Assignment#9 Child Abuse

   

Have you ever seen a kid look depressed or sad? Why do people like to hurt kids they are defenseless. When kids are abused they get hurt pretty bad. No kid wants to grow up with an abusive parent. Why would anyone think about hurting a child or there child. Poor kids don’t know why they are getting abused. They probably think that it is there fault when it really isn’t. Try to put yourself in their position so you could think about how they feel.

Have you seen a sad kid? Kids deserve to be happy. Kids are only kids for a certain amount of time and I would not want to grow up being abused by someone. Kids need to be kids and have fun at a young age. The types of abuse there is are physical, emotional, sexual, and neglect. All of these things hurt children in a certain way. Physical is like when you are hitting a child. I feel bad for the children that get hit because they are little and sensitive. Emotional abuse is when you hurt them emotionally. If that kid is emotional he is going to get hurt more easily. Sexual abuse is when someone is touching a child or having intercourse with the child. Imagine how a child feel when they are getting sexual abused they don’t know whats going on or if it’s good or bad. Then there is neglect. Neglect is like when no one pays attention to a child.

Why do you think people hurt children? Children are defenseless they don’t know what to do when these things happen to them. They also might be afraid to tell anyone. I think that people abuse children because they have a bad life so they take out there anger on the child. Maybe the parent doesn’t like the child for some reason. But that does not mean that they should abuse them just because they are different. A child needs to be accepted for who they are. People might just abuse children because they are really crazy.

When kids are abused they get hurt in a lot of ways. Some kids get traumatized because they are abused. Kids grow up with problems and they don’t need to grow up with these problems. When a child is abused you can tell that they are different from other children because of the way they react to things or do things. Some children might not have any friends because they are abused. When children are abused they live a life that no one deserves to live.

No kid in the whole wide world wants to grow up being abused. They just want to have fun explore and do new things. Kids just want to be kids and do things that kids do like play with each other and act silly. But I guess that to some people it is wrong for a child to act like that. Kids don’t like being scarred, sad, or hurt. Things like that can put a child down. Do you like seeing children happy or sad? So why would you even think about hurting a child. You wouldn’t like to get hurt so why would a child want to get hurt.

Poor children don’t even know why they are getting abused. Whenever something bad happens and there parents blame the child the child is going to start thinking that whenever something bad happens it is going to be there fault. Children are going to grow up confused because they are not going to know whats right or wrong. Children should not grow up confused on whats right or wrong. They should not grow up thinking everything is there fault. They should not think that because a lot of things are not going to be there fault. I hate getting blamed for things that are not my fault. Children are going to hate it too but they take the blame because they are afraid of what will happen.

Children could commit suicide because they are getting abused. They are so young and don’t know how to get help. They probably think that there is not help or any way out of there misery. Because they can’t find help they commit suicide. They are too young to be thinking like that and should not die at such a young age. Put yourself in there position and think about how they feel. They feel really horrible and that’s why they think negative. All that negative thinking makes them think about committing suicide. Those kids that commit suicide only got to experience life in a bad way and live only for a little time. But they just can’t take it anymore so that’s why they commit suicide.

So what can we do to stop child abuse? I don’t really know but we can tell someone that someone is getting abuse if they have like burses a lot or look for other signs. Lets help these children live the life they deserve and not let them go in the wrong direction. Children are too little to know whats going on in there lives so help them. Everyone wants to have a good child hood because it’s a big part of your life and if you don’t have a good child hood you grow up traumatized.

        

Assignment #10 The Journey

When I woke up this morning in my cabin it was dark. It smelled like rain. When I got out of bed I was wondering why it is so dark. Then I walked into another room because I saw some light. After I went n that room I realized that all the curtains were closed. So I opened all the curtains then I turned and looked at the room I was in. it had some nice conferrable coaches. When I sat on them I sat on something hard when I checked it was the remote to a huge TV. I was so happy because the living room was nice but when I turned on the TV I couldn’t find something to watch. So I went back to the bed room and laid down for a second when I got up I looked at my self in the mirror and said to myself that I can’t just stay in here and do nothing. I got ready and walked outside.

When I walked outside I was on the porch and everything was wet. Then I figured that it rained last night. After that I felt hunger so I went into the kitchen right away. When I got there I was looking for something to eat. I don’t know how to cook food or bake anything so I had to find something simple and easy for me to eat. I made myself a sandwich. After that I went back out side.

