Into Perspective...

THE WEST COVINA COURTHOUSE! <- that's where I do my mentorship. Being there allowed me to see and hear things I would not in my normal day to day routine. I saw many kids my age and a little older go through hard times in life and get themselves into bad situations. Although I'm not a juvenile "delinquent", I got to witness firsthand what the reprecussions would be for some of the things that people my age would do. For example, one of the cases I got to sit in on was a Human Trafficking/Prostitution case and the victim was 16 years old. Although it is not a common thing to hear about with my peers, hearing her testify just gave me a wake up call on how lucky I am and just got me more focused on my actions. My point is, being at my mentorship awakened my thoughts of my own actions while I witnessed others being punished for theirs.