Welcome to the Into the Wild blog.
We will communicate with one another, as a class, on this site. This blog will make up part of your grade. Be sure to know and meet all deadlines. On Monday I will post the question for the week. You must respond to the DQ (discussion question) for the week by Wednesday 10 pm. You must also respond to a classmate's response by Thursday 10 pm. If you do not respond by the due date and time you will not receive credit.I have found that it is best to respond early so no one else "takes" your idea.
I expect respectful, mature communication worthy of high school seniors. No put downs, no vulgar language.
Yes, grammar and spelling counts - this is an English class.
Be sure to address all aspects of the DQ for full credit.
Enjoy!
Photo of Chris McCandless from google images
DQ #1 (taken from the ERWC curriculum)
Into the Wild is a nonfiction, full-length text by Jon Krakauer. Published in 1996, it is based on an article Krakauer wrote in Outside Magazine about Christopher McCandless, a young college graduate who went off to Alaska and died in the woods. Because Krakauer’s article drew a huge amount of mail to the magazine, he decided to write a book about this interesting character. Chris McCandless was an idealistic young man who formed a life philosophy based on his experience and his reading in college. His idealism, ironically, led to his death by starvation. He made choices that seemed foolish as we look at them now. But McCandless genuinely loved the outdoors and wanted to live in the world without all the trappings of money and his middle-class upbringing. Into the Wild is, in a way, a mystery story. We’re unsure as to why he rejected his family, why he was so angry with them, and why he chose to head for Alaska.
Quickwrite:
Think about an experience you have had when you were alone and made some misjudgments that could have led to disaster, but didn’t. (It doesn’t have to be in the outdoors.) What miscalculations did you make and how did you avoid disaster? Minimum five sentence response. Minimum three sentence response to another student's response.
My response:
Several years ago I was walking along the beach in Rosario with my daughter. As we were returning to the hotel I noticed that the tide was coming up quickly. Rather than turn back and walk along the road, I decided that we could make it back to the hotel before the tide came in leaving us without beach access (major miscalculation). I was wrong. Very stupidly, I told my daughter to climb the rock wall that bordered the beach. The waves were crashing against the wall and us. We climbed higher. My daughter was frightened and, to be honest, so was I. I really didn't have a plan. The rock cliff was too steep for us to ever get to the top of. Fortunately my husband, who has a far better understanding of the ocean, saw us and rescued us. To this day my daughter questions my decisions when in nature. I realized that sometimes I don't think things through.
Response to Quickwrite:
ReplyDeleteOne time for a performance for dance, I showed up to the event without my headpiece. I grabbed my dance bag thinking that I had my headpiece in it but, I was mistaken. I knew that I would get into deep trouble if I were the only one dancing with out my headpiece. So what I did was, I made an agreement with another dancer on the team and while she was off stage I would quickly borrow the head piece. It worked out even though it was a major stress.
This is truly tragic and unfortunate. I know the feeling of assuming you have everything packed the night before and then realizing later you do not. It is one of those things you do again but never for the same item
DeleteI understand how you felt Iris. Day of Senior Goodbye rally, I thought I had my red cardigan and a make-up product, but I ended up leaving it at home. So I kept texting my team through our group chat and luckily someone had an extra cardigan and make-up product.
DeleteI made a family vacation to Hawaii my freshman year. My sister and I decided to go to the beach one night,for it was right in front of the hotel. Everything was going great until we went farther away from shore. Since it was dark we couldn't see clearly what was the object that we felt under us. It turned out to be a manta ray. The tide was high so it took us time to reach shore plus we were freaking out. We finally reached shore and decided to never go night swimming again.
ReplyDeleteyou should never go swimming at the beach with out a life guard. Always go with an adult. Think before you do something.
DeleteWhen I was home alone, I made the mistake of trying to cook fro myself. At the time, I was about 10 years old and had no idea of the in and outs of a kitchen. It also did not help that I was a tiny human at the age of 10. As climbed my way up to the dishes high in the cupboards, I was met with the sudden realization that I was afraid of heights. I sat there paralyzed, thought were running through my head: Would I fall? Was I going to die? (I know I had a crazy mind as a child, still do). I remained sitting on the cupboard until I heard the door open. I knew I was going to be in trouble fro climbing the cupboards so, instead of yelling fro help I waited for them to notice me. I know I am a weird child. To my relief, my parents were not mad at me, they could only laugh as I told them the story between my Spanish tongue and my English tongue.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid of heights as well. I hope you weren't traumatized. You're a great person.
DeleteI would of cried and yelled until someone came to me. I have no patience to wait and get noticed like u did.
DeleteOne time i was left alone at my house for the day. I was a kid and i did not know how to cook or basically feed myself. I failed really bad trying to mimic my moms meatloaf but eventually i noticed i could've called her and asked how it was done. I realized that i was dumb for not thinking that in the first place. In the end i ended up making up a decent meal but i'm going to let my mom do the cooking.
ReplyDeleteHave you learned to cook meat loaf yet? Maybe it's time. You may want some in college and don't want to not be able to do it again.
DeleteWhen I was alone one day I had made a bad misjudgment and miscalculation when I thought i could cross a crowded intersection by running across the street before cars came but I could not. Just as I was crossing the street a car cam zooming past and I had almost got hit. I miscalculated by thinking i could cross before the cross light flashed for pedestrians. I was in a hurry and it was a danger to my safety. i know now that my safety is more important than crossing the street fast. its better to be patient than dead.
ReplyDeleteWhy did you want to cross the road? Was there like a store or something?
DeleteWas there a one hundred dollar bill across the road or something?? Next time wait to cross the street. If you are in a rush wait for your turn to cross and then run for it.
DeleteThough the lights signifying to cross the street may seem like they take forever it was not a good idea for you to have risked it. I would be deeply distraught if you had gotten injured. The next time you take your time Ramos.
DeleteWhat a nice, thoughtful comment Luna.
DeleteDuring my 8th grade year at the annual "Grad-Nite," I have gotten lost and was running out of time to leave to the bus. I had 30 minutes before the bus had to leave and I had no idea where to go. Six Flags is like a giant maze. When I would be on the right path, I'd take the wrong turn on the way. Finally, I found en employee and asked where was the exit. After my encounter with the employee, I had about 7 minutes to get to the bus. In the end, I made it at the last second.
ReplyDeleteNext time, try using your cell phone to call one of your friends for help. Also you should never travel alone, you should had friends with you at all times so you wouldn't have gotten into that situation in the first place. that was smart that you found someone who worked there and asked for directions.
DeleteOnce when I was 10 years old we went camping and all the adults had gone to sleep and it was just me and my two nephews and niece. We were roasting marshmallows for s'mores and my nephews were passing a ball around by the fire pit which i said was okay. While they were playing one accidentally threw it to far and the other one reached to far for it and he almost fell into the fire pit but thankfully i was there to stop him from falling in. I should not had let them play so close to the fire.
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ReplyDeleteOn Easter, my family and I went to Lake Casitas with the whole family. After my cousins finally got there, we went to go discover throughout the places where nobody was. It was about 5:30 p.m.,it was almost dark and we started to watch the sunset. Time passed by and it got really dark but we didn't have our flashlights and our phones were dead so we had to remember where the way back was. We heard strange noises from behind us and there was screaming but we didn't look back. I was yelling run run to my cousin but she said no because we would get hurt. It took us like 20 minutes to get back and with the cautiousness of my cousin we got back with our family safe.
Sounds scary! I'm glad you made it back okay.
DeleteA couple of weeks ago, I went to the sand hill with my brother. We climbed up and down about a couple times. He was always faster climbing up, so i challenged him on a race down. We were running down hill at full speed. We both tripped and started tumbling. We were lucky because we did not land on any rocks while tumbling down the big sand hill. We went home covered with sand.
ReplyDeleteI would have won both of you guys, both going up and down. Your brother is cool,but you don't talk to me anymore ;( Lets race down a hill.