When I walked out there it was beautiful and I like the way the rain smelt. There was a huge field and I wanted to go across it. I wanted to go on a little journey. The field was beautiful because all the grass was tall and green and the flowers made in seem so peaceful. There were yellow, purple, and red flowers everywhere. It was nice and quite the only thing you could hear was the sound of the breeze. There were only two animals that I saw on my way across the field and they were a rabbit and a snake. I was afraid of the snake because I didn’t know what kind of snake it was so I didn’t even try to mess it.

When I got to the end of the trail there was a big mountain. I had to decide if I wanted to climb it or turn around and go back to the cabin. I was a little excited and I felt very adventurous so I decide to climb the big mountain that I found at the end of the field. The mountain was very rocky and didn’t have a lot of trees at the bottom but at the top there were a lot of trees. The bottom had a lot of brown colors like the dirt the rocks but the top looked nice because of all the trees and plants that were up there I wanted to get up there as fast as I can. When I was at the bottom of the mountain I didn’t like the way it smelled down there I couldn’t really smell anything till I got to a spot where it smelled like a dead animal. I was looking around to see what it was but I could not find anything. So I just kept going up the mountain.

In the mountain I saw a little bit more animals then I saw in the field. I saw rabbits, snakes, squerls, bears, and mountain lion. Then when I was more than half way up the big mountain I heard something. It sounded like water. I followed the sound and every time I got closer I heard it getting louder. When I got there it was a stream of water goin down the mountain and I followed it up the mountain. When I got to the end where all the water came from it was like a whole and too small go in. the water smelled so good and looked so clean so I drank a little because I was exhausted from all that climbing that I just did. The water tasted so good I didn’t want to stop drinking it. It was the best water I have ever drunk in my whole entire life.

When I was almost to the top I saw a mountain lion and it was so close to me. It was on a big rock right above me. I was scared out of my mind. We looked into each other’s eyes and while we were looking at each other it felt like forever. I was too shocked to run or do anything. After a long scary two minutes or so the mountain lion just walked away. I couldn’t believe that I just walked away without doing anything. I thought that I was goin to die. It was a pretty good day to die because in that one day I have a lot of wonderful experiences. I could not think of how much more that day could of gotten better because of the mountain lion was a pretty cool experience.

So after the mountain lion thing I kept on going up the mountain to complete my journey. When I got to the top I was so happy. Then I saw a statue and I walk over to it. I was amazed because of the designs on it. It was a statue of a man praying. It was nice a when I was there I could feel like some sort of power and it was an amazing feeling. It was nice because it was surrounded by trees and there was a really peaceful mood there. I spent the night there because on top of that mountain it was amazing I didn’t leave until about noon so I can get back to the cabin on time.

Assignment #7 School Report Card

I think that aha is meeting our emotional, spiritual, and psychological health needs. I think that the school is doing well. The psychological needs are there as well. They are strict but it is because they want us to do well. The emotional needs are there because everyone I see here are happy most of the time. I think that when we get the tradition at this school going the spiritual needs will be there. This is a good school and I like it.

I think that all our needs are there. Our emotional, spiritual, psychological needs are there at least that’s what I think. I like this school because there are not a lot of problems. I have everything I can ask for here. I don’t feel left out. I also have fun here in all my classes.

The school is going well. Most of the teachers are doing there job. If someone is failing it’s because of themselves they choose to pass or fail. The staff does their best to get their jobs done. I don’t really see anything that is doing badly here everything seems pretty calm. That’s why I think this school is a good school because there are more positive things than negative.

The psychological needs are there. I think that everyone feels safe at this school I know that I do. A lot of kids say that we need more freedom. A lot of kids say that this school is like a prison because there is someone always on your back. But I also think that we need a little more freedom. We should be able to go to the black top so we can play basketball. Some of the rules here are too strict. But they only do it so we can succeed in the future.

I think that our emotional needs are there as well. Everyone here is happy I don’t really see angry people at this school. Everyone gets attention from the counselors and advisors. So if they have a problem they could talk to them. We don’t really have our own privacy because when you are going somewhere and a security or teacher sees you they ask you where are you going and from where did you come from. They just ask a lot of questions.

