From Detroit to Lincoln Park (January 5, 2015)

Hey Guys,

So I've been thinking about what if i didn’t leave Detroit Public School to go to Lincoln Park School back in 5th grade.  This got me thinking when i saw one of my old friends on a cover because he might be going to jail for life for killing and trying to rob an old man. It got me thinking What if I didn’t leave DPS in the 5th grade during that teacher strike? What if i stayed in DPS with all my friends that for generations and generations ago their parents were friends and went to school together and graduated together and went to college together and lived the rest of their lives together watching their kids play together.  What would I be? Would I be pregnant like some of my girl friend?Would I be a High school drop out? Would I be on drug and drinking? Would I have killed myself back in February? Would I be this nerdy, fat girl like I am today, focusing on getting away from my mother and trying to find my place in this world? Trying to be and do the best i can to become who I want to be and  make sure I’m nothing like my mother? Or would I have turned into my mother? But thinking this through it has always been Lincoln  Park. Even if I did stay at DPS the High school closed down by the time I would have to go to High school, so I would have to go to Lincoln Park because that is the closest High school near my home, so maybe it is good that I went to LP when I did. If i didn’t I wouldn’t have meant my amazing Twin, my pretty funny guy friends and my extremely smart girl friends and my 2 extra special best friends that i talk too every day and night. Without these people I could have been pregnant or a drop out, but I’m not. I’m a part- time worker, part- time babysitter, full-time student and a full- time friend.

I’m super lucky

See Ya Later

Emmie <3