DeleteA time when I was alone and made a misjudgment was when I was 7 and i was home alone with my sister and we decided to prank call my mom's contacts list. We called this lady and she did not fall for our trick so she ended up tracing the number back to us and she called the cops because she thought we were home alone. By the time the cops came my mom was back and we got a long talk from the officer. At the time my sister and i though this was a good idea because we thought that we would have fun doing it. In the end we ended up getting in trouble with not only our mom, but with the police.
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny.i would've been so scared as well.That's why you put *67!!!!
DeleteThis is so funny.i would've been so scared as well.That's why you put *67!!!!
DeleteEveryone knows that when you prank call you're supposed to type *67 first.This happened to me once too, but it was worse because it wasn't a random lady, it was my mom's friend. You can imagine how that went.
DeleteI can't believe the lady actually tracked your number! I could imagine you were all freaked out. Good thing you were still little and nothing happened.
DeleteA time I was alone and made some misjudgments that could have led to disaster was when I decided to do other things other than my school project. I knew that my decision was eventually going to lead to consequences, but in the moment it didn't matter to me because I just didn't want to complete it. Since I was alone I kept getting distracted by other things that made me procrastinate even more. Eventually I decided to begin my school project and I was able to finish it in time, but in the time I was completing it I felt pressured. The experience I had about my school project could have led to disaster, but I took action and realized that with continuing with my decision on procrastinating my school project would have led to consequences that would affect my grade.
ReplyDeleteA couple of months ago, my friends and i wanted to go to the movies. i was the one giving directions to the movies to make sure we get there on time. Due to my miscalculation i gave the wrong directions and took us to a different movie theater. we missed our movie and there weren't any showings for the movie at this movie theater either. TO this day i always check to make sure i have the correct directions so this doesn't happen again.
ReplyDeleteThat must really suck. This happened to me once.I was giving my dad directions to my friends house and we ended up somewhere else. He was very pissed. If this happens next time, you can just order the tickets online a couple hours before.
DeleteI got lost a lot trying to give directions when I was younger. Luckily, with lots of practice I was able to get better at it. Now I'm usually the one responsible for navigating in the family.
DeleteOne time i was left alone at my house for the day. I was a kid and i did not know how to cook or basically feed myself. I failed really bad trying to mimic my moms meatloaf but eventually i noticed i could've called her and asked how it was done. I realized that i was dumb for not thinking that in the first place. In the end i ended up making up a decent meal but i'm going to let my mom do the cooking.
ReplyDeleteDang that is crazy, meatloaf is dank and yeah you should've called!
DeleteAbout six years ago my family and i went up sand dune in Malibu. We raced each other up the hill. It was fun but me and my brother wanted to race down the hill. I ended up runing faster than i can actually move my legs i almost ran down in to the road and almost would have gotten hit by a car. Hopefully there was a car that was parked on the side of the road so I ended up hitting the car to stop me from runing on to the road. So now i never will run down the hill again.
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ReplyDeleteOne day my mother and I decided to attend the eight o'clock Santa Clara church. We praised the Lord. We felt as one with God, but we didn't bring a car with us that day so we had to walk home. I didn't think that anything could happen to us until I noticed that there was a stranger walking to close behind us. I turned around and I saw his hand was trying to reach for my moms purse. My mother noticed this too. She made me speed walk as if I was going to sprint home. This was the fastest I've ever seen my mom walk. Thankfully we made it home safe and sound.
Wow, that must've been so terrifying. If that was me I wouldn't know what to do. One time something similar happened to me but it was during the day time, I couldn't even imagine during the night.
DeleteWhen I was younger my family and I went camping to some lake a few hours away from Oxnard. As soon as we got there I liked it because of the trees, lake and weather. I played and got bored, so I decided to jump in the lake. I didn't see the sign that said no swimming. I started drowning so my sister went to call my mom and everyone,then my mom's boyfriend got me out. After that my grandma gave me a big lecture on how I could have died.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I'm glad you survived. Consider learning to swim so this doesn't happen again.
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ReplyDeleteLast year was the first time I climbed a tree. Since it was my first time climbing a tree, I wasn't really sure how far my legs can reach or far up I can go before I got really scared to go back down. Keep in mind that the branches were pretty far apart. So as i was contemplating my mistake, I had to calm down and figure out a way down alone because all my friends were down already. At the end of the day I was able to get down without getting badly hurt. Now, my friends look back at this and just find it okay to laugh. Not going to lie, I also laugh.
ReplyDeleteWhat made you guys want to climb up onto a tree in the first place? I can only imagine how you were feeling up there by yourself, with all that pressure. I'm glad you didn't get injured but it's a lesson well learned.
DeleteI could only imagine how terrifying it might be to be that high up. Personally speaking I know how bad that can be as I am also not the best when it comes to heights. At the end though it was great to hear that you were able to get out of the situation with minimal injuries.
DeleteWhen I was younger I was often left home alone with my siblings. My older siblings were in charge of me, but were not good at their job. I lived on a busy street and I had friends near by. On one of days I was left alone with my siblings I decided to go down the street to play with my friend. I did not let anyone know that I was leaving which was a dangerous idea. I had to cross the street so I checked for any cars near by. When I crossed a car had almost hit me. Lucky enough the car saw me and stopped the car on time. From this situation I learned that it would have been a better idea to ask for help when I would cross the street.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good thing you learned something like this at a young age. You are fortunate to have not been hurt. Do not do anything without letting other people know what you are doing.
DeleteWhen visiting Colombia a few years ago, my sister and I decided to go for a walk around, even though we didn't know the area. At the time it seemed like a good idea because we were really excited to be there. We also forgot that we couldn't use our phones to call our parents just in case we got lost. After a few hours we tried finding our way back, but we couldn't. We had to find someone and ask where this bakery was because that's the closest thing we remembered passing. Luckily, a woman knew what we were talking about and took us back to it. We knew the way back to the hotel from that point. We realized that we shouldn't have gone off on our own in an unfamiliar place.
ReplyDeleteShayla, I had a similar situation in China and I couldn't speak the language. I didn't even know the name of my hotel. I was so frightened. I learned a lesson and always try to grab something with the name of my hotel on it now. I'm glad you got back safely.
DeleteWhen i was in seventh grade, i would walk home from school everyday. I usually walked with a couple friends but one day i had stayed an hour after school for tutoring, so i walked alone. I was going to call my mom or dad to come pick me up from school but then i would have to wait another hour for them to get out of work and i did not want to wait, so i decided to just walk home. As i was walking, i noticed that there was a man in his car following me. I was a little scared, but i continued walking and ignored it. A few moments later i looked back and saw that the man parked his car. He quickly got out of the car and began to speed walk towards me as he calls me to go with him. I ran as fast as i could until i got to my neighborhood, i looked back once more and he was gone. Good thing nothing bad happened to me that day but now i know that next time i should call someone.
ReplyDeleteWow that's very crazy. This once happened to me in 7th grade as well. But the guy actually followed me all the way to my street. I was scared as well, but acted as I was wasn't and continued walking as if he wasn't there.
DeleteThat's so crazy. That also happened to me once walking home and it's such a scary feeling. I'm glad you were able to get home safe. <3
Deletewow nol, that must have been so scary! Nothing like that has ever happened to me, but I'm sure it was a very unpleasant situation. I'm so glad that you made it home safely.
DeleteIt was about two summers ago, my family and I went to a camping trip at Lake Casitas. My cousins and I decided to go on a hike on our own without telling our parents that was probably the first mistake now that I look back at it. We went down near the lake and had to get across to start the hike so we found this muddy part near the edge and thought it was a good idea to cross through there. However, I quickly realized as I took a step father the mud was sinking me in and the mud reached up to my waist. I was so terrified and my cousins were freaking out thankfully our camp site was at the top of the hill and my stepdad some how heard us freaking out and quickly ran down and pilled me out. I remember getting a ear full by my parents but I really learned from that experience.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds crazy. I can't imagine how you were feeling at that moment. Luckily your camp site was close though.
