My Life Before I Came To Job Corps

My life before I came to Job Corps was hell because I was on the streets doing things I wasn’t supposed to be doing I was always in trouble and hanging with the wrong people. We never talked about the future. Honestly, nobody expected to have one. Not really. People got killed or just came up missing everyday. I never listened to my mom. I always wanted to do things on my own. Life was not turning out like I had always figured and dreamed it would and I just could not put my finger on why. I kept going my same old way for a long time. One of my buddies got put into jail and one just never came back to my street no more. That was hard. It made me feel lost and scared and I just couldn’t focus on anything for a long time.
I heard about Job Corps from my sister. She was here so she told me to come cause she loved me and wanted me to stay out of the streets. So she knew that this would be a good move for me. It sounded interesting the things she was saying. She always stuck up for me in
I will have a future to look forward to! Job Corps made me a better person life wise because it made my head cleaner and it taught me a lot of things I didn’t know before. It also made me want to be somebody in life. Now I have a purpose and a drive. I love carpentry work. I am a very creative person and can help my customers over their design hurdles. I can make it so their projects are a joy in their lives instead of a pain where they get angry and fight with each other. I can help them save money and not waste their materials. I believe I can lead a crew some day because Job Corps helped me get a good attitude and get myself straight. In the future I will be helping my children get a good attitude from the start and they won’t be wastin’ any of their precious time like I had to to learn the hard way. They will be self starters and take off the right