Category: Life Stories

by Angel, San Mateo Lots of people might see me from many different perspectives. I’ve met plenty of people from many different places in my sixteen years of life. Many might say I’m a bad person with bad intentions, while many other people might say the complete opposite. When I go to school my teachers tell me I’m smart. They tell me I’m very curious.  Here in the unit, staff tells me all types of different things, one of them said, I’ve changed for the worst. Other staff tell me I have lots of potential. While working out, one staff

by Junior, San Mateo I think it’s kind of bad to think of the future in my opinion, but I want to talk about the things I want later on in life. Once I am settled and have a good paying job, I would like to live in Los Angeles, CA., or in Miami, Florida. I would like to live in these two cities because of their environments. Both of these cities have a high amount of population. They both have beautiful beaches filled with many people especially the fine as females. If I were to live in one of

by Mando, San Mateo I hate jail. It’s always the same thing every day. I hate getting told what to do all day long. Something I’m looking forward to is court. I have court soon, ten days from today. I’m not getting out soon. I know that for sure.  I saw my mom today and my step dad. It was good to see them. I only get to see them for an hour though. That sucks. My mom gave me a book called Adrift. I guess it’s about a couple that gets lost at sea and it’s based on a

by YoungMan, San Mateo My main purpose in writing this is to apologize to my parents that have taken care of me, helped me and supported me since day one. Even though there’s times that I put them through hell, I wouldn’t be where I was without them. You guys have done the unimaginable and helped me throughout my whole life.  The first parent is my mom and this is one of the most important people to me. Being in here really taught me to appreciate my mom. Now, don’t get me wrong, I never did anything out of pocket

by Junior, San Mateo  I enjoy doing many things during my lifetime. Especially during the winter, spring and the summer. Something I like to do is playing video games. For example, my PlayStation 4 that I have at my house. I enjoy playing many games on it and I also love playing online with local friends and many other people I meet online. The main video games that I play are Fortnite, Call Of Duty, Black Ops Three, Warzone etc., Grand Theft Auto and sometimes Minecraft. There are many other video games that I would play, but I would play

 by Jr., San Mateo My life is very crazy and many things have happened in my life that might not have happened to other people. For example, one time I was at my basketball game and we had to play a rival team. I knew people that played for the team so I was talking smack to them just to get in their head.  Once it was game time, I got my team pumped up because I was the team captain. I tucked my jersey in because we have to, then waited for the tip off. I made the first

by Gucc, San Mateo It’s 7 AM. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. I start to knock on my door loud, “AYE pop my door! I’m ready!”  The staff replies jokingly “ Wow Mr. Gucc you’re up early today!”  To which I don’t reply. I don’t have time for jokes or conversation. I have one thing and one thing only on my mind. Going home.  I hear the sound of the lock on my door retracting. I open my door and quickly put my Bob Barker shoes against it to keep it propped.  “Aye can

by EE, Sacramento My greatest teacher is mistakes and losses. As you, everyone takes losses and makes mistakes. And trust me, in my life, I have had plenty of both. Mistakes are there for you to learn from them, so you can do better in the future. They are learning experiences.  If no one ever made a mistake, then we wouldn’t know our rights from wrongs. To be honest, we probably wouldn’t do half the things we do. Every time I make a mistake, it encourages me to stop guessing and try my best on each question. If I wouldn’t

by Gucc, San Mateo I’ve been reading a book on psychological improvement. Actually, I finished the book recently. So, I’ve been working on myself in every aspect. I’ve been doing a whole lot of introspection, seeing who I really am. I also have been practicing meta-cognition and if you don’t know what that is, it’s being aware of your thoughts so basically thinking about thinking.  Some people don’t ever question their thoughts. They just think that that is themselves talking. But truthfully, your mind isn’t you. Even though it sounds strange, it’s true. On average a person has 50,000 thoughts

by RJ, Sacramento My parents weren’t really strict. Growing up with my pops, he tried to play his role. I mean he was playing his role before he had gotten sick. My pops and moms were arguing most of the time growing up.  I can’t really remember a time when we shared a good time and a good moment. My family was always going through some things, and we didn’t really have moments to share, or have things I could really remember.  My dad always made sure me and my sis had our clothes and things we needed for school.