I think that the spiritual needs are not there. There are not a lot of spiritual people here. Once we get more fuun and more tradition here I think everyone will be morre spiritual. So we need to work harder on making our tradition going. It will be more fun once we get the tradition here going. So AHA keep up the good work on all the things you do to make sure we are sucsessful. We need to change the community around here because everyone th9inks that we are a bunch of low lives.

 

Assignment #8 Restorative Justice

Restorative justice is when you fix something that you caused. A lot of people do bad things then don’t go to jail. If someone did something to me I would want him or her to go to jail. I think that it don’t help when people are just given community service. We can’t be soft on criminals. The only way we should be softer on these criminals is when the try to fix what they caused. We give them a little punishment instead of a bigger punishment. In the future if we keep doing this than we are going to get softer and softer.

Restorative justice is when someone fixes something that they caused. Like if you steel money from someone and they find out it was you have to apologies and give the money back, instead of going to jail. We should put them in jail it would be better than apologizing. They should get jail time and do there other punishment like community service. I think that that is what they should do when they do they crime.

A lot of people do bad things and don’t go to jail. When someone steels from some ones house they need to go to jail not get community service. They wont learn their lesson. When they are done with there soft punishment they are just going to do it again because they wont have nothing to lose. They will keep doing their crimes and will get away with some. We need to be stricter with them. Give them a bigger punishment.

If someone did something to me I would be really mad. Then when we go to court and he only gets community service. That will make me even madder because he is going to be happy that he doesn’t have to do time. I would want that person to do time in jail. The bigger the punishment the happier I would be and I bet other people will feel the same.

I think that it don’t help when people are given little punishments like community service because they wont learn any thing. The people who are getting the punishment are happy because it’s a little punishment. They will just keep doing their bad crimes because they don’t get a proper punishment. If we want them to stop doing there crimes than we need to give them the proper punishment.

We can’t be soft on these people. They will just keep doing they crimes like I said in the beginning. Its like when we don’t put on our ids we get lunch detention we don’t want to just tell the student put on your id and apologize for not having it on. We need to do the same with the people who robed a house, stole money, or beat him or her up, etc. we need to be more stickier so that they will learn there lesson and so they are afraid of doing g the crime again.

The only time we should be soft on criminals is when they try to fix what they did on their own. When they fix things on there own they don’t need to go to court or do community service. When people do that it is because they think about what they did and they know that what they did was wrong. When you do something bad to another person put yourself in their position. Its better to not do anything stupid in the first place.

One time my cousin was at a pool and he stole a phone. Then later that day he returned it and told the person that he took it and felt bad about it so he wanted to return it back the her. Then she gave him 20 dollars because he returned it back to her. He felt like a better person and got 20 dollars. He was all happy because its hard for him to get money.

If we give people bigger punishments than we will have less off these problems. Why will it be less of a problem? It would be less of a problem because people will be afraid to do these things. It will be better because no will have to go to court and get a punishment and no one gets mad.

 But in the future if we keep being soft with these people that we will see more and more of this. Then they will keep on doing bad things like I keep saying this. So we need to stop being soft on these people. They disserve it so they can stop doing it. And if we don’t get stricter than we will get softer and softer. Then there will be more problems because we are too soft. We don’t need more problems in this world there all ready is enough problems in the world. So lets not get softer and get stricter so we could have lees of these problems and save.

If you don’t do bad things than you are a better person. If you are a good person than good things will happen to you. If you are a bad person then bad things will happen to you. Like my cousin got 20 dollars for returning the phone. Carma is real believe me. So be a better person because good things will happen to you. Its better to have good things happen to you than bad things. 

Assignment #4 Teen Suicide

Teen suicide is crazy. It’s sad that people commit suicide. It’s even crazier when kids commit suicide because they don’t know any better. A lot of people commit suicide because they are having problems in their life and can’t take it anymore. People always give signs when they are going to commit suicide. I don’t like that people kill themselves because they are tired of living. All they need to do is get help. Think about the other people you are going to hurt if you commit suicide.

Teen suicide is really crazy to me. Suicide is really crazy to me because I would never commit suicide. its crazier when kids and teens commit suicide because they are young and still have a lot to live for. Mine and your life is a gift and you should not waste it. I would also be too afraid to commit suicide. People need to know that teen suicide is a big problem and we should not do anything that will make someone commit suicide.

