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Naomi Jewett
English 2010-065
Memoir
February 17, 2015
Word Count 1,206
Wrong Doings
It all starts with a two childrens crisis, then it becomes a two mothers crisis and
two fathers crisis, two neighbors crisis; but in the
end this crisis remains one childs for the rest of
his life.
As for mothers their busy days at work goes
as they normal do long hard eight hours. They use
most muscle part in their body by bending, stooping, and lifting heavy bodies. Neither stop to
look at the clock; they are just preoccupied in their work. Although their day goes fine for both
mothers who have the same career, but do not work together.
The evening strikes it seems as if the children have been given bags of candy, they are
bouncing like rubber balls up and down all over the place, running inside and outside. They just
wont seat still for short time. This takes place while each mother is per pairing dinner for their
individual families.
Dinner time has come.

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Then dusk has comes all the children are in for the evening. It is quite time, but not on
this particular night. One mother comes to another mother with the tails what of had happened in
the early in the evening. To both mothers it is quite a shock.
The day ends on an emotional note that one mother will never forget nor the child.

In 2012, about 16 million lived below the poverty line. Child abuse and neglect occur
across all racial, socioeconomic, religious, and cultural lines, yet most children who enter foster
care are from impoverished homes. (In the last nineteen years, I recall just two cases in which a
parent did not qualify for a court-appointed attorney.) Three quarters of the children who come
into foster care have suffered neglect. One in 11 has been sexually abused, one in six, the victim
of physical abuse (Stone).

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The day begins with happiness and laughter for all the above only for disaster to stick in
the evening hours just after dusk.
There he seats as a young adult watching the days go by not knowing what to do
with myself. I have quite ever thing cold turkey. It seems as if my mind is racing with thoughts
of what people say I should be doing. All he hears is voices over and over again saying please
do this and dont do that. Do all the other people in the world know whats right for me, or are
they just saying that it should be that way? He is so confused with what life has brought his way.
He does not know which
way to turn. So he seats
there lost in thought in this
musty one bedroom
apartment. It only has a
small kitchen that he can
walk from one side of the
room to the other in just
maybe eight long steps one
way and three the other ways. Then he can turn around and be back into his living room that also
is his bedroom. Next to that is a smaller agent room that leads to the bathroom. He spends most
of his days alone, but there are days that he does get visitors. He always doesnt choose the best
company. His anxiety level is high he cannot sit still any more so he does something careless.
Which endangers the lifes of others. Then he runs.
The day ends on an emotional note that one mother will never forget nor the child.

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A survey in 2011 says that When 22 percent of any child population flees the system
which adults have provided to keep them safe, something is wrong. These youth may have
insights the rest of us fail to see. Studies show foster care is a highway to health problems,
homelessness, early pregnancy, arrest, incarceration, and sex trafficking. And those are the lucky
kids. Foster care alumni are five times more likely to commit suicide and eight times more likely
to be hospitalized for a serious psychiatric disorder( Policy ,pg11).
In a / the local community that a pyromaniacs are often portrayed as angry people who
have been rejected by society who get their comeuppance by setting fire to places they associate
with their negative emotions. I think this is a/ an inaccurate portrayal because while many
arsonists are pyromania is not the cause behind most arson. Although pyromaniacs commit
premeditated arson they dont do it with the intention of hurting people, nor to gain revenge.
They arent doing this action to unleash feelings of nor simply out of boredom. Its not because
they are angry human being. Rather these types of people will commit an act of pyromania;
because they cannot control themselves.

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Pyromaniacs feel pleasure, relief, and/or gratification upon seeing the aftermath of a fire or upon
seeing a fire burn; they commit arson for the sake of these feelings only. A person can be
diagnosed with pyromania only if they have set fire to something more than once, if they
experience the aforementioned feelings of pleasure and/or relief upon seeing a fire burn, and if
their arson is not caused by any other disorder, such as antisocial personality disorder.
The day begins with happiness and laughter for all the above only for disaster to stick in
the evening hours just after dusk.
Life is not what he thought it was twenty-four hours ago. This has brought him to where
he is today through the chooses that he has chosen by his actions. Can he survive this crisis just
like the other crisis in his life or will this be the end of him.
The days are spent reading books from the library, were his mind gets caught up in
adventures and other stories of romance and law books, magazines and most important the
Bible. He finds himself digging deep and hard in the scriptures applying what he is learning to
make better profound life with change. This is where he finds his comfort on most days when his
mind is racing and the stress seems to be eating at him. Will he really be a changed person? Also
know he spends a day writing letters to the people in his life that he cares about the most. No
longer can he touch those people other than through words, and the portraits that he holds in his
hands. At times those pictures are taking away to. He has no usage of a cell phone like normal
young adult, but just one ten minute phone call a week sometimes home. When he can hear his
mothers and brothers voices it helps him to make it through another week. He never gets to
watch his favorite television shows, or television for that matter. He is always told what to do
when to do it no freedom what so ever. Its very rare that he see the light of day outside, but is

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able to keep track of the days that go by.

Theres a hole in the neighborhood where the shadows fall. Theres a hole in his heart,
but his hope holds him together. He dreams that his chains will be broken soon. Come set him
free down on his knees. He still believes you could save him from himself. Please come set him
free.

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"Policy Matters California Senate Office of Research." California Senate Office of Reasearch, 1
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Stone, Deb. "U.S. Foster Care: A Flawed Solution That Leads to More Long-term Problems."
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