Meet the Team
I wish I never gotten into trouble with the law
because it impacted the time being and my future in a negative way. Getting
arrested is extremely embarrassing, and it cost a lot of money. The worst part
about the money is that when you’re a minor you’re parents are forced to pay it
or you’ll get into even more trouble. And most people’s parents already do a
lot for them, and forcing to pay you’re fines for you messing up isn’t fair.
Another problem is going to be getting a job when I’m able to. Almost all good
jobs run background checks and no good company is going to want to hire someone
with a felony. I could get my record expunged when I turn 18 but that cost a
lot of money and takes a lot of time. I won’t be able to own a gun when I’m
older because of my felony, and if I get caught with a weapon in my possession
I will get in a lot of trouble. The military does not except felony’s either,
so if I don’t get that thing removed I’m probably going to be working at
McDonalds. Right now it’s affecting me because I have to take time out of my
week, and sometimes school to go meet with my probation officer or go down to
treatment to talk to my counselor. I have to go to treatment for 3 months once
a week when I could be doing something with family or friends instead. My mom
and dad had to take a lot of time off of work to deal with my court and getting
me to and from my meetings. That makes me feel bad because the money that there
missing out on could be put to use. Every night that you’re in juvenile
detention cost 40 dollars. The 25 days I did in detention were the most boring
days of my entire life and if you ask me they most definitely were not worth 40
dollars. The meals were made by the Clark county jail inmates and probably cost
who ever made them like 50 cents. The soap you got to shower with didn’t make
you feel clean and was cheaper feeling that motel soap, the showers were cold
to. The school in there didn’t teach me very much, but it was a lot better than
sitting in your cell. I was locked in my cell for probably 19 hours a day with
nothing but a mattress, a toilet, a sink, a book and blanket. They let you get
a sweatshirt to because sometimes it gets freezing. If you finished your book,
then sometimes you would have to wait a couple hours with nothing to do until
you could exchange books. I always told myself when school was over I would
just go back to my cell and go to sleep, but when it came down to it I couldn’t
sleep. It was nothing but super lame.