in foster care.

Kenny

Narrative Paper: Introduction

I did not know what to expect. I was at school having a normal day then boom! Blood everywhere, cries, yells of help and of confusion. I asked myself why would this happen to me. I was only seventeen and I was already going through this. What was I thinking what would you have done if you just found out you were having a miscarriage? I got rushed to the hospital from school. I’m still in shock and mostly confused with what was happening. I had been going out with my fiancé for two years. I love him so much and when I had to call him and let him know I was having a miscarriage, it seemed at that point that both out worlds collapsed.

Stephanie

Narrative Paper: Introduction

Well when I had turned 13 I was influenced to do bad things. And so as grew up I started getting in trouble and I just didn’t care what consequences the judge gave me but later on down the road. I knew I would regret all the stuff I did but at the time I just didn’t care about it because I was so miserable. But any ways most of the stuff I did to get in to trouble was assult, Theft, and vandalism.

Trevor

Narrative Paper: Introduction

Flash. I’m laying down in the back seat of a car with my head on Rebecca's lap. My mom and dad are in the front. Confused, I ask “what’s happening, where am I?”
Flash. I’m in an unknown place and my dad is sitting in a wheelchair trying to make me laugh.

Flash. I’m ….

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to suddenly forget almost everything in a certain period of time in your life? What happened? Where am I? People say I was awake, but it feels like a dreamless sleep. Blank, without images, but it took the past two days as well. Nothing. The worst part is, nothing seems to last forever.

Anthony

Helping Friends Out

Have you ever covered for a friend? If so explain? Yes I have covered for a friend more than once but it always turns out going the wrong way. Like one time I covered for my friend so she can go see her boy friend at night. She asked me to go in her room and pretend to be her and just lay on her bed because her mom goes in and checks on her! So I got there and helped her get out of her window. When she got out she helped me get in during all that I finally got in. She left with her boy friend and I was in her room up. Then when her mom comes in, sees me, and asked why was I here. I got scared so I was like I came to get my stuff so she asked where is Suzy I left in a hurry before I could answer. I called my friend and told her to get home quick before her mom called the cops. It didn’t turn out how we wanted.

I helped her out because she was my friend during that time so I wanted to help her that’s how I’m when I get to be friends I will do just about anything because I’m to nice to say no. and she did it for me once too so I had to return the favor.

Stefany

Journal # 9

I just sometimes make bad choices but I try to tell them no. If its something I don’t want to do I just tell them strait up that’s not chill with me. I also don’t think its awesome how some friends just change on to other people side starts doing something that we promised that we wouldn’t do.

I have a lot of friends that don’t pay me back but I’m cool with them. I of course get mad at them for not returning my money, but I’m all ok with them borrowing from me. I’m wondering what they would fill like if I didn’t ever help them. I bet that they would get all sulky and probably wouldn’t even want to talk to me for a while until they get over it.

Kenny

True Homies

Real friends are hard to come by. You’re lucky if you have a couple ‘real’ friends in this life of sin and stress. Nowadays you don’t know who you can trust anymore. Everybody is just looking out for them selves and could care less about the next person. A good friend to me is someone you know you can trust. It’s someone who’s got your back right or wrong. A good homie is loyal. They are down for whatever and handle what needs to be done. They will cover for you and help you out when your hurting or stressed. They got to show respect and know what’s up. To tell you the truth I can only think of a few of my homies who I could trust my life with. I consider myself pretty lucky just to have those people. Keep watch for those people who themselves friends.

Josh

GOOD TEST TAKING


I am usually not a very good test taker. When and if I do study for tests its going over the questions with my girlfriend most of the time. Ill ask her questions and then she will end up asking me questions about the test. But most of the time I don’t really like to study for tests or anything. If I had to choose to which tests I would rather be taking it would most likely be just a true or false one, because you have a fifty percent chance of getting it right.

SHOWING RESPECT

I way I show people with respect is treating them the exact same way I want to be treated. I am kind to them if I want kindness back towards me. If someone is older than you, you should always treat elders with respect no matter what. I don’t disrespect older than me even if I feel like I should because I am upset with them or something. And you should always treat girls with respect no matter what. That’s how I have been raised to act towards girls.


