Teen Stories
Below are five success stories from teens – in their words.
Conrad B.
In High School my mother would always want to know where I was going. The answer was simple, I was going to the movies or ice skating or to hang out with the kids my mom knew were “good kids.” This was all fine and dandy with her because I was, in fact, a “good kid.” Sure I had made some mistakes and gotten caught drinking and drugging a couple of times...
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Kristina H.
Expectations started off early in life for me. By the time I was in kindergarten, I had my entire life planned out...
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Becca K.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. It’s not fair. God hates me. I woke up on September 26th, 2005 to those thoughts; I could think of nothing else. For the past fifteen months, I had changed dramatically from a people-pleasing smudge on my senior high school panoramic picture to this raging drug addict...
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David B.
Moving to the United States was a very hard time in my life. I was born in Scotland and forced to move to Katy due to my fathers work. It was hard for me to fit in having a different accent, not knowing the language...
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Kristina C.
I remember the feeling I had when I first started lying. It was this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. As I grew up, I learned to push this feeling down and tune it out. I lied to everyone...
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