Teen Dating Violence

 

Nationally about one in five teens have reported being abused by a dating partner. According to the 2007 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey of New Mexico revealed that one in nine high school students have been hit or hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend. Teens are less likely to to get help from police or domestic violence shelters, they would rather talk to peers, teachers,and coaches about their problems. Usually dating violence occurs when one partner tries to take control in the relationship through abuse. Teen dating violence is often hidden because teenagers are pressured by peers to be violent, want independence form parents and many other reasons.

Some clues a teen may be in a violent relationship:

• Physical signs of injury
• Truancy, dropping out of school
• Failing grades
• Indecision
• Changes in mood or personality
• Use of drugs/alcohol
• Pregnancy
• Emotional outburst
• Isolation

If you are a teen in a violent relationship, there are many ways you can get help. Talk to a trusted adult or a local shelter serving victims of domestic abuse or call the NMSU Crisis Assistance Listening Line at 866.314.6847,
Agora Crisis Center Helpline at 505.277.3013.
The Love is Respect Dating Abuse Hot line at
866.331.9474. You can also visit
http://www.loveisrespect.org/

Betrayal

Has anyone ever betrayed you? Maybe you told a friend a story that no one else could know besides them but they still told someone else. Did you lose trust in them? That's what betrayal is, betrayal can be very upsetting. Have you ever thought about you being the betrayer? Maybe you did something that your friend asked you not to do. That person probably lost their trust in you. Betrayal is mainly about trust and losing trust. When you betray someone you have to have their trust first. When someone betrays you they have also lost your trust, most likely. Being betrayed can be very hurtful. Being betrayed is like when someone you are close to and trust does something that was not necessary or you asked them not to. One example of betrayal is like when best friends do something to hurt each other. For example I know one person who was betrayed by their best friend. One person told their best friend a secret. this person had trust in their best friend that she wouldn't tell anymore he secret. The next day the best friend told some of their other friends what the secret was. Now a lot of people knew that persons secret. This was not right of the friend to tell others this secret. This is one way someone I know was betrayed. After this incident the person with the secret was very careful in who she told certain things to. Even if the freind didn't tell people the secret to hurt her friend on purpose it still hurt that person. They may still be friends after that but after something doing something like that, intentional or not, someone has lost a little trust in you.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Part 2)

"If you can dream it, you can do it." ~Walt Disney

In the second part of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Snow White marries the prince. They have a big wedding in the forest with all of the animals and of course each of the seven dwarfs. After Their wedding snow white and the prince go to live in the step mother’s castle. The evil queen is vanished from the forest. When the evil queen finds out that Snow White and the prince now live in her castle she plans to escape and take back her throne and declare herself queen, again. The evil queen plans to escape and hide out in the dwarfs little cottage in the forest, since they now live in the castle with Snow White and the prince. When the queen finally escapes she finds her way to the cottage. What the evil queen doesn't know is that all of the other animals now live in the cottage.

When Snow white’s step mother gets to the cottage she opens the door and scares all of the animals. The animals hide anywhere they can find. The animals hear the evil queen talking about her plan to go back to her castle and take the crown away from snow white. The animals start to scare the evil queen and finally get her to leave the cottage and are glad that they are helping Snow White. While all of this is happening Snow white and the prince are doing spring cleaning and getting ready for the seven dwarfs to come back from the mine. The dwarfs went to the mine they spent a long week cleaning and getting a present ready for Snow White and her prince. The dwarfs made Snow White a beautiful statue made of diamonds, rubies and pearls. The statue is of Snow White and the prince.

Before the dwarfs get back to the castle the evil queen has already arrived but is still hiding. The evil queen is following snow white everywhere she goes, but is hiding in the bushes and trees. Then when Snow White is alone in her room the queen comes in the room and closes the door. Snow White is scared. The prince hears Snow White yelling and runs to her room. When he gets there he sees the queen, but he cannot get in the room. When the dwarfs get there the prince tells them what happened. The dwarf’s tell the animals in the forest that Snow White is in trouble. The dwarfs and the animals go outside Snow Whites window the dwarfs stack up on top of each other to reach the window. Then all of the animals jump inside Snow Whites window and get the evil queen. Then Snow White opens the door for the prince and the evil queen is once again vanished from the woods. Except this time she is followed around by some of the animals.

After the evil queen leaves everyone goes back to their party for the dwarfs. Snow White makes everyone go wash up for dinner. After everyone washes up they have a big feast, with lots of food and great desserts. After they eat the dwarfs carry in their gift for Snow White and the prince. They help the prince put the gift in the castle.

“All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them" ~Walt Disney

Bravery and Courage

"Courage is tiny pieces of fear all glued together."  ~Terri Guillemets

Every has had a time in their life when they needed to be brave or have courage to get something done. One time that i had to be brave was when there was a fire in my grandmas house. I had to stay calm and call 911. I also had to keep my little cousin calm. I had to carry my cousin as i was on the phone with 911. My cousin did not have any shoes on because we all ran outside right away to help my grandma and aunt. By me staying calm i was able to help my whole family. I was able to give 911 the address to the house and comfort my cousin to keep her calm and let her know everything was okay. Since she saw that I was okay she knew that nothing was going to happen. This was just a little situation but it was a very different experience i had never had before.This experience taught me a lot. It taught me that by keeping your emotions under control you can keep a calm and not hectic environment in a scary situation. I also learned that doing something little, it can make everyone  What is one time when you had to be brave, or have courage?

"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar."  ~Raymond Lindquist