Jordan

I am from Provo there is a good side of town and a bad side. The good side is the north part of it. That is were all the rich people and the people that are retired go to. The bad side is south Provo it goes a little bit north to by Orem. That side is where all the gangs and poor people live. I have gotten even with a lot of people.
There were people at my school that I did not like and I would get into fights with the people I did not like or the people that hated me. There was this one time I got into a fight with a kid and he picked up a brick and hit me in the back of the head with it. The next day I saw him at school and I pulled out brass knuckles and hit him in the jaw. I think I broke it because I heard a loud snap. My family does not really worry about money because both of my parents work a full time job. Both of those jobs pay pretty good, because of that my life is pretty good

Jordan (JJ)

I like to do all sorts of fun things .Before I started getting my life on the straight and narrow. All I knew how to do was party it up. I thought that was the only fun thing to do in life. Then I went to rehab and got rid of all my old friends. Then I started finding out where the real fun was at. I found it in cars, going cursing down Main and State Street, drifting down dirt roads, Racing other cars, and meeting new friends. Also I like going camping, playing glow in the dark hiding seek, roasting Starbursts, and listening to music . My friends and I like Taking my dirt bike through the river going fast racing through there splashing puddles on each other. I like Going horseback riding with my family jumping poles. I like going clubbing to dance with some of my friends to have a good time. I like to go car suffering with my best friend josh. I like to just goof off and jam with people who can play drums with me or an instrument. I also, love to do anything with the ending board. Just having fun doing tricks, playing in the water and snow, and cursing down the street.

Ashley H

If I Could be Anywhere

First if I could be anywhere I want right now in the world I would probably got to Mexico with all my family. It’s been a while I haven’t been there since like 2 years ago and it just brings a lot of good memories when I was young. But also there is another place I would want to be at and that would be at my mom’s and little baby sister’s grave because I haven’t been there for 10 years. My first plane ride was when I was really young, like maybe when I was six or seven years old so a was pretty scared. The part that I hated the most was when the plane lifted off the ground and when it landed, but after that I just got over it. I can sometimes see how people are really, but most people I know are fake, because some people just like to act like they are cool. But yes I sometimes see people for who they really are it depends if you known the person for a long time or you can believe them.

Edgar

Divorce

I believe that divorce is an excuse used to break up with someone because you finally found out that they couldn’t or wouldn’t stand to be with someone. I believe that a person should get to know a person very well before they decide to marry anyone because if they don’t know, then they usually last long enough to actually be a family. Marriage, in my opinion, is a commitment that you make to spend the rest of your life with someone else, and if you find, after wards, that they aren’t the person for you, then you break your promise to them. I think that divorce should only be done when two people decide that they aren’t for each other rather than because they decided to get married on a spur of the moment decision.

I never really had to break up a date, so I didn’t need to know any ways to break one up, nor do I want to know how to because I think that if I saw stupid enough to go out on a date that I didn’t intend on finishing, then I need to learn somehow and going through is the only way I know of.

Anthony

Covering For Friends

I have taken the fall for some of my friends a couple times. To me it doesn’t matter because I know if they were in that situation they would have done the same thing.

But the way it went down was this guy in school was talking crap about my friend and me. One day I confronted him saying why was he talking crap us. So when I did he told me lets fight. I said all right and started taking off my sweater. After I knocked him out my friends got in the fight and started hitting him too. Then after the fight had ended we left and nothing else happened that day.

Until the next day I went to school I got called in to the principle’s office. They started me asking me questions like why I did and all that. But they got to question of who were the other two people that got in the fight. I said I didn’t know who they were I didn’t get a chance to see there faces. They told me if I didn’t tell them whom it was then I would get sent to another school for the rest of the years. So I still didn’t say any thing and got in trouble for everything that happened to that kid. And my friends stayed in the school like nothing happened. But it happens and I don’t regret it.

Brayan

What's my favorite type of music?

Well I like lots of different types of music but this week I really like Buckcherry ! They are awesome I love the guys voice!! It’s so hot! My favorite song today is one that I am listening to right now sorry! I also like carousel. It’s a cute song! Music is a big coping skill for me it helps me to express my feelings appropriately and mostly in good ways. It also helps others know what I am feeling at the moment cause when I am mad I listen to fast pace music. And when I am happy I listen to like Jason meraz and the bubble song!! Songs that are more up beat and spunky! Songs that make me smile also I like to listen to some tech-no, show tech, Benni B., Basshunter and stuff like that. I also like to mix a little Rascal Flats in with it all! Country is my all time favorite!

