IF I COULD CHANGE THE UNITED STATES...

I would let people that really want the best of them and they want to become a better person I would let them come here because I think that everyone deserves a chance. Some people think that immigrants should not be here but I think they should let them come but only the only ones that want to work and be a better person. If the United States had no immigrants imagine how it would be. . .

Kristell

If I was in high school again . . .

If I was in high school again . . .

• I would go to every activity the school offered.
• I would not worry so much about my grades.
• I would take more art and music classes.
• I would not have worked so much.
• I would have been more outgoing and done more fun stuff with my friends.
• I would have tried to do a sport.
• I would have started my own club.
• I would have dated everyone!
• I would have laughed more and cried less.
• I would have had 5 best friends, instead of 1.
• I would have spent more time with my family.
• I would have applied for more scholarships for college.
• I would have gone to bed later.

Lesli

If I was at home I would be . . .

If I was at home I would be . . .

• At school
• Have a job working with my dad welding
• Working to buy a car – a V-Tec Honda
• NOT getting in trouble
• Having fun with my friends
• Working on graduating from high school
• Taking care of my little brother

Edgar

My Mom

My mom is actually a great person, only when she drinks is when she is not my mom any more. She is so out of control when she is on alcohol, I was taken from my mom to the state four different times. They always gave me and my brothers and sisters back to my mom. After a while I got sick and tired of the drinking, so I ran away and I got in trouble with the law and have been in states custody ever since.
When my mom was sober she was so nice but when she toke a drink, it was like she turned into the devil. As a kid I always thought it was my fault that my mom drank, she always told me and my brothers and sisters it was are fault she drank and we drove her so crazy that she hade to do it, but as I grew up and got older, I realized that it was not mine and my brothers and sisters fault that she is an alcoholic. And that she will never change, unless she wakes up one day and realize that she does not half I live the way she is living and that there is hope for her life.
Her Son Jesse

Having a girl

Coming to Summit was a good thing because when I came here I found out that a very fine girl liked me. But she likes a lot of guys too and that is okay. Because I liked her and I always have every sense I came to this school.

Richie

Things You Love About Fridays

The things I love about Fridays is, I get payed and go kick it with my homies. Spend time with my family & my daughter and do things with them like go out to eat our go out to the movies our go out shopping with them. So we could spend more time with each other and show them that you love to spend time with them and that you have a lot of fun spending time with them. I go to the clubs on Fridays to cause I just want to see how it is cause a lot of people said that its fun going to the club, so I only go when my boyz cause I hate being alone, I like to have friends to keep me company. I like to do a lot of things on Friday because its tha weekend it’s time for me to go out and kick it with my homboyz, my racing crew cause I hate liven’ this messed up life that I’m liven’ in right now I hate being in the system now I just want to get out today the September 14, 2007 its on a Friday but anywayz that’s what I got to say….


By: Sarith

ABOUT MY DAD

My dad is a really serious guy he loves to show what he feels about people he is an honest man. He loves to protect his family. He does not let anyone talk about his family. He is always there for his family too. My dad never went to school because he didn’t have enough money to go to school but my dad is a really smart guy with a really huge heart.


Kristell

My favorite things about Friday

1. I like Friday's because I get paid.
2. I get to stay up late.
3. I get to sleep in on Saturday.
4. I get to talk to my family.
5. I get to go on a home visit.
6. I get to go to the mall.
7. No school the next day.
8. The weekend!
9. I don't have to wake up at 5 am!
10. I get to go see my friends.

Edgar

About my mom

My mom is a very nice person. She always been there for me and when I was in trouble she came to see me and helped me out with the problem I was having. I will do anything for my mom, and my dad. I love them. And if I go big they are the first people I will go to and help them out, because they supported me, so I got to do the same. All I go to say to all my boys is that, are family comes first, we need to take care of are family. I mean they’ve been there for us so we got to do the same. My mom is also a strong woman, because she had to take care of 3 boys and 3 girls and she does not give up.

Lorenzo

September 11th

September 11th was a terrible tragedy that took many
innocent lives. The whole story about September 11th,
is a sad story that only people who have respect for the
family’s of the gracious people that lost their lives, ether
by dying instantly by the impact, or dying trying to save
fellow Humans, should talk with respect about the sad story.
All we can do know is try to prevent terrible tragedies like
September 11th.
Dennon

System

I use to hang out wit the homies from Provo but now I don’t because I am in the system. If it was not for the system then I would hang out wit them. Oh well so yeah I can not wait to get out of this school but I want to go home and go to work.

