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2. When I hear about a car accident involving teenagers I would assume that it was due to drinking and driving, because most teenagers don't realize how dangerous it is to drive drunk. Or texting while driving, since most teenagers think that its a piece of cake to drive and text at the same time. Or wreckless driving, beacuse they mite think it's funny. When I hear of a car accident involving the elderly I would assume that they were driving too slow and a speeding driver hit them, because most elders go the exact speed limit or slightly under the limit. Or they didn't see that a lane was only for people turning that direction and they ended up going the opposite way in that same lane, some elderly people have bad eyes and can't see the arrow on the road. For example, a lane could be " left turn only" and an elder may not see it, and they are turning right in the left turn only lane and someone may hit them. Or they accidently ran a red light, because some elderly people don't see the changing light.

4. My most frightening moment was on a summer night. I was staying with a friend at her aunts house in Mingo. We were out walking all day and it was starting to get dark. Two of her other friends asked us to meet them at the "camp sight" which is a place in the woods. So we left the park and headed back to her aunts to change into warmer clothes since it was getting chilly. We walked to the woods to barn where we were meeting them at. By this time it was already dark outside. Once we saw them, they took us up in the woods and lead us to the camp sight. They were staying there all night in a tent. We were invited to stay too, but we decided it wasn't a good idea. After a few hours it started getting late, so we decided to go. They walked us back to the barn and we headed back to her aunts house. Once we got back, there was nobody home. We didn't know her mom left to go to her grandmas, which was right down the hill from us. So we left the house and started walking down the hill. It was alrerady late, around 9:30 almost 10. As we were walking, we were talking and laughing and such, and we hear a car. So we figured it was just somone passing by. We don't think anything of it and continue walking. After a while we realized we never saw the car pass us, so we turned around to see if they were still behind us or maybe turned awhile back. We saw a white van driving really slow, as if they were following us. We didnt think that they were following us, we just thought maybe they were looking for someones house or something. After a little bit longer we started to get alittle freaked out so we picked up the pace. As we sped up so did they van. At that point we realized they were following us. My heart started racing, I looked at my friend and wispered " What do we do?", and she said "run". So we started running down the street with the van still following us, we ran for awhile and stopped to take a breath. The van comes around the corner and stops beside us.My heart stops, my body goes numb, and i just look at my friend. In the van, there were some guys. They were obviously drunk, because the driver rolled down the window and they started to yell things at us. They were cussing and everything. So we take off running again. We were starting to get closer and closer to her grandmas house. As we reach the edge of the backyard, we dove and rolled down the hill and layed in the grass to catch our breath again. We layed there for awhile and finally look up to see if the van was gone, and it was. We were so relieved, but also shook up. Then we go finally go into her grandmas to see her mom. That had to be one of the most frightening moments of my enitre life.

5. If a public tradgedy occurs, and it's not someone in my immediate family, I usually respond by feeling bad for that persons family. Depending on what happened. For example, if a family's home burnt to the ground and they had nothing left, I would feel really bad for them. Since I have all that I need and they don't have anything anymore. Usually if there are donation collections for families in need, I go through my old clothes, blankets, ect, and i give them away to the people who need them.

7. If I could rid the world of 3 things, I would choose to eliminate sickness and diease, alcohol, and drugs. The reason I would rid all sickness and disease, is because alot of innocent people get sick and die from it. Sometimes they don't even know they have it. Like cancer for example. Someone may have a type of cancer and not even know about it. They might not find out they have it until it's almost too late to fix it. So they end up dying all because they had no idea they were really sick. My reason for ridding the world of alcohol, is because it is a dangerous thing to have. Drinking too much alcohol can cause serious damage to your body. It also can cause people to become dangerous to be around. If some people drink too much, they can become violent. One other reason I would choose to eliminate alcohol, is because of drunk dirving. Alot of people get killed in car accidents from someone who was drinking and driving. I think getting rid of drugs and tobacco products would be a good idea. Since they can kill you. Plus they are one of the reasons so many people are going broke and have no money to their name. Yet they somehow find the money for theese products. So if they were gone from the world, people could use their money for things they really need, like food. Drugs and tobacco also can cause serious damage to your body. Drugs are addicting and some people just can't seem to conrtol themselves. Theese are my reasons for ridding the world of those 3 things. Sickness and disease, alcohol, and drugs.

8. It is very important to me that my parents show up to events that I'm participating in. The reason it is so important to me, is becasue I know they support me 100% in what I do. Even if I don't succeed, they are still proud of me and love me just the same. No matter what I do, I know my parents are supportive, loving, and are always proud of me.

10.Since Andy has been recieving harsh treatment from the accident, I don't think I would treat him meanly like the other kids. I can understand that other kids may be angry with him and think that it's his fault Rob died, but accidents do happen. So I think that I would be nice to Andy. I would be a friend, because he probably feels alone. I would want to help him through the rough time he's dealing with. Most of the kids are angry with him, when I think that it's more of a time to be there for each other and help each other through this hard time,