Bonnie

There are a couple people who truly are important in my life, for all different reasons.

My Mom- the most important out of anyone because she’s someone who can kind of relate to what I’m going through. She has helped and took care of me was I was little until I got older now I can take care of myself. I also talk to my other parents. Well that’s what I refer to them as. They took me in when my whole life was just a mess. It has been a long bumpy ride but they have helped me through it. It has been the first foster home I have been in that I felt like part of the family and I love it.

When I need legal help I talk to my dad he knows a lot about the law. He and I are exactly alike in so many ways. So he can understand how my mind is set. And he gives me advice on what I need to do. When I just need someone to talk to other than an adult I will call my friend josh. Because he completely calms me down. He has been there for me from the start. He is one of my first friends that actually showed he cares about me when I was into drugs. He helped me get clean and sober. He protects me like his little sister. I think of him as my big brother.

Fernando because he cheers me up when I’m sad or just having a bad day. And when I’m mad he encourages me to calm down. He’s someone I just can relate towhees just one of my peers I trust as summit I can tell him anything. And there’s never a dull movement with Fernando.Hes one of the couple of my only true friends.


Ashley

Music

My all time favorite singer is a rapper named Lil Wayne. I like him because he like one of the nicest rappers I ever talked to. I think that my parents are the most important people in my life. I love them cause I remember how my mom was a singer and use to sing to me before I go to sleep. My mom used to write songs for people to sing. She also used to get money for singing her songs or selling them. I like how my dad took ‘good care of me when I was a baby. I have a lot of friends that are adults. I talk to my friend Tommy when I’m mad or upset I think he like a brother to me and I can tell him anything. I also got my aunt I think she kind of a nice thing to have in my life. Right now she is like one of the only ones that can calm me down when I’m Really Mad or Upset.

Kenny

The Bad Side of Town

The place were I grew up is not the nicest or the richest part of Utah. I’m from Glendale. I guess you could say it’s the bad side of Salt Lake City. A lot stuff goes down in my neighborhood. You could hear gunshots all the time, graffiti is all over the place. Some people think it’s not safe down in Glendale. The cops are always doing drug busts. There are a lot of gang members. I would rather be down there than anywhere else. It’s only dangerous to people who don’t know what’s up, people who don’t show respect. That’s the place I call home. I lived there ever since I was a little kid. The majority of the people who live down there are Mexican. Even though there is a lot of crimes, poverty and stress. It’s a good place to live you can learn a lot. You learn what it takes to survive in these stressful times.

Josh

5 goals before I complete high school.

I want to get a job and not get fired from it. All the jobs I get I always get fired from because I am always way too late or I just end up not going to work. I want to get my license before I turn 17. I should have gotten my license when I turned 16 but I was too lazy to go get my permit. I still haven’t gotten my permit yet. I would really like to graduate from high school with at least a 2.5 GPA. And get my diploma not my GED.
My fourth goal would probably have to keep passing all my drug tests so I get off Probation. I cant stand getting random drug tests almost 3 times a week.

Jordan

Weird Al

Who is your all time favorite singer? Why? My all time favorite singer is weird Al Yankovic. The reason I like him is because he is creative and funny, he has some of the personalities that I have so I can relate to him in some ways. I can also say that I look up to Weird Al as much as I do my parents. My parents have been there for my and Weird Al is there for me when I am bored. So he kind of helps me stay out of trouble. As Weird Al is my favorite singer some people that I am friends with hate his music. For example, Brett Jeanselme, a wonderful guy that has helped me in so many ways hates his music. Therefore, Weird Al is my favorite just like my parents and Brett are my favorite people to be with. I also wouldn’t trade Weird Al’s music for any other type of music.

Evgeny

Well if I were to change my name, I would keep my last name and change my first name into Antonio. But I would rather keep my name how it is because it’s the name my parents gave me. My favorite television would have to be UFC ultimate fighting, I pick this show because its pretty crazy how they fight and the knockouts are amazing! This show is where I got the idea of wanting to know martial arts its pretty cool. My favorite fighter would have to be Jorge Saint Peere he has a professional record of 26 wins and only 2 loses. One of my biggest dreams would have to be getting rich which is hard to make come true but that’s how life is. Also one of my dream cars would have to be a 2010 Range Rover but they cost too much which sucks. So if I ever want this dream to come true, I got to work hard and go to college and believe that I can do it which I know I can.

