Humans of AR

The Mind of a Teen

By Sophia K. from Academy of the Redwoods in California

“I went to this Quinceañera with my friends and it was just us, like obviously we had some adults around but they weren’t my parents and they weren’t my other friends, it was one of our friends uncle and cousins, but they were like pretty responsible and made sure we didn’t do anything stupid. We had fun, it was just all of us we didn't have to worry about like school or being stressed out, so that was pretty fun, so we just got to party and be ourselves.”

“At first I wanted to be an anesthesiologist but I feel like that is like too risky because if something goes wrong like you could get fired, you could get sued and all that. Then I wanted to do a barber shop and a tattoo parlor but I still want to go to school to study for something bigger. So I love like cutting hair and I love tattoos because, tattoos, and I love like just sketching stuff out and all that. But I feel like I like school more than doing that because I feel safe at it, like not `safe safe` but like a safe spot and I honestly just want to go to school to study for something bigger instead of just studying for a year or two just for that. Maybe four years, obviously in college and work in the medical field, maybe a doctor or, I don’t know yet I’m still figuring it out. That’s my future plan and hopefully I earn enough money to help my mom out and my siblings because I love em.”

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