I went to Zion’s during the spring break. It was okay, oh I went to Arches to. I saw the delicate arch and the devils guarden. In Zions I went to angels landing. It was a good experience. But it was still okay. Too much hiking for me. But all in all I think it was cool. We went to the camp every night after hanging out with my proctor dad’s brother. When we went home it was the best thing that ever happened during that week. Wait I take that back, going to see Alice and wonderland in 3D. but when we got home just chilled. It was okay. Then I came to school on Monday. To tell the truth I didn’t want to come back to school. But I have to if I want to graduate next year. Can’t wait till I get my own place it will be awesome. But this school is okay. I got a lot of credits here. Oh yeah, I got sun burnt.

Nena

Mountain Dew

When is a good time to have a mountain dew?
Day time, night time, so basically any time.
Fizzy pop a tingle taste,
Keeps you up in the day but crash hard at night.
But at parties they’re a riot.
They get you pumped ready to fight in the world,
Ready for those stupid test.
Or a of depressing day.
It gives that burning acid feeling you crave in that state of feeling

Spring break was pretty righteous got to go do a bunch of stuff without worry about a thing. The first day of the break we went to go eat at hooters, after hooters we went to a arcade and play games for the rest of the night and went and ate ice cream. Day two we went to look for my proctor day a new truck. His truck is starting to get old. My proctor mom got mad cause he wants a 70,000 dollar truck.

Yes I have been in a situation that was difficult to get out. When I went to a party with my friend’s in California, my friend’s had beer and drugs I was 14 years old. I didn’t want to drink or do drugs, but they told me that I had to or they were going to jump me and kick me out of the party. I was having a good time until that happen. I couldn’t get out of it because no matter I didn’t want to do it but I did. I felt so guilty because I've never done drugs or drink until that day it was my first time.

If I have ever feared failure yes I have maybe like two years ago. I started to feel that because I stopped going to school, I was only in tenth grade, and I really didn’t care about my future. I only thought about having fun at the time, so I was hanging with bad group of people we used to miss school every day go smoke weed, make kick backs, and get drunk. Then, I would end up going home like at midnight, I would go to sleep and I would do the same thing the day after for a really long time. I wouldn’t go look for a job and I started to get into trouble a lot. Then, I was sent to D.T 8 times in the year 2009 and my last charge I got was really bad. My probation officer wanted to send me to secure care for 1 year but my attorney helped me and so my judge sent me to a program then they put in proctor care. I have gotten a lot of help to graduate from school and skills so I could help myself to not go back to my bad ways. So, I think that was the time I feared failure.

Christian

Have you ever felt stuck in a situation?

Yes. I’ve been in many situations like that. I think we all have. My situation was one that I never even imagined that I would be. I was in a relationship with this boy, and it was almost like I had to have sex with him so he would want to be with me. I never got why. It wasn’t like I was bad looking. I was actually really good looking compared to most of his previous girlfriends. As soon as he knew that I wasn’t into the whole sex thing, he kind a backed off a bit. I thought I really liked him and soon enough I feel into his little trap. Lucky I got out of that situation soon after because I don’t know how things would be right now. Now a year later I have found a great guy that doesn’t love me for those kinds of things. And now we have been together for 7 months.
So don’t ever let anyone make you become or do something you don’t want to be or do.

Carly

Who are you willing to die for?

I once got asked what are you willing to die for? I took my time and thought about it, and answered my friends and family. That same person asked me for the reasons I said because my friends are my family and my family is my life. I decided to write about friends and family because I would be nowhere near what I am today if it was not for them. I live with my mom and my brother and it’s been that way for sometime. Soon after we moved I started to make friends a few years has gone by, and even though I love my blood family I realized that my friends are more of a family to me than friends.

There are times you go to your friends more than your family, but if you honestly think about it they’re family too. I’ve became so close to my friends that I really have no clue what I would do if I lost them. When I’m with most of my friends, we are usually just talking, or watching movies and joking. I love my friends just as much as I love my family, and to tell you the truth I really don’t care what people say my friends are blood, and I truly wouldn’t have a single regret if I got killed saving a friend or family member. I would be happy that they were alive at least I would have died for a good cause.