Edgar

My Best Friend

My best friends name is Mariah. She is really pretty; She has brown hair that is almost always curly. She has brown eyes and a wardrobe that will blow your mind. She always has the newest fashion and is not afraid to show it off. She is extremely out going. When we are together nothing can stop us from having a good time. We run around, we jump, we dance, we sing. We totally freak people out. She brings out the real me, how I used to be. We ran away together last year and we have been separated since last October. We can be totally depressed and hating life, but if we get together, within five minutes we are having the time of our lives. No one makes me happier and no one could ever take her place. We have been threw absolutely everything together, boyfriends, girlfriends, stabbings, drugs, alcohol, work. We have had nights when we were at work and we were having absolutely terrible days we would sit down no matter what time of the day if we were clocked in or not and we would just look at each other, sit down and talk, not just talk we would have wild crazy intense conversations, we would laugh we would cry, we would scream, and it wouldn’t be just a little talk we would talk until after close. Sometimes we wouldn’t even go home we would just sit at work and talk well into the night sometime until the sun came up. Mariah is my best friend. I love her

Cara

Signs

I have never had a sign from god. Any thing religious sign I never had. But I do believe in signs. I believe that there are signs or warnings everywhere. In television dreams conversations you have with friends or family members everywhere. It has happen to me a couple times. It was a trip because I didn’t think of it till it was happening. Right in the middle of it then I remember the signs.

One of the times I remember was when I first got locked up. The day before I got locked up I was chilling in my house watching television. The show I was watching is called manswers. And it was talking about how to escape handcuffs. At first I got in to it but then didn’t care. But the next day I got pulled over by the cops and got arrested. On my way to DT I was thinking about that show and that if I had that key to get out the handcuffs I wouldn’t be going to DT.

The second time wasn’t something I saw on the television. It was like a week after I got out of DT. I was on house arrest. But this day I went to kick it with some friends. We were just walking around talking about some of our enemies. Later in the day we ran in to some of our enemies. There was three of them and three of us so we in to a little rumble. Busted my hand and got a bruise but I believe in signs but I see them as warnings to watch out for what you saw or talked about.

Brayan

Write to some one that you love …

I just won’t to start out by saying that I really love you and I will never stop trying to make your life better! You have taught me some much in your short life. And we have been through some crazy things! But your smile is so worth it in the end! You have changed the way I look at life you have changed the way I look at my self! I have accomplished things that I never new was possible because I care for you so much! You are amazing and your personality is unlike any other you are a unique one of a kind individual that some day I know will find there passion and make me proud I won’t nothing more then for you to have a good life and be truly happy. I hope you understand all the things I have giving up to make things write with you. After all the mistakes I have made I still keep coming back and will never give.

Bonnie

Argumentative teenagers

I think that teenagers argue with their parents a lot because they think that their parents don’t, won’t, or can’t understand them when they talk about their problems. I think that teens are too prideful to accept that their parents might be right when they are not or when they think that they are right. I think that the main reasons why teens argue with their parents is because they think they need to be flawless and that they want to prove that they are.

I don’t argue with my parents anymore, and I believe the reasons are that I don’t live with them right now and I don’t feel as though I need to prove anything to them anymore. I believe that as the mind matures, the teen will stop wanting to argue with their parents unless they make it a habit to argue with them when they’re around them. I think it takes a long time or drastic measures to break the habit of arguing.

Anthony

My Parents

I like my parents. Well most of them at least. It’s always been the dads that I have a problem with. My real dad is not a part of my life so I can’t really like someone that I have never met.
My second dad Chuy, well I liked him when I was a little kid but I didn’t really see him for what he was. When I was little I thought he was great. He always got me what I wanted. He bought me new things all the time, and I never got in trouble with him.
I never thought that when we went to Mexico it was to smuggle drugs and who knows what. He put my mom and me in a lot of dangerous situations that I would probably be okay with if I wasn’t in my current situation.
My last and current dad Guillermo I like. At least now I do I used to think he was the worst guy ever. He never wanted to let me go anywhere. My curfew was at 11 pm. We constantly fought. Eventually it got to fist fights, cops, and DT or jail for one of us. Now I get him a lot better after extensive anger management for both if us.
I absolutely love my mommy. She has done what she needed to do for my sisters and me even if it wasn’t what was best for her. She has sacrificed a lot for me and my safety, including her happiness. I could never dislike her even if she dose make me mad sometimes.

Ali