Teens commit suicide because of all the problems they go through at a young age. We need to help by not giving any teens problems like bullying. When they get tired off all their problems and can’t take it any more they commit suicide. It’s sad because they are young and don’t know that they still have a lot to live for.

When someone is goin to commit suicide they always give signs. They biggest sign are that they tell you they are going to commit suicide.  Like if they say that they are going to commit suicide or if they say it would be better if they were not alive. Another reason is if they start to give a lot of their stuff away. They start to give away stuff that you think that they would never give away. They will also change their mood like if they have been depressed they will all of a sudden be happy like their problems just went away. We need to be aware of those signs what if someone is giving those signs and you are not noticing them.

These teens just need to get help. There are a lot of people out there that would love to help you. If these teens get help than there is a good chance that they would change their mind. A lot of teens would be saved if we pay more attention to the signs that they give us. That’s why it is important to pay attention to these signs so fewer teens can get hurt.

Teens need to think about the people they are going to hurt if they commit suicide. if they want to commit suicide they need to think about how other people are going to feel after they are gone. There are people who love you and would hate to lose you. And you are a teen and every teen has problems you still are young and could do something with your life.

Assignment #5 Teenagers and Gangs

People join gangs to be cool. Kids join gangs because they want to be popular. When people go to prison they also join gangs. Sometimes they want respect so they join a gang. Kids don’t know what they get themselves into when they join a gang. Being in a gang is dangerous. You can not only put yourself in danger but also those who are around you. You get in a gang is not easy and to get out is even harder or sometimes you can’t get out. When you get in a gang you start to do bad things. Gangs don’t help you. A lot of gangs fight for stupid reasons. A lot of people get hurt or killed because of gangs. In a neighborhood with a gang makes people afraid to go outside because the gangs cause trouble. We don’t need gangs to be around teens because they are a bad influence.

People join gangs to be cool. It’s more likely for younger people who join gangs like teens. They join gangs because they are around them a lot or maybe they’re friends are in the gang. They might join a gang because they think that they will get more attention but gang members get more attention from cops. Joining a gang doesn’t make you cool.

People also want respect. Joining a gang don’t really give you respect you will only get respect from the ones that are in it. If you want respect you just have to give the other person respect. You don’t need to join a gang. I would not give you respect if you didn’t give it to me even if you are in a gang.

When people go to prison they join gangs. They join gangs to help they stay protected. But in prison they don’t care either it might help a little but it will also put you in danger. An other person in a other gang might want to kill you because you’re in that gang. When you come out of prison you are not the same as when you went in. You might regret joining a gang in the future.

People and especially teens don’t know what they are getting themselves into when they join a gang. Joining a gang doesn’t help you in life. Joining a gang changes a lot of things you can’t hang out with certain people are can’t be in certain areas. You also can’t wear certain colors like if you’re in bloods you have to wear red. If you are in bloods and wear blue you will get killed by your own gang.

Being in a gang is dangerous. It is dangerous because you can get killed any day of your life when you’re in a gang. Would you like to wake up every morning know that you might not make in back home tonight or going to bed knowing that you are lucky you made it through the day. I know I would not like to be thinking about when I’m going to die. I would like to die at a old age so I can live my life. When you join a gang you don’t only put yourself in danger. You can put the people around you in danger too like your friends and family. Would you want your family to be in danger just because you are in a gang? I would not want anyone to get hurt because of me.

When you get in a gang there is no turning back. When you get in as gang you have to do things to show that you are worthy enough to be in it. It’s not easy to get in it and you won’t like what you have to do go get in it. To get out of a gang it is even harder than it is to get out that’s why I said there is no turning back. Sometimes you can’t get out and if you’re not lucky you might get killed just for wanting to get out of the gang.

When you are in a gang you start to do a lot of bad things. You do bad things because you might have to do bad things for the gang. You also will be introduced to drugs. When you do drugs you mess up your life and it’s bad for your body. Drugs also put you in danger because some drugs are to strong and can kill you because it’s too strong. You also never know how your body will react with these drugs everyone’s body is different and that’s why it is dangerous to do them. Doing these bad things can get you into prison and you might get killed in prison.

Gangs fight for a lot of stupid reasons. Do you want to get in trouble for stupid reasons? When you are in a gang you are going in a wrong path to messing up your life because when you get in trouble it goes in your record and you get a bad reputation and harder to get a job and other stuff. Gangs are constantly fighting over things like who’s a better gang. Gangs get in gang fight and then someone gets hurt and then they fight again because they hurt the other gang member. They just find a way to fight each other because they hate each other.