DeleteSounds crazy next time be safe. At least you learned through this bro. Much love be safe in the real world. <3
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger I was left home alone for about an hour as my parents went out to buy something to eat. My sister was asleep and i was vegetating in front of the TV when i thought of the nearly empty tub of ice cream in the freezer. I had already had lunch and i figured it would be nice to have the last bit of ice cream. Now, if iI were in this situation again i would just put the ice cream under some hot water and wait a minute before helping myself. When i was younger however I had the ingenious idea of heating up the spoon to melt through the frozen ice cream. I watched my mom cook using the stove and learned how to turn it on, so I grabbed a spoon and headed towards the stove. After turning on the stove I put the spoon atop of the flames for almost five minutes before I saw that the spoon was totally blackened underneath. I started to get scared and decided to throw away the spoon near the dumpsters near the alley where my apartments are. I wasn't very smart when it came to education but logic and common sense started to put two and two together. The metal exposed to fire didn't catch on fire itself so I thought that it would store the heat kind of like a backpack. My lack of patience as a kid almost made me put a hot piece of metal to my tongue.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a freshman I had football practice in the afternoon. It wasn't until I got to practice that I realized I forgot my helmet. I was going to just go home and forget about practice because without my helmet I cant even practice so why even bother right? I decided to stay and man up and tell my coach that I forgot it, he laughed and made a joke about it and fortunately he had an extra one for me. I'm glad I stayed because for some reason that practice was "very important" because the players that didn't make it that day didn't play on Friday.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a freshman I had football practice in the afternoon. It wasn't until I got to practice that I realized I forgot my helmet. I was going to just go home and forget about practice because without my helmet I cant even practice so why even bother right? I decided to stay and man up and tell my coach that I forgot it, he laughed and made a joke about it and fortunately he had an extra one for me. I'm glad I stayed because for some reason that practice was "very important" because the players that didn't make it that day didn't play on Friday.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 5 years old we did a trip to Mexico city with my parents friends. We rented a bust to take us different places in the city. I remembered that we went to a zoo in Chapultepec, and that the bus should pick us an a certain time. At the zoo it was a lot of animals and stores. When it was the time to go back and take the bus I got distracted with a lot of animals and me and my sister got lost it took us like an hour to found my parents . Also at that time we were late to took the bus. We walked around the park four a half an hour until we found the bus.
ReplyDeleteI totally relate to this Gabby because I have missed my ROP bus like twice now getting distracted during lunch and thinking I have more time then I really did. Then I end up having to call around and try to get a ride to my ROP class in Camarillo. Thankfully after getting a lecture and waiting awhile longer my grandmother would come through and take me to get food then to my class. Now I've learned it's better to get out there early and wait for the bus then lag and miss it, because it's an inconvenience for my family to go that way.
DeleteMany years ago on a Saturday afternoon i had a youth football game to play in. I thought i had grabbed all my things but when i showed up to the field early i was sadly mistaken. I had left one of my cleats at my house so i only had one cleat on me and i would definitely not be able to play with only one cleat. So i had to call my parents and tell them to go home a get my cleat i had forgot. I should have checked all my things before i had gotten picked up and that could have ended in a disaster because i would not have been able to play.
ReplyDeleteThis must be very stressful. I would have been really mad and sad. I hope you got your cleat and played.
DeleteMany years ago on a Saturday afternoon i had a youth football game to play in. I thought i had grabbed all my things but when i showed up to the field early i was sadly mistaken. I had left one of my cleats at my house so i only had one cleat on me and i would definitely not be able to play with only one cleat. So i had to call my parents and tell them to go home a get my cleat i had forgot. I should have checked all my things before i had gotten picked up and that could have ended in a disaster because i would not have been able to play.
ReplyDeletethis must be stressful and id be very mad about it.
DeleteI did the same thing when i played for the Warriors! Feel your pain....
DeleteBefore school started for our senior year, I came to school for ROTC and since we were preparing for the following school year. I was the only student that was able to show up because many others were busy and I miscalculated the amount of time it will take me to clean the compound, office, and part of the "connex". I didn't think i would be able to finish especially since the connex is a mess with all the returned uniforms which aren't organized at all. I somehow managed to organize part of the connex which took me about an hour, clean the compound which was about an hour and a half,because I swept it and washed it down with a water hose (it was full of dirt and dust).The only way I actually managed to finish the big task was by rushing the whole thing, running the whole time.
ReplyDeleteThe way I see it there are two things that came out of this, both of which are positive. f which is you took it upon yourself to finish the job regardless of the time. Second is, after reading your story, that you must have gotten an incredible cardiovascular work out. More people should have your drive and determination, something I personally admire.
DeleteWhen I was 6 years old, I believe it was a week or two after Christmas we were cutting off the branches of the Christmas tree to the point where only the stem of the tree was standing. I overheard my parents saying how they want to use it for the fire place but I had the bright idea of doing it myself to save them the trouble. I get a hold of a lighter from the kitchen, go outside and I lit the tree on fire. The tree bursted out in flames within seconds, so what does a little 6 year-old do? I started crying and panicking but the good thing with all that was going on is that I ran to get the water hose to try to put out the fire. It didnt't really work out as I thought it would, my dad came out with a fire extinguisher. The point of the story is I could've lit the house on fire or injure someone very badly.
ReplyDeleteThere is this time when I had a project due the following day. I thought it will be easy and it won't take long. I misjudgment the difficulty of the project and I miscalculated the time. I ended up staying all night and I was about to cry because I thought I won't finish it on time. I also misjudge that I have everything I need but I do not so I have to run all the way to the store to buy it.I actually finished the project but I only had one hour of sleep.
ReplyDeleteWow, this once happened to me. In a situation like this it can become very stressful and overwhelming. Sometimes your not sure if your going to finish and you do feel like crying because I know I did.
DeleteI have been in a similar situation where my misjudgment led to do an overnight homework assignment. Although I did finish and turned it in on time, i received a low grade that affected my grade tremendously. Not only did I do poorly on the assignment but I got little to no sleep!
DeleteA time I was home alone and something bad could of happened was when I was 8 years old. One day I was home alone I was just sitting on the couch and I heard sirens close by, didn't pay no mind to it. Moments later the sirens were getting closer and there were skid noises. In a matter of seconds there was so much noise going on outside my house, there was a SUV parked in front of my driveway and a whole bunch of cops surrounding the whole block. Then my dogs started to bark and then I seen someone running across my backyard and my dogs chasing them. During that moment cops were ringing the bell and knocking on the window, I was so scared I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't open the door because I was scared and home alone, they then called my house phone and I answered. When I answered they told me "We are the cops outside your house can you please open the door." After I hung up I opened the door and they asked if anyone was home and I told them "no". They did a quick search of the backyard, and when they did they had to pepper spray my dog because he kept barking. As soon as they finished searching the backyard they called my mom. My mom came as fast as she can. We later found out the SUV was stolen.
ReplyDeleteJasmine, that sounds scary. I'm glad you're okay. Thanks for reminding me of my biggest fear when I leave my kids home : o
DeleteAbout a year ago my family and I took a road trip to Reno, Nevada for my cousins wedding . Being from Southern California It's not very often i get to enjoy the snow, so Reno was a very different experience during the winter for me . My family wasn't prepared for the amount of snow that lied ahead and the road was already slippery and dangerous, so driving alone was very scary for us. My little brother who was 3 at the time had to pee and we were far from any rest stop, so we did what we had to do. We pulled over and my mom asked me to take my brother outside to pee. I myself was not prepared for the cold, wet, wind outside and I had UGG boots on, which was terrible because while I was helping my little brother out of the car we slipped and fell. Due to us not having the proper shoes on we fell for quite awhile. My little brother started crying as we rolled down a small hill on the side of the road, luckily it was during the day and the snow had formed some what of a cushion for us. I caught a grip on some tree roots and walked us back up. Never again will I go anywhere not prepared.
