Do They Run When You Come Book Report

Sitting in the middle of the floor was a sixteen year old girl who had just finished a basketball game. Usually after games, the girl would sit with the rest of the team to watch the boys play. Instead, the girl walked out of the gym with tears freely falling from her cheeks hoping nobody would notice them. After she had sat down, a few members of the team noticed her absence and went looking for her. The reason the girl didn’t want to be seen with tears was because some others on the team had been experiencing the same thing that she was. What this girl was experiencing was emotional trauma created by her male coach. The

Mary Ann is a 19-year-old college student, who has sought counseling for her depression. She has been extremely exhausted and feels she is doing poorly in her academics. Marcus, her counselor tries to guide her in a counseling session. Mary Ann explains her depression and where she believes it stems from. When Mary Ann was a teenager she was raped, which led her to have an abortion. Mary Ann feels ashamed and believes she will go to Hell. Mary Ann holds religion highly and is in conflict because she believes she’s a murderer. Marcus tells Mary Ann to explore her spirituality by looking into other religions that will accept her for her mistakes. Marcus believes her religion is the root of her problems, in return he tries to persuade

There was a dance at the highschool and Scott decided to go with Lee. When Mouth decided that he wanted to go to the dance he figured that he would have to have a date. So he started to ask girls and they sadly had all declined him. He asked out every single girl in the grade. He kept track just to make sure that he asked everyone. After all of the girls that he has asked none of them said yes. “Mouth was there, too. He got turned down by at least seven girls in the brief time I was watching. I had to give him credit for being resilient. Nothing seemed to bother him. If I asked a girl to dance and she said no, I’d want to crawl into a hole and die”(Lubar 184). The day after the dance had occured Mouth went over to Scott’s house so he would return Scott’s money that he had given to him. “But he didn't ask to come in. “Here,” he said, holding out a couple of dollars. I figured he would spend another fifteen minutes describing the whole event, but he just said “Thanks” and left”(Lubar 195). Scott did not think anything of it. Scott’s thoughts was just that he was going to give him his money and he did not think about all that much the way he was acting. Scott, if anything, was thankful that Mouth came here and left with no complications. Mouth changed the most because if Mouth had have given that money back, and was

Growth and time reveal old hurts but in the midst we can always find God’s love and grace. Gone are the days of chasing approval of men (and women). Instead I lean into the One who sought me first. And now my heart’s desire is to be transformed daily into the image of Christ.

The majority of the people in the world don’t intentionally put themselves in dangerous situations, yet tragedies occur every day. Each year a motorcycle hill climbing competition is held in New Plymouth, Idaho called the Big Nasty Hill Climb. On September 19, 2009 my sister’s best friend Lacy Fine set out for a day of fun with her cousin Brittani and her cousin’s boyfriend Carlos to watch the hyped up event. She’s never been the most cautious person because her attention span is that of someone with ADHD or a stereotypical airhead. I say this with love in my heart, because she was literally a part of my family and would never purposefully hurt someone. I can

"Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.'

Ladies and gentlemen. How would you feel if this happened to a friend, cousin, niece, aunt, sister, grandmother, mother, daughter, girlfriend, or wife? How would you respond knowing you were helpless to protect them. The pain Ms. Fitzgerald is going through eventually will heal. But it is the mental pain, nightmares, trauma, and emotional pain that some time does not heal.

Ronnette Jones was just like any other teenage girl. She attended school at Riverside high school, where she was a member of the school’s dance team. While balancing school and dance, she also got a job serving food at the local hospital. Going to football games and going out with her friends were a common Friday night for her. In January of 97’, on a breezy fall afternoon, Ronnette and some of her friends were out for a stroll in the park when they came across a group of guys. Ronnette began talking with one of the guys, Shaun Washington. They

Cheyenne was a somewhat normal teenager, she went to high school, tried hard to get good grades, and went home instead of going out with friends like any good teenager would. She was a good student, she got B honor roll, and was even in band playing the clarinet. Then suddenly, there was a drop in her B grades and a drop in interest. Cheyenne was now getting Cs or sometimes even D’s on test, and her family didn’t think anything of it, they just figured it was normal and that she would just try harder next time. Then

The book Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez is about a boy or guy named Luis and his family. This book takes place in gang infested cities in Los Angeles. The action begins when Luis talks about him and his family. Then, after talking about his family the story goes to talk about how he joined a gang and did a lot of bad things as a teenager. Next, Luis about what he was doing and starts to think about what he is doing wrong and tries to change it. After that, Luis joins a boxing team to stop thinking and stop being involved with gangs. The story ends talking about how he want to be an example to his kids and doesn't want them to follow the wrong footsteps he did. The authors theme to this story I think is to keep going and not give up.

