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See’s Candy Bar
I remember when I was a kid I was doing a fundraiser selling See’s
candy bars. I remember buying one to try it out. When I tried it out
the taste of it was so good my mouth dropped when I was chewing
on it. It was a wonderful taste that I fell in love with.
If only I had a choice to have it one more time I would save it
all! Make it last as long as I can and enjoy it. Not only have one, but
millions of them and share them and share them with my family,
son and good friends. I love this candy so much. I dreamt about it
one night.
It been so long since I had one, so when I get out of detention
my personal goal is to go to See’s Candy and buy a pack and save
them to myself. So that my first candy in the world the taste of this
candy is a milk sweet chocolate with almond nuts in it.
-Joel
From The Beat: Joel, what a delightful sounding treat! Quite a few
members of our staff like See’s Candy as well. We really love the
description that you put in with this food, it really does sound amazing.
Continue to write about other things to excite you, we are interested
to see what you are capable of!
I Love Candy!
Snickers.
They’re creamy, and has many peanuts
Chocolate
Caramel
Nuts
Chocolate
The stickiest candy I have ever had.
Sweet creamy, and sticky caramel!
-Cardaja
From The Beat: Yum! We love your choice. And we agree that it is
sticky! However, it is kind of a good thing though, because that sweet
taste lingers in the mouth all day long, right? Enjoy the candies when
you have them in the future!
A Bad High
A couple years back I was going to stay at a friends, and we told our
parents we were going to see a movie. What we really had in mind
was going to get drunk. So my friend and I had someone buy us Four
Locos, we each got two.
When we got the drinks we went to the person’s house that
bought them for us. When we got there we drank one Four Loco and
smoked a blunt, then we left. We ran across the street and I finished
my next Four Loco and my friend took a few sips of his, then he
handed it to me to go to the bathroom. I was already drunk at this
point, but I started drinking off of his, and that’s all I remember.
When I woke up the next morning I was in my bed, scared. I
called my mom into my room and she told me what had happened.
After we were done drinking my friend’s mom came and picked us
up, she knew something was wrong. I threw up in her car, all over.
When we got to her house she called my mom, and she came
and picked me up. Then my mom called my dad because she thought
I had alcohol poisoning. When my dad arrived they took me to the
ER, but I started coming to my senses, so we didn’t go in. When
we got to my house my dad put me in the tub and washed all of the
vomit off me, and put me in bed.
This was a very bad experience for me, it also taught me a very
good lesson. I learned that people that buy youth alcohol don’t know
the effect it can have on someone. I could have died if I drank more,
and some teens do die from this. After this experience I never drank
again, and don’t want to. I hope adults will be smart enough to not
buy alcohol for kids in the future, to save lives, and help youth stay
clean of drugs and alcohol.
-Taylor
From The Beat: We agree that adults should not be buying alcohol for
kids, but we think you are missing the moral of your story. You asked
for alcohol to be bought for you and YOU drank it. You might want to
consider taking some responsibility for your actions.
Standouts Portland, Oregon Volume 17.01/02
Locked Up
Being locked up is one of the worst feelings I’ve ever experienced.
Being under the custody of your state, in my country if you get
locked up once they expect you to never commit a crime, but if you
come back they will send you to a prison for a lesson.
I am a Muslim and committing a crime is against my religion.
Being a Muslim has a lot of rules in the religion. I really love being
a Muslim because of the way that the Muslim religion started. I
was born in the U.S. and I’m the first generation in my family to
be born in America. My parents and older siblings were all born
in Somalia, Africa, and they moved to the U.S. luckily because my
sister had a deadly disease and the only country that had the cure
for her disease was America.
My parents were also happy because they knew that they were
about to be living a better life. Even though I was born in America
I still know a lot about my people and culture. My parents sent
me back to Somalia, Africa the winter of 2008 for about 7 months.
When I went to Somalia, I would say I was a good boy, but when I got
back to America I started disrespecting my family, using drugs and
getting in trouble with the law.
Why I started behaving like that was because of the habits I
learned while I was in Somalia for the seven months that I spent
there. But I started committing a lot of crimes and now here I am
locked up in JDH (Juvenile Detention Home) for another charge.
But thank God that I am not facing any serious charges so when I
get out I want to stay out of trouble, focus on school, be loyal to my
family. And try to become a successful person and make my people
happy by becoming the President of Somalia.
-Abdirahman
From The Beat: It sounds like you have some great goals to strive for
and we wish you luck with them! Respect for your loved ones is so
important as they can be such a support for you in getting back on
track. Thank you for sharing with us! We hope your sister is well and
that the cure worked.