ReplyDeleteAn experience that i encountered when I was alone and made some misjudgments that I believe should have led to a disaster but didn't was about two years ago when i decided to sneak out of my bedroom window at almost 11 pm. But that wasn't the worst part, I left on a mission to get to a certain place but because it was so dark i had no idea which way to go. Panicking through the neighborhood I came across two older (cholo like) men hanging around outside that I stopped to ask which way to go to arrive at my destination. They told me that I was really far mostly going on foot and that they could give me a ride. I stood there quietly a little scared and reminded myself in my head how my mom always told me to never go with strangers. Then one of the men told me that I shouldn't worry because he wouldn't harm me and understood my situation so would just drop me off at my destination. That's when I made the mistake and said okay, and when everything should have went bad. But it didn't thank God. I remember praying as I entered the car. It was only one of the men that was taking me to drop me off, on the way there we talked about my situation and similar experiences. He took me straight to my destination and didn't harm me in any way. Sadly I forgot that mans name who helped me that night and honestly kept me out of bigger situation of danger. In the end, being grounded was defiantly not bad when I could have been kidnapped instead.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was twelve-years-old I went camping with my family. My cousin and I decided to go bike riding on a mountain bike that I did not have any experience on. I knew the right brake did not work but I thought I wouldn't need it. I was going super fast on a curve, my cousin told me to slow down but I did not listen to him. I saw a car coming my way, I tried using the brake, I forgot it didn't work. Before I knew it, I crashed into the car and fell off the bike. The good thing was I did not get hurt as bad and now I know not to use a bike without a brake.
ReplyDeletethis must be very scary. This happened to me once but i stopped on time. I am glad nothing bad happened.
DeleteYeah I think it is not smart using a bike when the brakes isn't working, plus you're going fast. I'm glad nothing really bad happened to you. I did that once in my life riding a bike without brakes on it and I'll never do it again.
DeleteLast year, I had to walk to morning weights, and I left my house around 5:30 in the morning for zero period. As I left my street and turned the corner I see these two men sitting on this wall staring and pointing at me. I could hear them talking really low, so I kept on walking. I pass the next street a couple more men pass me staring at me, as I get to the main road I get this weird feeling that someone is watching me and following me. All this time my mind is racing thinking the worse is going to happen to me. I am thinking that if anything happens I'm going to run to school or circle back to my house. I get to Patterson, and I am stuck at the light and the feeling is getting deeper and deeper as I get to the fields like mid way I didn't have that feeling anymore. I got to school around 6:00 unharmed and cold.
ReplyDeleteOn one beautiful night i was hanging out with three of my friends. in total there were four of us walking each other home due to living close to each other. So as we where walking the first friend home we decided to cross the old K Mart parking lot. By the time we were half way through the parking lot, there was a very sketchy man trying to get our attention. i then told the group to keep on walking because the man looked like trouble. He then yells out " hey do y'all know a guy named josh, i`m looking for him" and as soon as he said that, one of my friends turned around to answer him with " no we don`t know him." At that exact moment, he pulls a gun out on us and takes all of our stuff! i decided to hide my phone and wasn't trying to give up my things. He then pulls the gun closer to my face and shouts out " give me every F***ing thing you have. I decided to empty my pockets instead of getting shoot. He came in a little closer and said"now get the hell out of here." The only thing he didn't take was my phone! ;)
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I would do if this happened to me. I definitely would've cried. I'm glad you survived.
DeleteThat's crazy! At least you guys are okay. What a turn that night took.
DeleteOnce I was walking to a friends house in the bad part of town. He told me to go through the alley because he wasn't suppose to have anyone over. After a long and rigorous walk I had finally reached my destination. As I am waiting for my friend to come out I am approached by an older man. The next thing I know he had a knife out and asked me if I "banged" and where I was from. I quickly told him no and he said this is South Side. I now am more aware of my surroundings whenever I am walking.
ReplyDeleteIts good that you now know about your surroundings. Ramiro, you shouldn't be walking alone at night, because its dangerous. Also do not mention what part of the hemisphere you are from, because people will think you are from a gang.
DeleteOne day when I was about 8 years old my cousins, my dad, and I went to a soccer game in LA. We were all excited for the match. Before the match began the people nest to us were approached by a reporter asking questions before the match when they were done the reporter wanted to take a picture of them. My cousins and I decided to get in the shot and block them as they were fans of the other team. When we did this one of them got offended and decided to shove my cousin. Immediately a fight broke out but luckily someone stopped it before anything happened. That day i miscalculated how the other people would react
ReplyDeleteOn June 17, 2016 me and my other two friends made a really dumb decision. When we got to class , me and friends decided we should ditch class and go to 7 eleven to go put gas. So we all jumped the fence and started heading over to 7 eleven to put gas. We got there and we pumped gas, right after were done filling the car with gas , my friend started to tell me let me drive, let me drive please, and well i felt bad so i gave him my keys and we started to head over back to school while my friend was driving and i don't know why put he started to step on it for no reason, I guess he wanted to see if my car was really fast and reaching almost 90 mph a car cut us off and caused a massive accident, we luckily came out alive.
ReplyDeleteTwo years ago I went on a hike with a couple of friends. on a part of the hike we had to rock climb. I was so scared because we had no ropes nothing to catch us if we fell. So I didn't want to go across it was the only way and my friends didn't want to leave me behind. They helped me and I made it and I was perfectly fine. I was so happy and thankful that I make it. I thought that I was going to die. when we went I had no problem going across. I was more confident in myself. I felt like I could over come anything that came in my way.
ReplyDeletecouple weeks ago i made a misjudgment to my boyfriend because my friend had told me she had seen him from behind having dinner with someone else. I immediately believed her and accused him.turns out it was a misunderstanding because he wasn't in town when she had seen him.
ReplyDeleteFortunately that wasn't the case! Now next time you know to confront others before believing such accusations. Hope it continues to work out.
DeleteHe didn't tell you he was out of town? Hopefully he didn't take it in a bad way. He should let you know next time just incase anything else happens.
DeleteHow do you not know he's out of town? I mean you are his girlfriend and I think he's supposed to tell you that. And I think it is not bad that your boyfriend is having a dinner with someone else but he needs to let you know first.
DeleteOver the summer, my friend and I went to the Deadpool premiere. Although it was inappropriate, it was hilarious. We shared a good laugh, but that ended once we left the movie theater. As we were walking to her car, we noticed a presence come upon us. A slim, tall guy in a gray hoodie was following us. We walked as fast as we could to her car, but the guy picked up his pace. We drove as fast as we could once we reached her car. To this day, we do not know why he was following us.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been so scary! I could only imagine how you were feeling in that very moment. Good thing you and your friend were safe in the end!
DeleteSummer of 2009 my little cousin six years old at the time. He decided it would be a good idea to set a bunch of branches on fire and run through the woods in South Carolina. I was alone until I ran to find my older cousin and we were chasing him through the woods. We eventually caught up to him and put the fire out. Lets just say my grandma gave him a whoopin for that one.
ReplyDeleteWhen i was about 10 years old, and my sister was 12, we were alone at home and wanted to go somewhere because we were bored. We made a bad decision when we decided to go to the Centerpoint Mall at 8pm. Back then, we didn't have phones, so we just didn't tell anyone. We were there for about an hour, until the police stopped us and asked what our names were. She and I told them and they took us to the police car and took us home, where my mom was furious. We never did anything like that again after that.
ReplyDeleteThat police was nice to give you a ride home.
DeleteA year ago I was in Mexico and I was heading back to the United States in a truck.We were barley leaving the ranch I was staying in and in a turn we noticed a drunk driver was speeding in a turn and was heading right toward us. My dad was quick about it and he tried to avoid him.We got lucky and he didn't hit the truck but he crashed into the trailer that the truck had.We gave away a lot of stuff away so our luggage would fit in the truck because ad to go to school.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago, my best friend and I were home alone. Out of nowhere we heard a loud knock on my window. Several moments later, there were a few more loud and heavy knocks. We were absolutely frightened, we had no idea what to do. We tried to stay as calm as we possibly could, so the person outside my window couldn't hear us panic. Moments later, I heard this person trying to get in thought the back gate. The day before the back gate lock happened to be broken. Luckily, my dad had replaced the lock the following afternoon, if he hadn't my friend and I would have been in great danger.
ReplyDeleteWow! I don't know how you stayed so calm. I would have ran out of the house to go get help!
DeleteThat's scary, that's good that it was someone you knew. That's good that you stayed calm and didn't panic. I would've turned on the backyard light so the person could've left.
DeleteWow! I don't know how you stayed so calm! If I were you I would have ran out of the house to get help. Good thing your dad made sure the lock was fixed before leaving you and your friend home alone.