A lot of people get hurt because of gangs. Even innocent people get hurt because they are where there are a lot of gangs. Sometimes people are in the wrong place at the wrong time. People get scared to go outside if there in a neighborhood with a lot of gangs. They don’t let their children outside because they don’t want them to get hurt. People get killed because of gangs like gang’s members, people who hang out with gangs, or their family members. No one wants to lose a friend or a family member because it’s just sad to lose someone you know. When someone dies it’s your fault because you put them in danger because you are in a gang. We don’t want gangs around teens and children because they are a bad influence.

Assignment #6 Teenagers & Relationships



In young relationship it never works out. There is so much drama in teen relationships. It also distracts kids from school. In a lot of teen relationship parents don’t even know that there child has started dating. Kids don’t tell their parents because they know that most parents won’t approve. In these relationships it’s mostly always the girl who gets hurt in the end. It’s better to start a relationship when you are older not when you’re young. Sometimes there is a teen who is not taking the relationship serious and the other partner. Some teens are just in a relationship because they want to have sex with the other. There are some teens that will commit suicide because their relationship didn’t work out.

Young relationships never work. They never work because were young and don’t know what we want completely. Teens never take relationships serious. Or when they do they still don’t work out. Teens always and always will have problems with their relationship. We will always have problems because we are young and we get mad for stupid reasons. Teens just have a lot of problems now these days.

Teen relationships have too much drama. It’s ridiculous how much drama teen relationships can cause. Girls get in fight because they want the same guy and in the end the guy don’t care what happens to them. Or the other way around guys get mad because you look at their girl or talk to that girl. Even in the relationships the girl don’t want you talking to any girls or the guy don’t want you talking to any guys. It’s just too much fighting. Then when they break up because they want to be with someone else they get mad and start arguing. Someone will cry and start talking about what they can do to work it out. Too much drama like I said.

Relationships also distract kids with school. They think about each other to much or think about what they are going to do after school with each other. If there in the same class they talk to each other all period. When they do that they don’t learn in class and fall behind in that class. They also won’t do their homework because they are with each other all day after school or talk on the phone all night. It’s hard for a kid to keep doing well in school if they are in a relationship.

When kids are in a relationship a lot of parents don’t even know they are. They don’t know because there child don’t want to tell them. There child don’t want to tell them because they know that they won’t let them be with each other. And if they know that there child is in a relationship then they will keep a close eye on them and won’t let them go out as much. A teen don’t want their parents following them around they will go crazy. It will also make them feel weird.

When relationship ends someone always gets hurt. In these situations it’s almost always the girl who gets hurt. I think they get hurt because girls are really emotional. Then when this happens the girl think that she is ugly and is not good for anyone. That’s bad because the girl might commit suicide.

Some teens might not be taking these relationships serious. They are just in a relationship to look cool. Or maybe they are using the person. They never work out when one person takes it serious and the other one doesn’t they just don’t stay together long because of that. In that situation the person who is taking the relationship serious gets hurt because they wanted it to work out. The other one won’t even care they will just find someone else.

Some teens are just in relationship for sex. They just use the person to get it. When they get what they want they might leave to other person. Guys do this to a lot of girls. When guys do it, it’s cool to everyone. When girls do it everyone looks at them bad. A lot of teens just use the other to get sex. That’s why teens can never take a relationship serious.

Some teens commit suicide because of these relationships. Teens commit suicide because they are having problems in these relationships or when they break up and one person really loved the other. It’s just too much pressure for teens I guess. They don’t have to commit suicide because there are a lot of people in this world and they could find someone else. Teens just need to come down and if they need it get help. They are not going to make anyone or themselves feel better if they commit suicide they just need to let it go. Teen relationships cause too much drama like I said in the beginning.

Teen relationships never last. They never last because they are young. The younger you are the less it’s going to work out. When you are young it’s harder to be in a relationship. It’s better to start a relationship when you are older. When you are older you know what you want. You know how to make a relationship work out. When you are older you are more mature and that helps in a relationship. When you are older your parents don’t care if you are in a relationship you can do whatever you want when you are older. It’s just better to start a relationship when you are older.
So if you don’t want to get hurt and want your relationship to last you should start if when you are older because teen relationships are just too much drama.