Having a point of view matters because without it how do people make choices. O it wont make you unique your perception is apart of you. I t helps you be an individual. Helps you make your decisions It helps people get the whole picture instead of getting one perspective on both sides. Because if you don’t get both of the stories then how do you decide what to do? I personally think that without different perspectives the world would be too perfect. Then there would be more crimes and the world would be chaos.then without it how do we

Nena

In a way yes I have feared failure. I plan on getting out off school, and getting into college. I get worried when there is a test because I want to get full points, and pass the class. Yes I’m scared of failing out off school mostly because I’m never at school on time. I have the tendency to not make up past failing grades. If I am going to fail at something then obviously I wasn’t ready for what ever is was that I failed. I honestly believe everyone fails at something at one point of his or her lives, and it’s because they were not ready for it. When I fail at something it worries me because I don’t know if I can fix it or make it up, and it hurts my esteem, or my academic record. When I think about my future it scares me to think that I might not be able to get into college if I don’t have the money or a good academic record. There are times I know that I am not going to fail because I know I can do it if I put my mind to it.

Have you ever feared failure?

Yes. I have feared failure. Failure and rejection are one of my biggest fears. I fear them more than death. Like I would rather not date a boy then have to deal with the fear of rejection. When I fail, I think that everyone is going to think of me badly. Like school is one of my biggest things. There were the times where I would go to school, and I would still fail. After a while of that I just stopped going to school, because I would rather have them think I was a drop out them me failing. I hate to disappoint people. So I would just rather not do it then try and not be able to please everyone. I would rather just not do something I could fail at so I wouldn’t have to deal with the pain.

Carly

I agree, yes it is difficult to be happy when your family is screwed up. If all your family does is fight all that going to do is teach the kids that there family is unhappy. How can you be happy when the ones you love are unhappy? I know there is unhappiness in every family, but it’s harder when all your family does is fight. My family is always fighting each other either it’s my mom and brother fighting, or me and my mom, or me and my brother. We are all usually fighting over money, chores, and going places. We love each other we just don’t get along all the time. It’s hard to be happy when im around them because it’s like all we seem to do is fight. I find myself always out of the house, and away from my family because it’s the easiest way for me to be happy, and there are those rare moments when we all get along. I do believe that it’s hard to be happy all the time because every family has there ups and downs, but I just grin and try my best.

Kirra

Okay I agree a lot with this statement. I personally know some parents that try to relive their lives through their children. I’ve mostly seen it in sports. Father didn’t get to be the star football quarter back on the varsity football team, so he lives his dream through his son. A lot of the time the child doesn’t want to, but doesn’t want to disappoint their fathers, so they do it. And they never really get to live their dream. In a way in my family we have had a couple situations like this. When my mom was in high school my mom really wanted to be a cheerleader, but never got the chance because her mother wouldn’t allow her to. So ever sense I have been able to walk my mom has been putting me in gymnastics. And then when I was of age I was put into cheer. A lot of it was that I wanted to but now that I don’t really want to she is getting all bitchy about it. Like she wants me to do it more than anything, over hanging out with friends, school.

Carly

I think sometimes now what's better for their daughters because some mothers don't care about them and end up just messing up their lives, Ex: Like my mom she wanted the best for me, but I ended up being pregnant, when they were planning for my 15th birthday they had to cancel everything, she wanted me to graduate soon from high school but I'm not I missed all 9th grade. My mom wants me to have whole custody of my son, having my own apartment, she just wants the best for me. I'm going to show my mom that I' am going to be happy I'm getting my sons custody at the end of this month and by the end of June ill have my own apartment.
I think that its difficult when parents screwed up. My mom left to Mexico because she taught that the state would send us but they ended up not, she ended up loosing our custody me and my younger brother that are in foster care. They said she was irresponsible but she wasn't she always had food for us and anything we needed it was the states fault that she lost our custody. But know I'm happy because I'm going to be in my own apartment and have my son with me, and having support form people that love me. I'm going to graduate from 11th grade and be working to support my family.

Claudia

I don’t think many parents try to relive their own lives through their children I strongly disagree because were I’m from its not like that my culture they would not approve it because a lot of my family are from Mexico and they lived in a pueblo a little village and they didn’t have electricity or running water and I know a lot of my uncles and ants didn’t have what we have now electricity, water, cars and education and for my family education is a big thing for them because if they had education there lives would f been better that’s why our Hispanic culture that’s why they came to America and make our lives better so I don’t think my parents would relive there live s through their children because the only thing they try to do is to make life better for us and just wants better for our future but in a way I they do try to relive their lives through their children because they didn’t have what we have now so in a way that also makes it that they do want to relive our lives but I think that’s from my point of view.

Christian

Sports

Sports playing games
And competing with others
And always trying to win a game
and get money for a game
and traveling every were
visiting new places going to Cancun
and resting and waiting for a new game to come
always exercising so keeping in shape
so you don’t gain weight always making money
always working together in a game
so you succeed and win and always trying your best.