DeleteOne time when I was 7, I encountered a dangerous situation when I came face to face with my neighbor's dog. Although I had played with him previously, that day he lashed out and bit me in the face. As i laid alone in my neighbor's back yard, with blood flowing down my cheek, I heard Isaiah approach me and yell,"Ready or not here I come!" As I continued to lay there in dismay, I was unaware of my surroundings and the situation. In confusion I sat up and noticed some blood, at the same time I heard a piercing yell that signaled that Isaiah had found me.
ReplyDeleteSee? and people wants a wild animal as their pet.
Deletewhen I was around 8 my family and I went to Main street in Ventura. As we were walking down Main street I suddenly looked up and I couldn't spot my family anywhere. I began to panic and search for them I noticed a homeless man behind me I didn't think anything of it so I continued walking. Then after minutes later he was still behind me and that's when I started to really become frighten.As i sped up i turned to the corner and spotted my family having a good time as if I never left them. We were finally reunited.
ReplyDeleteA few years ago when I went to E.O. Green Jr High I stayed too late after class and missed the bus. I had not eaten or had any water all day and walked 3 miles to the beach. When I arrived i had a terrible headache and felt weak, I threw up whatever I had in my stomach. I felt better after i drank lots of water and ate leftover pizza. I learned to always eat or drink something and not put myself in a bad situation.
ReplyDeleteThat is a horrible experience to go through. I went through a similar situation where I was very hungry and had to walk a very long distance to get home. Luckily I didn't throw up when I got home.
DeleteOnce when I was at my Uncle's house we were having a barbecue and I had to start the fire. I decided to use gasoline to kick start the fire, the thing was I already had the fire started I just wanted it to be a bigger flame than what it was at the time. So I began to poor the gasoline into the fire straight from the gallon container. As soon as the gasoline hit the fire I realized I had made a mistake.The fire ran up the stream of Gasoline and into the container. I quickly acted and grabbed the water hose and drenched the container with water. Lucky for me the fire stopped.
ReplyDeleteJulio, you are a straight savage. I can't believe you did that! You have some quick reaction time! <3
DeleteJulio!! that's legendary! I can't believe that happened! Props to you my dude!! :^)
DeleteA similar experience happened to me when I was having a barbecue! I'm glad you're safe and now you have experience with something like this. You have great reaction skills be safe next time!!
DeleteThis is very danger Julio. I'm happy you didn't get hurt. I will pray for you.
DeleteWhoa Julio!! That's so scary dude, you reacted so well! I would have probably panicked in that situation. Glad you handled it so well though!
DeleteI just wanted the fire to be bigger when doing the campfire though. It almost reached the tall tree leaves in lake casitas. Now we make sure to not put so much gasoline, no matter how fun it may look.
DeleteOne of my favorite things to do is go to concerts with my friends. Normally when I go to concerts, I have my ticket on my phone instead of having it printed out. I like it better that way because it saves paper and for me, it's way more convenient. The last concert I went to required a printed out version of the ticket, so when I had showed up to the venue I realized I forgot them in the car. Because of the long walk back to the car due to parking, by the time my friends and I came back, we missed one opening act. Because of this experience I learned to be more responsible and always double check that I have everything that I need with me before leaving anywhere.
ReplyDeleteYou should have thought this threw and read what it said. Instead of assuming you could've had an electronic ticket. Yes double checking everything makes it a lot easier.
DeleteI wonder who the opening act was... even though you missed the first act at least you got to experience the rest of the concert! ROCK ON!!! :^)
DeleteOne day,back in middle school, I went home early. I tried to make myself a smoothie because I felt like making one. I got all the ingredients and the blender to make it. The only thing left was a glass cup that I needed to put the smoothie in. I was very short so I had to go on top of the counter. I got on top of the counter, got the cup, but I lost balance and dropped the glass cup.It shattered and I cleaned it up. I went back on top to get another glass cup and rearranged all the cups to make it seem that we haven't lost one. Then I had my smoothie and it was mediocre.
ReplyDeleteI climb on counters all the time, because I can never reach. And not that long ago, just a couple weeks ago, I was wearing socks, I decided to climb on a counter to reach a bowl. I slipped and fell, and my socks made me slip off the counter,and caused me to fall on my butt and the bowl broke. I threw away the broken pieces outside, so it was unnoticeable. To this day i still feel guilty.
DeleteGee willikers Jailen, you are a straight savage. I can't believe you did that! You have some quick reaction time!
DeleteWhat is mediocore
DeleteAt least you didn't get hurt and you were safe! Too bad the smoothie sucked :( keep trying and you will succeed butterfly!!
DeleteWow this was a crazy story Jailen! Shout out to them fast thinking skills. How much was that glass cup though? $ Was it 2.84+tax?
DeleteBro, I feel bad for the glass cup .You straight finessed you're mom though.Was the smoothie even good ?
Deletewow Jailen ! what a great composition ! keep up the great work !
DeleteOne time me and my best friend were hanging out together. And around 11 we got hungry so we decided to get get food. So I said will jump the wall and take food from my backyard. as I got up to the wall my friend stop me and said are you sure no one is home? I looked at him and said i am not sure. So we checked if someone was home and turns out my grandpa was in the backyard.
ReplyDeleteWhen i was little, my mom, my sisters, and me were in my room and my mom was scraping off the 'popcorn ceiling'. And she told me and my sisters to get out of the room. But I was not listening to her because it was my room and so I started talking to her but she was not looking at me when I was talking to her. So, I wanted to get my mom's attention and I just kept calling her until her turned around while she was on the ladder. When she turned though, she dropped the scrapper and I quickly jumped out of the way for it did not hit me.
ReplyDeleteThat was a close one!
DeleteDuring my junior year, we went to cheer camp. Majority of the team brought our scooters to get around campus easier and faster. One of the days we were there, we had extra time, so we went down to the part of campus where they had Starbucks, frozen yogurt, etc. My best friend Lisette and i went to get frozen yogurt. as we started heading back , because there were so many people on campus at the time we somehow got separated. During that time instead of getting even more lost, I decided to taken upon myself to go straight back to our dorms instead of elsewhere. Just so i knew i;d be back safe, and not lost.
ReplyDeleteJulie, this story is so scary! I don't know what I would have done if I was left alone and I couldn't find my friend. Glad it all worked out though.
DeleteTwo years ago, I was making a cake for my Dad, for his birthday, I dropped an entire egg in the mix, it sank to the bottom of the bowl. I had to go to the restroom and when I came back I forgot to remove the egg. So I began to mix and my vanilla in when I heard a huge crunch. That's when I knew I messed up, I panicked and tried to get the egg shells out but there were too many. I had no more time to start another batch so I went to the store and bought one. I told my dad about the whole situation and he laughed about it and said "it's okay honey, its the thought that counts." Every year on his birthday when I make a cake for him he always responds and says "make sure there isn't a whole egg at the bottom. You could have killed me" and laughed.
ReplyDeleteNICE GABBY!!! :O
DeleteWhen I was about 8 years old, my dad took my cousin and I to Disneyland. We were very excited, because we were staying for a week. One night, we got something to eat at one of the restaurants. I decided to go back to the restaurant alone to get ketchup. After getting the ketchup, I couldn't find my dad or cousin. The firework show started, and hundreds of unfamiliar faces surrounded me for about an hour, before a security guard helped me find my way back to my dad and cousin. After that, all was well.
ReplyDeleteIt is good that a security guard helped you. I am glad that you found your family again because we were able to become friends. Don't get lost again.
DeleteYour a lucky person! Seriously, if it were me I would have just caused a commotion and cried in front of everyone at that age. At least, a security guard helped you out to find your dad and cousin.
Deletethree years ago me and my family went hiking around 2 pm. As we went through the trail we saw a snake but nothing big, we went deeper into the trail.We didn't realize how long we were hiking but my sister was getting tired but me and my dad still wanted to go so my mom and my sister went back. Me and my dad went on the trail for another hour but then we realized it was getting dark so we started heading back.As we were going back we saw two paths and we didn't know which one it was but we went to the left side. But then we realized it was the wrong one and we were lost for 30 mins in the dark so we had to go back and take the other path in the dark which was scary for me because I was smaller. In conclusion we found the right path and get back to the car safe and sound but lowkey i was crying because i was scared
ReplyDeleteThis sounds similiar to what happened to me in my story
Deleteno way!
