Tuesdays Blog

1. In todays world I do think kids grow up too fast. Just the other day I found out someone I know was moving out of their parents house at just sixteen, which is a very young age to go out to the real world. I was watching sixty minutes a week ago and the interesting fact of the day was teen pregnancy went up by 5% in the past year. This just makes me think it might not be along time before i'm out on my own.

2. Geralds life is really different than the average high school student. He has to take on the responsibility of taking care of his half sister, he doesn't know who his real father is, he justlives with his mom and half sister,they don't have alot of money Gerald was abused as a kid, and he doesn't have much family at all. This made Gerald a very strong boy physically and mentally. This made him very responsible at a very young age which will come in handy when he gets older. I believe Gerald is one of the few people when they have a hard childhood turn out to be great people.
This is an example of choosing the right choice over the popular choice
3. One year when the volleyball season had begun I asked to be on two different teams but I could be only on one. The one teams had people that was a surefire victory in the tournament. On the other hand The other team had my friends that I have known for a long time but they weren't that good at the end of the day I made the tough decisions to go with my long time friends. Even though we lost in the first roung I felt as if I made the right decision

Chapter 3-7 response

AT the end of my seventh grade year my dog became very sick. Every night I would wake up to my dog having seizures and throwing up. This went on for about two weeks of me just staying going to school coming home and taking care of my dog. It was very depressing. Every twenty minutes when she had a seizure I would have to clean up after her cause when you ahve a seizure you loose control of all your valves. After buying the best medicine money could buy she was still not getting better. So I knew it was time for the painful visit to the vet. I couldn't go to the vet cause my mom didn't want me to go and plus I had a baseball game so my step father tooik her in and put her to sleep. That night my other dog Zeus could't even sleep cause he wasn't able to sleep cause he was't used to his mother figure Kandy my other dog being there to take care of him. I was very sad for about 2 weeks sowas my dog Zeus who stopped eating because he wasn't used no having Kandy there. THat was one of the most toughest times in my ;life

Child Abuse statistics

Child Abuse has been a big factor in America for many years.Here are some statistics for child abuse that might leave you shocked.

Approximately 906,000 kids suffer from abuse and neglect each year.

For every thousand kid that is abused approximately 16 kids are fatally abused.

Approximately 1,500 kids are killed each year from abuse and neglect which results just about four kids per day.

79% of the kids who are killed are under the age of 4

80% of young adults who were abused in their past will wind of in a psychiatric ward before the age of 21

1/3 of children abused will abuse their own children.
These statistics are compiled from the National Institute on Drug Abuse 2000 Report & Child Abuse & Neglect Study by Arthur Becker-Weidman PhD and www.childhelp.org