Victor

Ninja

I was going with my friend Lunatic to his girls Cids house and we were watching scary movie 2. It was funny and Hatchet and me started to tell jokes. I thought he was chill, so we keep on hanging out and then I met Bobo a funny guy. Then from there we always hung out. They’re all some down ninjas, my family for life. We would always get in trouble together and party. Those were some fun times. Then I got locked up and every thing went crappy. And now I’m here.

Cole

A Prayer

WE READ A STORY IN CLASS ABOUT HIP HOP CULTURE, AND I WHANTED TO SAY A PRAYER ABOUT HIP HOP AND THE GANGSTER LIFE.

Heavenly father, please hear me tonight
I need so much guidance to live my life right
Sometimes the pressure is to hard to bear
I often wonder if anyone cares

How can I wake up and face a new day
Knowing I have to live my life this crazy way
Heavenly father forgive all my sins
I want to change but where do I begin

Give me the strength to resist the nightly gun fire
please God bless my familie
who's eyes silently plead for me,
not to go, as they watch me leave
And God bless my mother
who cries every night,
hoping I don't get killed in another gun fight

Heavenly father. please answer my prayer
let me know you're listening up there
When will it end? What's it for?
To prove to my homies that I am down, I am hard core

Sometimes I wonder how I will die
A bullet wound? A knife in my side?
Heavenly father; please hear me tonight
give me the courage and strength to live my life right
Show me the way. Help give me peace
So I don't have to fight

Thank you for your forgiveness Lord
and for still being there, and most of all
Thanks for listening to a "GANGSTER'S PRAYER"

AMEN

JESSE

A world of me

If I had a car, I would pick up my friends and I would go to Vegas a lot. I would go to Los Angeles, too. I would like to race a lot. In my world I would only eat Mexican food. I would spend all day kickin it with my hommies and go cruising all day. I would only go home to take a shower and then leave with my friends again.

Edgar

What I like to do

I like to play football cus I like to hit things and stuff just like that. I am not like that a bad man but doing that feels good. Playing foot ball and being with girls and my son make me feel good.

By Rich

What I do

I like to hang out with the home boys and relax. I like to sleep and hang out with anybody that is not boring. I like to kick it wit girls who are beautiful and I like to talk to them. I don’t like Nintendo or anything like that that’s nerd stuff. I like to go cruising around Provo. I like to watch some movies. I just saw the movie Beans Holiday. It was tight.

Victor

CAN PEOPLE STOP USING DRUGS?

What I think is that they can stop if only they want to stop, only if they are serious about doing it. Because they can say they are going to quit using them and they can go to rehab and still do drugs. I think that when a person is going to quit using drugs they don’t need any one to help them. It’s all up to them if they want to quit. I do know that they need support from their family and friends but everything it’s all up to them.

By Kristell

Things to do

Some things that I like to do are: playing ball with my boys, play football, go to the club,
and just have fun and what ever comes up. And if I don’t have any thing to do, I promise you I will find something to do and I will do it. I also like spending time with kids because I like helping them out and they so fun to play with. That’s why I can’t wait until
I have my own kids, because when I do have my own kids we will have fun and I can
be there to support them and help them out with what ever they need help. I have always
been wanting to have a boy first and then a girl.

Lorenzo

School

At school there are many things to do. For one, you go to class. In class you do whatever there is to do in that certain class. In algebra, you do math, and sometimes play games. I could go on and on about what you can do in each class but, I‘ll just talk about the specific class I’m in. First period is keyboarding, second is math, third period health, fourth English, and fifth period is biology. I like all the classes that I have. I also like lunch. The one thing I don’t like about lunch is the way you can’t hang around outside. But, I guess that just the way it is. In conclusion, There are many things to do in school.

By Dennon

This is about a thug life

Being in a gang is the most messed up life you will ever live cause you got to watch your bacc because you mite get killed by your enemy and your family will all be involved with your case because of some gang banger kill one of your family member. Your family will always be there for you no matter what. Even most of your homies will be there for you when you need them and if most of your homies say that they are down for you and when it comes down to it and they are not even there for that’s what you call a messed up homies and when they need your help don’t go and help them show them how you felt when they didn’t show up for you treat them how they treat you…

By: Sarith