DeleteAs I young boy I felt, as though my life was really boring, having over protecting parents and a brother I didn't really got along with. That all changed one day when me brother went camping with our family. As any young boy that's curious about everything and wants to explore his surroundings, I set out for an adventure with my older brother tagging along we left. There was an undeniable tension between us that made me sick to my stomach, and to this day I still don't know why that would happened when we were together. I saw a worn down house that I saw from a distance and walked towards it without saying a word, just expecting him to follow which he did. We went inside only find destroyed furniture around the house, but what we didn't know was that there was another presence with us. I walked to another room leaving my brother Herman alone in the living room, and I stumbled upon a book of some sort and I picked it up and it was diary, the name said Sandy Miller. I heard foot steps and before I had anytime to react someone grabbed my arm, it was an old man that smelled as if he didn't know what a shower was, screaming for my life my brother ran to the room and reacted fast by grabbing a piece from the destroyed furniture and smacked him on his back, distracting him making an opportunity for me to escape and run out the door including my brother. I ran so fast that day not looking back but, noticing my brother was right beside me made me realize who we got out that day. That was the day that me and my brother created a bond that would last a life time.
ReplyDeleteOne time I was really sick but I went surfing.It was probably against my better judgement. I wasn't going to go surfing, bu the was were insane and I couldn't turn this down. I got suited up, went out, and got some waves but got super worked too. I got held down for a long time and came up and almost passed out. It was worth it and I was fine in the end.
DeleteThis was very recently when I went to Santa Paula where me and some other people were trying to find our way to the punch bowls. We went rather early and it was a nice hike however for a good amount of time we didn't really know where we were going. It got scary when I got separated from the group and was wandering by myself for about 10 minutes. Fortunately I eventually found my group and I was okay. We then made our way to the one of the bowls, it was dried out. "sad"-Jelly
ReplyDeleteDamn man that's crazy you could've died.You got lucky you found your group. I suggest next time you go with me and you'll be safe.
DeleteI have had that feeling before when I didnt know where I was. I Five minutes past and I found my friends which I was very happy of finding them. That was a scary moment because I did not know where I was
DeleteA time when I made some misjudgments that almost lead to disaster was when I was driving back from L.A. with my dad, we had spent the whole day there and ate at a place called Maggiano's. We had already been driving for about 1 hour and it was getting pretty late and dark,as I approached the next freeway exit I started to merge onto the right lane, but a car would not let me merge so I decided to PUT MY PEDAL TO THE FLOOR!!!, and barely managed to merge in, that could've ended in a disaster.
ReplyDeleteOne time I was alone throwing razors at cardboard in my room and I didn't think anything can go wrong. So as I was throwing the razors I missed the cardboard and hit my wall. The razor then hit the wall and it flew back at me almost hitting me and I was lucky it missed. After that I decided to keep doing it because I didn't think it would happen again, but it did and this time it bounced off the wall and hit my TV. There was a little scratch on my TV, but it was fine. I still continued and most of the razors I threw that missed just got stuck in my wall.
ReplyDeleteWow Jagger that is some real stunt devil stuff.You missed a tragedy twice.You nsaw the potential of a real accident and you continuted to play with something that can seriously harm you. You left your room that day without a scratch, bravo!
DeleteThrowing razor blades is very dangerous. Luckily the one you threw missed you. Haven't your parents told you not to play with sharp objects?
DeleteOne time when i was a little boy, i lost my mom at the mall. I was about 8 years old at the time and it was probably one of the most scariest moments i have ever experienced. The whole time i was panicking wondering where she could be, one minute ago she was standing next to me then 10 seconds later she was gone. I made a huge mistake when i started looking around for her. I probably should have stayed where i was and waited for her to return. That definitely was not the best decision i could have made. Eventually, she returned and it turns out she was looking for me too. We both were practically running circles around each other until we finally regrouped.
ReplyDeleteIt was the second night I had my license and I was checking my mirrors like I was supposed too. I was watching this guy that was switching lanes fast. As I was watching him I was swerving towards the curb. The guy zoomed by me. I looked straight I had to turn the car fast. I was really scared.
ReplyDeleteJuan Ayala
ReplyDeleteAbout a month ago after desperately begging my parents to allow me to use their truck they finally hesitantly gave in and agreed.For the first time with ought supervision i pull out of my house an unlicensed driver , not in the insurance policy or my glasses.The typical teenage desire to feel grown was higher than ever which was the main reason I begged for this one joyride.Long story short i get lost in a neighborhood i did not know because they person I was suppose to pick up was not one hundred percent ready to ride in the passenger seat of a teenage unlicensed driver's parents car.I took a wrong turn , did not check my mirror and crashed into the drivers side of a 2015 Silver Subaru. First instinct was flee the scene, I was going to get in a world of trouble.After taking deep breaths I decided not to, and followed the faultless driver to a nearby parking space.After exchanging information we were both on our way and I headed home with a broken bumper empty passenger seat and a million outcomes to my inevitable situation in the following 30 minutes.
You made a very wise decision by not "fleeing the scene". I can only imagine how scary it must of been to be driving without a licenses, and to crash that exact same day. At least you learned a life experience, to always check your mirrors.
DeleteI am glad you're a safe. I wouldn't want Naomi to grow up without a father. I am glad everyone was safe. Take care Juan Ayala, I hope you don't do that again! ;(
DeleteA long time ago I was in a situation when I made a misjudgment. I was out camping with my friends when we decided to take our bikes on one of the hiking trails. On our way back down we wanted to race and I chose to go through a path in which I thought was a shortcut and gained too much speed. I keep calm and I kept my balance and was able to get out of this situation without a scratch. To this day I look back at this decision trying to make sure nothing like this happens again.
ReplyDeleteOnce when I was 8 years old, I was visiting my uncle in Long Beach and his Rottweiler had recently given birth to a handful of puppies. Considering that I love dogs, I was extremely excited to see/hold them. My uncle led me to his dog's house in the backyard and let me play with them for a while, but we had to go back inside to have lunch. After I ate, I wanted to hold them again, so my uncle told me it was okay if I went back there with my brother as long as we didn't bother the mom. In an attempt to open up the dog house to bring out a puppy, we accidentally shook the top and it made a loud noise which triggered the Rottweiler. She peeked out of the house and started growling, which got louder the more she came out. She started to run towards me and I ran for the door as fast as I could. The door that led to the backyard was locked for some reason, so I was yelling for someone to open it but she was able to reach me just in time. She bit my hip, through my skirt and into my skin. At that time, my aunt and uncle opened the back door and pulled her away from me. I was bleeding and in pain, but since then I've never bothered a bigger dog after having puppies.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 8 years old I had a terrible accident happen to Me. My mom had made me chicken noodle soup before she got into the shower. While she was in there, I was watching television and got too excited and kicked the table. This led to the boiling hot soup falling down and burning my thighs. I screamed and cried so much my mom rushed out of the bathroom and she was shocked. I had third-degree burns on my thighs and left scars. I shouldn't have kicked the table and should've been more aware of my surroundings and the boiling hot soup in front of me.
ReplyDeleteNo way bro!! I'm sorry to hear about you crashing into another car. That must've been scary. Glad you're okay ;O
ReplyDeleteI was in sixth grade and at the end of the year the whole class went on an outdoor school trip. During that trip the group we were in went hiking during nightfall. In the middle of our hike we had stopped in the middle of the trail we were in which was in the middle of the woods, our leader then turned to us and said that we would be walking the rest of the trail alone to get over the fear of walking alone in the woods in the dark or walking alone in the dark in general. When it was my turn to walk the trail alone in the dark my mind started to think of everything negative that could happen within that moment. I started to hear things moving in the trees and bushes. I started picturing things behind the trees or felt as if i was being watched by someone out in the forest. Once i got to the end of the trail with the rest of the group waiting we had gone back to where we originally started and walked back as a group and during that time there were no paranoid thoughts.