Christian

Teary Eyes

Teary eyes filled with tears,
Why curse me with appearance?
Is it cause I have no home.
Is it cause they’re leaving me so.
Or is it cause that cursed road?
Teary eyes filled with tears.
Please hide til the night.
A quiet night full of silence.
Nothing to do but stare into darkness.
Alone and sad I’ll ever be.
Sob sob tear tear.
Dropping dripping hot tears roll.
Talk about killing a sole.

Can you see me?
Can you hear my plea?
Can you help?
Can you be there?
Can you be honest to me?
Can you understand?
Can you tell me how?
Can you tell me why?
Can you be honest?
Can you be trusted?
Can you be my hero?
Can you be trustworthy?
Can you be my hope?
Can you tell me everything is going to be okay?
Can you help me be me?
Can you help my life?
Can you listen to my story?
keep me from being lonely?Can you


Nena

Every time I would look into your eyes it was like getting lost in the sea of “Love”
Your smile would brighten up my life
know that your away makes me brake down but our little one is the one that lifts me up
Know that you're away it causes me pain you cant away from me I don’t feel whole
When your gone its like I forgot to smile
I don’t want to be with out you for one second
I don’t know I just feel so lonely but baby don’t worry ill still be here worring about you
I will always love you baby and im going to wait for you no matter what if your behind that fence I will be here with our son waiting till your out of that cell, you are my northern star and my everything with out you im nothing you have me 4 ever & always

Claudia

Beauty

Light seeps through the canopy.
I feel complete with you next to me.
Always knowing you’ll be there.
Always knowing you will care .
Not having a worry in the world .
Always knowing you you’ll be my girl.

KIMBALL

I hear you say you love me so
I hear you tell me you care
I see you smiling at me
I see you run your fingers through my hair

I feel your arms around me
I feel you here right now
But I know in a while you’ll get board
And ill be here asking me how

How could I believe you?
How did I fall for your tricks?
Now im here alone, I saw it coming
Now my life is a game of pickup sticks

I loved you, now I know the truth
I was your sick new game
I was your plan
For instant fame

Thanks, I needed the wake up call
…… I can honestly live a real life now

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Some Electronics serve a purpose in schools, while others do not. Ipods serve a great person, because while left to do busy work, they are more inclined to do it because they have something to listen to, to entertain them while they do their homework. There was a study done a few years ago, where they had students take the same test, some with music, some without. The students listening to music did better on the test than the ones without music. Cell Phones on the other hand have no place, or purpose in schools. cells phones are nothing but a distraction, destructively so. when your worried about what's going on with everyone else, you cant worry about what your doing then and there, losing your focus. When you text during a text, you become distracted, and end up with a lower score in most cases. So there should be banes on some electronics, while others should be allowed.

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One thing I can say about uniforms is that they take to much time out of our lifes. I meam who wants to look the same as everybody else? I personally don’t like them because you have to wear them every day and you got to wash them as well. I’ve had experience with uniforms and they are not a good idea to have, first of all the way they look and the fashion is not, not only does it make the school look bad but it makes the students look bad as well. Come on, who would want that experience. Than people and the comments that they would say about them. Second of all the way that we would feel inside would not be exceptable in a personal level. We would not feel comfortable going around school and out of it like that. I think that people got to be confident in order to succedd and in order to focus. So over all that is my conclusion, that uniforms are not a good idea to have around.

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It’s not worth it to bring Electronics to school. I think it isn’t because you get it taken away, or lost, or stolen. Not worth it. You should just leave it at home. At least you wont loose it. I f you can’t leave it at home then just leave it in your bag. That way you know where it is. Your at school to learn not to play with your electronics and get it taken away. That sucks, but it is all true you will loose it. But try to keep it safe in

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I don’t think some electronics should be aloud in school. I think you shouldn’t because if you loose it at your school they wont replace it. In the past there has been 100% of schools that have always had complains that people got their electronics stolen. Another reason I think electronics shouldn’t be aloud at school is because you might get distracted in class and not pay attention and just focus on your I Pod or cell phones text, you might get a bad grade and youre going to get mad beacsue of electronics used in school.

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Electronics should be aloud at schools. Some students do better at their homework with electronics. I learned about a school that actually gives their students I pods and found that those students do better at school. There was a study done that proved that students do better on tests when they are aloud to have their electronics. When a student is aloud to have their electronics, they get into less trouble in class. The students get in more trouble when they try to sneak their electronics than those who are aloud to have them.

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I think in my own opinion electronics should be allowed but only at certain times. Most of the kids bring their ipods or phones anyway. The school rules say that there shouldn’t be any phones allowed in classes. I think there is no reason to have this rule because kids use their things anyway. The cell phones have useful programs on them to use during class for certain classes. During the last 10 minutes of class the students should be allowed to listen to ipods, text on their phones, play games, etc.