Personal Narrative: Juvenile Justice

This is a true story about the time I got in trouble for doing something that would have marked my record with a felony and got me put in a juvenile detention center for 3-6 months. I'm in a room with my mom, sister, and a officer who is telling me what I did and the consequences for my actions. I'm sitting there taking it all in and making sure I show him how regretful I am for doing what I did. When I sat down with my mom and sister the officer asked me what happened so i told him and he explained what could happen to me. At the moment he was explaining my situation I was nervous and scared even though i was going to accept the consequences of my actions. In my mind I was thinking of how this was going to affect my future and how my family …show more content…
She was already mad that she was going to have to go to work late to be here so the officer explaining what was going to happen made it worse. After the officer got through telling me everything that was wrong with what i did and what the penalty was going to be; i began to get emotional because seeing my sister and mom cry because of something I did. During that moment the officer told me I was lucky he wasn't going to take further action in my case because he decided to give me a better chance to learn from this mistake and be a better human being. He continued to say if I ever was to end up in his office again he would most definitely put me behind a closed door. We all thanked him for giving me a second chance and left the building. The meaning this story has to me is the fact that after that scary experience I would never put myself in a position to get in trouble like that. I now strive to make my mom proud any chance I can get. She has big expectations for me and wants to see me succeed in life. I don’t want the time and hard work she put in to get me and my sister where we’re right now to go to