ReplyDeleteBack in the fifth grade Cade and I were very bored. We decided to start throwing water balloons at cars. So as a Jeep hauled by Wooley road we knew it was the one. We did a double chuck as water balloons spewed across the white jeep. It parked and one of the two very large men inside hopped out and chased us. Cade drops his phone mid run ans has to go back, if I didn't wait we would have been separated and potentially been dead meat.
ReplyDeleteBack in the fifth grade Cade and I were very bored. We decided to start throwing water balloons at cars. So as a Jeep hauled by Wooley road we knew it was the one. We did a double chuck as water balloons spewed across the white jeep. It parked and one of the two very large men inside hopped out and chased us. Cade drops his phone mid run ans has to go back, if I didn't wait we would have been separated and potentially been dead meat.
ReplyDeleteLast summer I was up at my house in the Sierra mountain range when I was up there I did all kinds of fishing and hiking. One day I decide to hike to the top of one of the giant granite domes that surround the nearby reservoir near my family cabin. No one wanted to go on the hike with me so I went alone. To get to the dome I had to kayak across the lake to the complete other side. From there I pulled my kayak onto the lake shore and hike into the dense thick pine forest, once I made it to the top of the dome I hung out there for there for a while and had lunch. While coming down I had to go back into the pine tree forest while going through the forest I got lost so I found a high point and located the lake and went down from there I kayaked back to where the cabin was. I had avoided the disaster by finding a high spot to get back to where the lake was.
ReplyDeleteBack in the fifth grade Cade and I were very bored. We decided to start throwing water balloons at cars. So as a Jeep hauled by Wooley road we knew it was the one. We did a double chuck as water balloons spewed across the white jeep. It parked and one of the two very large men inside hopped out and chased us. Cade drops his phone mid run ans has to go back, if I didn't wait we would have been separated and potentially been dead meat.
ReplyDeletethat was very scary. I am very scared for you and I already know that this was in the past. i am glad you guys are safe
DeleteBack in the fifth grade Cade and I were very bored. We decided to start throwing water balloons at cars. So as a Jeep hauled by Wooley road we knew it was the one. We did a double chuck as water balloons spewed across the white jeep. It parked and one of the two very large men inside hopped out and chased us. Cade drops his phone mid-run and has to go back, if I didn't wait we would have been separated and potentially been dead meat.
ReplyDeleteI was in sixth grade and at the end of the year the whole class went on an outdoor school trip. During that trip the group we were in went hiking during nightfall. In the middle of our hike we had stopped in the middle of the trail we were in which was in the middle of the woods, our leader then turned to us and said that we would be walking the rest of the trail alone to get over the fear of walking alone in the woods in the dark or walking alone in the dark in general. When it was my turn to walk the trail alone in the dark my mind started to think of everything negative that could happen within that moment. I started to hear things moving in the trees and bushes. I started picturing things behind the trees or felt as if i was being watched by someone out in the forest. Once i got to the end of the trail with the rest of the group waiting we had gone back to where we originally started and walked back as a group and during that time there were no paranoid thoughts.
ReplyDeleteOne hectic afternoon, I went with my cousins to the hospital to visit a friend of ours who was in labor. We gathered our stuff and rushed out of the house to the hospital. After being at the hospital for a few hours, I started questioning whether I locked the door to the house or not. I didn't tell anybody for a while because I didn't want to worry them. Eventually I brought it up and called my other cousin and asked her if she could go check if the door was locked. As I got home, I saw the garage lights were on and my cousin wasn't picking up her phone. As I opened the door, my cousin screamed and informed me that I did end up locking the door and everything was fine.
ReplyDeleteIt is great that your cousin was able to go check on your house on a short notice and that no one broke into your home. I always get the feeling that I forgot to lock the doors of my house too.On impulse I sometimes lock the door of my house without even noticing.
DeleteOne day at my soccer game I was getting ready thinking I had all my stuff. When we arrived I realized I had forgotten my goalie gloves and soccer shoes. My house was fifteen minutes away from the park and we only had five minutes before the game started. I wouldn't be able to play without my soccer shoes so I asked my friend if I could borrow her shoes for only ten minutes. I asked my dad to get me the shoes from home and I would only play for ten minutes without the gloves. I did play without my gloves for ten minutes, my hands were sore from the blocks I made. Now I would always make sure I have everything I need before leaving.
ReplyDeleteThat happened to me once too. It sucked. Luckily I got to play
DeleteYou showed great courage and determination by playing without your gloves for ten minutes; I used to be a goalkeeper but I would not have the same courage as you to play without gloves. I am happy to know that you only got your hands sore as pulling back a finger would cause at least a week of injury.
DeleteYou showed great passion for your sport by solving your problem and playing through it. I respect your hustle and hard work and hope you do good playing soccer. I have forgotten basketball shoes and I solved my problem by wearing someone else's shoes.
DeleteI will never forget my first time crossing a street alone. I was in seventh grade at the time and had just gotten out of class when my Aunt called, informing me that she would be picking me up from school. I looked around and to my horror I found her on the other side of the road. She was unaware of the fact that, up until that point, I had always crossed with someone. Reluctantly, I took a step forward after scanning to make sure there were no cars coming. Suddenly a man on a bike sped around a corner heading my way. Unsure of what to do next I froze on the spot. As he skidded to a screeching stop I bolted into my Aunt's car. She was laughing hysterically, but the sound was drowned out by my embarrassment.
ReplyDeleteNext time maybe you should try crossing with a friend thats around you. or waiting for a group of people to cross at the same time as you so that you would feel safer crossing. You should of also checked twice before crossing to make sure everything was double clear. Or you could have asked your aunt to park on the other side of the street so that it would be more easily accessible for you.
DeleteOver the summer I was walking near an alley with my cousin, when we heard small screams coming from the inside of a dumpster. We quickly glanced over the dumpster and realized that someone had placed two hamsters, which were trapped in a cage, inside of a plastic bag leaving them little room to breathe. I told my cousin to go inside the dumpster and retrieve the hamsters, but when she refused to I decided to go inside of the dumpster myself. Being too distracted on grabbing the hamsters, we did not notice that a garbage truck was approaching us until I got out. If I had not gotten out of the dumpster soon enough or if the people driving the garbage truck had not noticed us I could have been injured.
ReplyDeleteThat happened to me once. It sucked. luckily, I was to play
ReplyDeleteOne day my brother was sick on a school day. He is usually the one that calls our parents to tell them we are on our way. I usually step on the gas while leaving because of how bad traffic was from where I was parking at the time. So that day, since he was gone, I decided to try to call while driving. Which was an awful choice. I ended up crashing into this lady. Now I found parking space that I can get out faster at any time so I have time to call before I even start my car.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in the third grade, I got lost in Jamaica during a summer vacation. I got separated from the tour group and spent hours searching for them. I got hungry so I stole from one of the locals and took money out of their purse to buy chicken. I was dark skinned when I was younger so I blended in with the crowd and I didn't stand out as a tourist, so no one helped me find the group. I kept searching with no help when I finally found my parents at the same spot I lost them. I could've gotten in trouble for stealing but I got lucky and didn't. I was returned to my parents who didn't even know I went missing for a good half hour.
ReplyDeleteLast Christmas my uncle had asked me to make the fire in the chimney because he knew it would be my first time. I put in the fire wood from the backyard and went back inside when the gasoline. I put way too much gasoline and wood because when I had thrown in the match it was an explosion of fire. I luckily wasn't burned but I did burn many things that were around. I know that I would have caused a huge disaster if just kept adding more to the fire. I probably would have burned my uncles house down.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you didn't burn down your uncle's house!! I'm also glad you're okay and didn't get burned. Next time be a little more careful and ask how much gasoline to put!
DeleteWhen I was a sophomore, I had basketball practice in the afternoon. It wasn't until I got to practice that I realized I forgot my shoes. I was going to just go home and forget about practice because without my shoes I cant even practice so why even bother right? I decided to stay and suck it up and tell my coach that I forgot it, he laughed and made a joke about it and fortunately he had an extra shoes for me, they were not my size but that was ok. I'm glad I stayed because for some reason that practice was "very important" because the players that didn't make it that day didn't play the following game day.
