Why do people get addicted to drugs?

Why do people get addicted to drugs? Because it's around them, they associate themselves around people that are bad influence on them, and peer pressure. You can't control anyone and their lives. It's their choice to do the drugs and use it. Basically, I think it is peer pressure that is how I got starting using drugs. Then I quit because I wanted to live longer and saw that they weren't worth doing nothing. It slows down your life and it waists your time.

Why is an education good for me? Why do I come to school?

This is my last year to drive through and complete high school. I can't flunk and screw up my last year. If I was in a regular high school, I would flunk automatically. Why? Because when you have a big class room with about twenty five students and one teacher, you can't get the teachers attention right away. Whenever I got my teachers attention I forgot my question (I am enthusiastic). I love this school because it is a small class room and two teachers to help you out. I come to school, so I can get my career job and be successful and learn something new everyday. I don't want to have minimum wage job for the rest of my life. If I go to college, I'll be the first kid to go to college. this will make my parents proud of me. They are already proud of me so far.

What would I do when I lost all my house and valuables?

If a fire occurred when I wasn't home and I came back with no house. I would be devastated. I would care about my family instead of my belongings. I wouldn't care if I had worn the same clothes on my back for three days or more. I've never experienced a fire or a flood, but my cousins had have their own house burnt down, which they lived a block away from me. What would me and my family do if I didn't have a house? I would try to go to a relatives house. We have a lot of support from our family.

Dedication

What does dedication mean to me? It means, a goal that you want to accomplish, or something that you want to accomplish in your future to be a better person for yourself and others around you. I have a lot of goals in my life that I want to accomplish. I could give you a list, but it is never ending. I'll give you a few: One- going to college and being successful. Two- getting my permit and then my license afterwards. Three- show respect to everyone even if they are throwing a nasty attitude at you. Four- moving out of the read one eighty class and getting my G.E.D. And five- coming to school everyday even if I am tired (cough cough Rebkah telling me to go to school everyday), but that makes me push and drive myself to get to school everyday. This is my last chance for school to go to college.

Dean H. and secretary, Hello, my name is Mackenzie Marie Allen Rowley Jackson. On April, I went with some of my friends to a get together party that was in Salem Keizer. We went to the apartment started meeting new people (that I should've realized they were a bad influence on me), drinking was involved, and loud music. My parents knew that I was staying the night at a best friends house and my parents would come get me the in the morning time. Well that din't execute. Me and my friend decided not to stay at her house instead have a little fun that night (go drink). I knew my parents always loved me NO matter what happened to me. My parents were dissapointed in me getting an M.I.P. I don't like to see someone upset exspecially my parents. Every child wants to make their parents and family proud of what you accomplish in the near future. I took some thought the very next day what had happened that night and made some changes in my life: Not hanging around people that make bad choices, stop the drugs that I was using, and focus on my future. I'm going to school at the Downtown Leanring Center. I'm a senior and my last year to catch up and focus to be successful and go to college next winter fall to get my career job that I've always wanted (which I can't decide yet).

Since then I have not been doing any more drugs and have turned my life around. I enjoy spending time with my family coming home and telling them what happened everyday. I got into contact with my best friend from sixth grade, she made me realize and take two steps back that I did something really wrong (I thank her for helping me). I wake up every week day and look forward to go school. I'd never enjoyed school I just socialized a lot and not give a dam about school work. This school is amazing, I used to have a bad comprehension problem , low reading lexile score, and not to good at writting. All that has changed. My parents are proud of me I love that feeling to hear that from my parents. My younger brother, sister, dad, and mom have seen a HUGE change in me. We have wonderful realtionships together it's amazing unbelieveable to think that I turned around and like to spend time on my family realtionship.

I want to give you a list of my goals in my life that I want to accomplish:

• Going to college
• Get a part-time job
• Study for my permit/license test
• Believe in me and others
• Be successful
• Be courteous to others
• Have a positive attitude even if it is stressful situations
• Stay away from people that are using drugs
• Don't be selfish
• Worry about others before me

My grandmother Kathy Nuss (my mothers mom) sounds, acts, and take care of me just EXACTLY like my mother (Kimberly). I love my grandparents, their two special grandparents that I enjoy visiting. Both of my parents were in California four weeks ago. My grandma lives ten minutes away from my parents house. She told me to call her when I need to speak to someone for advice, and to chat if I'm lonely. I look up to her as my mother, because she did a good job raising my mother.

FAVORITE THING TO DO IN SPARE TIME!

I love to be athletic in my spare time. I don't like to watch television, I would only do that when I'm bored or want to catch up on my television shows. I have to have my cell phone wherever I go, even if it is to the bathroom. I do have a boyfriend that I met on June 19th by my sisters boyfriend. Kyle is his name. He's amazing and I love being around him because he has a since of humor, and could always make me laugh when I'm not in a happy mood. He brings my spirit right back up. Also in my spare time I like to clean my room and listen to music, and walk my dogs. I love love animals.