I am currently in this program. I am living on cen...

I am currently in this program. I am living on center. I came to Gary Job corps wanting to try something new and do something different. I came here March 1, 2016 and I am about to graduate on November 23, 2016. Before I came here I was at home still attending high school supposed to be graduating high in May of 2017. When I first applied I was thinking that hey why don't I try something that no other person in my school would think about doing. So I applied for Gary Job Corps and after finishing my applications and everything on January 26, 2016, I got the call saying that I was able to come here and all that February 16, 2016 I was all happy and excited at first and then she said the date that I was going up to Gary Job Corps and I got even more excited. So when I first arrived I had fun with a lot of my CPP members and did everything that I was supposed to do in CPP. When I found out that I was going to the NUECES DORM, I was like YES I GOT ONE OF THE NICE DORMES and when I got there I was like this is going to be the greatest time of my life, well I was wrong. The first room that I was moved into, I was being harassed sexually by my other roommates. Then they moved me into a second room and I had a great time with the roommates that were in this room and then they all graduated and I ended up alone for six weeks cleaning daily and everything making the room smell nice and all of the good things that cleaning does. Then it came to the week before my family vacation and I got a new roommate the Saturday before. The next weekend my roommate was gone because she assaulted me by punching me in the face, slapping the back of my head three times, slamming my head into the floor, kicking me in the ribs, and slapping me on top of my head with a backpack that had stolen items in it. Then I got a new roommate named D'LISSA STEGER who was the best roommate ever. Then I got my new roommate named Miranda Trujillo about to be Miranda Gutierrez whose been here less than I have. She has called me a liar so many times and I was going to give up and my mom stopped me because she knew that I could hang in. My roommate can call me a liar and say that I don't have asthma and allergies but she not the one who has ever had to deal with the struggles going along with those problems. Even though the food here is disgusting, at least were getting food instead of having to dig in trash cans or begging for food or starving ourselves. There is no reason to complain about the food or the education at least this stuff is free and you don't have to pay for it. Like they say this isn't your last chance but it is your best chance. I have broken down so many times here that I was wanting to go home, I thought that I didn't need this place but since I came here in the middle of the eleventh grade I would be at home in the same grade as my sister and I'm trying to be a great role model for my sisters. I have had tough times and good times but the greatest time you will have at this place is when you walk across that stage or get that certification in your hand saying you finally did something worth more than stupid things like drugs, guys, girls, etc.. You don't need that stuff to succeed, you want it to help you but in all reality that stuff is distracting you and bring you deeper in a hole and soon enough you are going to be buried in that hole asking or begging for people help and they won't help you because either you owe them or because you have lost there trust because you did something stupid. I have gained friend here but have lost more friends here than I ever gained. Mots people say there is time to fool around in life and everything but that time comes after you finish everything that you need too. The only way you can earn or get things is if you work for them and that is what they try and teach you here. This place is a great place and could get better but it still is a great place. I would suggest this place for anybody in need of a job, anybody who decided to drop-out of high school, and anybody who needs help in life.
GET IN & GET OUT!!