ReplyDeleteOne day before my game on Friday against Sylmar high school. I was getting ready for my game. I asked my coach for game pants and he didn't have them for me. he had nasty practice pants for so I left the game out anger. He later asked me why I left the game and i explained to him why I left. He was like we didn't have any more sizes of game pants for you. So I just left the game and didn't go at all with the team.
ReplyDeleteOne night I was going to go to Los Angeles with my friends to go to a concert. However, my parents are strict about who drives and how old they are. So, I had the choice of going without telling them or to say something and risk the chance of not going. Being my responsible self I decided to tell them and as I expected they told me no. So, I didn't go but, on the way back my friends tire popped and they had to wait for a tow truck to take them home. I'm glad I made the right decision and didn't risk getting in trouble.
ReplyDeleteOne time I was getting ready to perform for a rally. I thought I had all of my things put together my clothes, shoes, make up and hair accessories. But then I thought through my bag and saw that I hadn't brought my converse that we were supposed to wear. Since I was in such a rush that morning I had left them on my bed. I had to ask a bunch of friends if I could borrow their shoes whether it was converse or just black shoes. Luckily I found someone who had black converse in my size that I could use, ever since that day if I have a rally and I need my converse I wear them to school so I don't forget about them.
ReplyDeleteOne day on a Saturday morning i was hungry and decided to make pancakes, i was like around 8 years old at that time. I made a whole mess, there was milk everywhere but that wasn't the problem. The problem was that when i had the oven on my little brother who was 4 years that, was gonna put his hand on the fire. So in order to prevented him from burning i pushed the chair in which he was sitting down. Even though he fell i saved his little hands from getting burned.
ReplyDeleteOne cloudy Tuesday my uncle decide to stop by for a visit, and usually he always seems to bring something interesting. That particular evening he decided to bring a taser, me and my 2 siblings thought it was a flashlight because it looked like one. He put the taser on the very top shelf in the kitchen then asked if we wanted to go to the liquor store to buy chips, i decided to stay because i was feeling very lazy when they left I got very curious and decided to climb on a chair and get the taser, i lifted the cap and stared at it for a while before i raised in to the ceiling and pressing the button. Let me just tell you it left a burn mark on the ceiling. Right at that moment my uncle walks in and and runs toward me, takes it away, and tells me not to tell my mom he left me alone with a taser.
ReplyDeleteLike every person we each have a curious mind that enforces our actions sometimes. Honestly I would have done the same thing to identify what the taser was and how it worked. Good thing you didn't accidentally used it on someone or yourself.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was in the third grade, I got lost in Jamaica during a summer vacation. I got separated from the tour group and spent hours searching for them. I got hungry so I stole from one of the locals and took money out of their purse to buy chicken. I was dark skinned when I was younger so I blended in with the crowd and I didn't stand out as a tourist, so no one helped me find the group. I kept searching with no help when I finally found my parents in the same place I lost them.
ReplyDeleteOnce when I was younger I went tree climbing at the park. I was very happy that I was able to get to a really high branch. Although, when I was ready to come down i was scared. I remember I started crying because i didn't know how to get down and my dad had to come get me. I learned my lesson don't climb to high if you can't get down.
ReplyDeleteI was 11 years old and I went out to the ice cream man about to buy candy and an ice cream. My father gave me a $20 dollar bill and asked me to get me something for my brother and sister. So as I approached the ice cream man he said he was all out of ice cream. And i asked myself, "how is that possible?" as he told me that he asked how much money i had and i replied with $20 dollars and he said i will give you 4 bags of chips for $20. And i thought that was a great deal so i took it. But when I told my dad he was furious and went out to look for him, but he was gone already. I felt so played. I haven't been to an ice cream man ever since.
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ReplyDeleteA couple of months ago during summer I went camping with my family. It was already late and I did not have a flashlight because I went exploring by the mountains when the sun was still out, and I was far away from the spot we had our tents at so I had to walk a mile without light and realized I had a flashlight on my phone. If I hadn't remember that I had it there I would've got lost on the way back because of the trails seemed all the same and with the light I tracked back my footprints.
When I was younger, I traveled to Mexico with my family. We took a trip to a fairly small water park. I decided it would be a good idea to wander off and try to explore the whole water park on my own. I did not tell anyone where I was going, and I soon found myself lost. I went outside the park, and I began to get scared. My family was looking for me, and thankfully a worker helped me find them. That experience allowed me to learn never to wander off alone, especially in foreign places.
ReplyDeleteOnce I was hiking with my friends and it was getting dark but we kept hiking anyways. We knew that we didn't have flashlights but we still continued, bad idea. When it was almost pitch black we decided to turn around but our phones were dying and knew that we didn't have a lot of light left. So we started to run down the mountain and she fell and twisted her ankle.
ReplyDeleteIt was January 2016 when I went to big bear with my brother and boyfriend. It was a school day and i skipped school to go to the snow and it was super cold. my brother had snow chains which made the trip easier and safer but it was still dangerous. The snow was up to my knees and it was hard to walk. my brother and bf thought it would be funny to leave me alone. they left and i didn't notice, i was scared until i saw little kids playing and i started playing with them too. By the time they came back i had forgot they left and i was happy. i got to play with kids and i got food.
ReplyDeleteIn May, my family and I took a road trip to Arizona because it was the time of year when we help my older sister move out of her school apartment and bring her back home for the summer. Out of the 2 days we stayed in Arizona our very last day my parents planned last minute to take a family hiking trip to the Devil's bridge, and because of the heat we are going to take the shortest trail that would only take 20 minutes to the bridge. We left our hotel room at 6:00 in the morning and because this hike was planned last minute we only had two water bottles for a family of five, we obviously did not thing this all the way through. Turns out we ended up taking the longest trail because it has been an hour and we were completely lost. Keep in mind it is now 115 degrees out and with one water bottle all gone and the second one only a quarter full we were all struggling to walk. I do not know why, but my parents were determined that we were getting close to the Devil's Bridge. My siblings and I were way too dehydrated to even walk any further especially because we did not know where we were going and we sat by a small tree that had very little shade and we let our parents keep walking. 20 minutes passed and we see our parents walking towards us, they found out that we were not close at all and we ended up walking all the way back to the start of the trail with no water in the bottles. Took us about 30 minutes to walk back and the temperature went higher to 120 degrees, we spent about four hours trying to walk this trail.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in 7th grade I would sometimes go over to my friend’s house for a couple of hours to study or just hangout. One day one of my best friends invited me to go over to her house, I totally forgot to call my mom and ask for permission. After school my friend and I walked to her house, my phone had died before school had ended. The sun was setting and called my mom so she could pick me up. As soon as she answered she immediately asked where I was and if anything had happened to me! I was confused because I thought I had told her I was going to my friend’s house after school. She then began to yell and said she had called the police. She was very upset because I had not told her where I was going. I got grounded for a week.
ReplyDeleteA time I was alone and made some misjudgments was when my mom had to go attend a conference in Las Vegas, NV, I was 7 1/2 at that time. Before she left my mom and I went to our local supermarket to buy some groceries. As we got home my mom immediately began to prepare food. She made chicken nuggets and French Fries. she gave me a hug goodbye and was off to the conference. I foolishly ate all the food she left for me but I was still hungry. So, I looked for a knife and began cutting some chicken fillets. I completely misjudged the sharp knife therefore I accidentally got a cut on my finger. That day I learned that we should always be careful while using knifes.
ReplyDeleteA time I was alone and made some misjudgments was when my mom had to go attend a conference in Las Vegas, NV, I was 7 1/2 at that time. Before she left my mom and I went to our local supermarket to buy some groceries. As we got home my mom immediately began to prepare food. She made chicken nuggets and French Fries. she gave me a hug goodbye and was off to the conference. I foolishly ate all the food she left for me but I was still hungry. So, I looked for a knife and began cutting some chicken fillets. I completely misjudged the sharp knife therefore I accidentally got a cut on my finger. That day I learned that we should always be careful while using knifes.
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