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February 2012

Kamana
Class of 2012

My name is Kamana. I am supposed to be a Senior at Roosevelt High School. I am not stupid or a bad kid. Unfortunately I got transferred to the ALS (Second Chance) school because my grades were bad. There are a lot of other reasons why I am not at Roosevelt, some I would like to forget; others I try to keep alive as good memories. The Alternative school I am at is going to allow me to graduate on time. I am grateful for this, cause it is like a second chance for me.

I want to forget all the times I blew off homework, cut out of school and acted like a punk. There were fights, lies and many things that got me tossed out of Roosevelt. All of this is behind me now. I gotta look forward.

There was one positive thing I remember about Roosevelt. In 9th grade someone invited me to a strange club. They said there was free pizza. I went and there was pizza. There were people who were different. They were cool but they were not the bad kids. There was something different about them. The YFC guy invited me to a bible study. I said yes only because I was curious about these strange Christians. I am not a Christian but I felt it was good for me to go to the YFC club and bible study. The way these kids acted really impacted me. There was something different about them. I thought deeply about who they were and what they were about. I admired them inside.

Getting kicked out my senior year meant having to say goodbye to the YFC club. At the ALS school I met a friend from Kaimuki HS. He said he also went to the YFC club when he was at Kaimuki. He invited me to church and youth group. I go to a bible study twice a week. I still hang out with the YFC guy from Roosevelt. This is my story of my journey towards Christ.

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