Brendan Flynn was recently let go as a Priest at St. Nicholas. Brendan Flynn uses his powerful speaking skills and big persona to connect on a personal level with churchgoers and students alike. A few Sisters at St. Nicholas have noticed Brendan taking a particular liking to a new black student named Donald. Donald is an innocent kid who is looking for some sort of belonging. He is easily swayed and has been spending a lot of time with Flynn. Sister Aloysuis Beauvier became worried about the relationship between the Priest and Donald. Priests have a certain level of respect from the students and this respect could be used for the wrong purposes. After gym class one day, Sister James became worried. She witnessed Flynn placing a child’s size white undershirt into Donald’s locker. The shirt looked worn as if it was recently removed. Sister James reported the inappropriate behavior by Flynn to Sister Aloysuis.

God expects individuals that call themselves “Christian” to grow spiritually. The Word of God encourages personal examination as a part of the growth process, as found in Psalm 139:23-24: “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.” Becoming more Christ-like focuses on how He works in us and not on our work for Him. The Cycle of Works demonstrates that regardless of work we complete, the acceptance of others, the sustainability of our works and the significance it brings, we cannot compete with God’s Cycle of Grace that show us that we are significant in His sight and that brings us sustenance and acceptance

I used to have a friend lets call her Laura. Laura’s mom was a Jehovah Witness and her dad was non practicing, but her mother was devout to the point that she would let her child die before she would accept a blood transfusion. As you can tell I have biases when it comes to religious beliefs. Well Laura got accepted to a university about 5hour away the same school I was, and she really wanted to go, but her dad being a Mexican a machismo Mexican (there is a difference) threatened to disown her. She was all distraught, and me being me told her to tell them to go to hell and walk out the door and go to college. I spent weeks convincing her or trying to, and for a while I had her set to go she had everything done she even had a dorm room, and then her mother got pregnant and told her she had to raise the child like the oldest daughter should. I again told her to tell her mom to go to hell, but I am sad to say Laura stayed home raised her sister and went to the local community college. Knowing what I know now I should have kept silent about my beliefs and supported her right to choose what she wanted to do maybe she would have chosen school if I had not pushed my values on her so hard. To this day I recognize what I did wrong, but I still feel she wasted her life by rising someone else’s child, and becoming another statistic. I do however, see that maybe she did make the choice that was best for her, and though I do not agree with her the choice was never mine to make, and

In Steps to Christ, Ellen White discusses our relationship goals with Christ. The metaphor of the “steps to Christ” in the title can be understood as the steps in our relationship with Christ, which is equivalent to the rungs of a ladder. The author begins with God’s love for man, our need for Christ as sinners, repentance, confession, consecration, faith and acceptance, test of discipleship, growing up in Christ, the work and the life, a knowledge of God, the

I asked my friend Jeff to regale me with some of his past experiences because he has dealt with much more violence in his life than I have. He decided to tell me about the first time he noticed violence, he said that he was about 10 years old and that he was at his dads visiting for the weekend. His dad came home from work early one day angry for some reason and was upset with everyone. His dad decided to take his anger out on Jeff. He told me that his dad started to hit him repeatedly with full punches and hit him until he was unconcious. He told me that his dad didn’t even take him to the hospital and told his mom that he slipped down the stairs. Jeff said that he tried and tried to tell people what happened, but nobody believed him until many years later. When Jeff asked his dad why he did it he told him, “your glasses were all dented and chewed up so you needed to be punished.” Jeff lived with a fear that he was going to be hurt and attacked again but he never knew where it would come from. It bothered him for many years. He pushed all of his friends away. When I met him he only just started talking with people and trying to be friendly, and now he is one of my best friends. Some people would try to find solace in religion after an experience like that, but not him. Even