The Story of Channon Rose: Lessons between the Lines by Channon Rose Page A

terrified to see me in the bathroom. As soon as Jill entered, a friend of mine locked the bathroom door so that no one else could come in. I didn’t say a word to Jill, I just punched her as hard as I could in her pretty little face. She fell down to the ground and I drug her by her hair into one of the bathroom stalls. I hit her over the head with the wrench and then I pulled out my scissors from my hoodie and started chopping off chunks of her blonde hair. I cut about half of her hair off before I shoved her head into the toilet and tried to drown her. One of my friends saw that I was taking it too far and pulled me off her and she ran out of the bathroom crying.
    Later that day, while sitting in my English class, some police officers entered the room. They asked if there was a Channon Rose in the class. I raised my hand and said, “Yup, that’s me.” I knew why they were there and I didn’t care. They handcuffed me in front of my whole class and said that I was under arrest for arson, battery, and attempted murder. They read me my rights and took me to juvenile hall. I sat in handcuffs and ankle cuffs in a holding cell for a few hours. Then I was put into juvenile hall. They called my mother and once they found out that I was bi-polar and had been hospitalized in the past, they released me to the mental institution instead of staying in juvenile hall. In addition to going back to another mental hospital, I was now kicked out of the entire Los Angeles School District for what I had done. I was then placed in Special Education for being emotionally disturbed.

Here is what I learned:
Don’t do DRUGS! They might give you temporary happiness but in the long run they do so much damage to your life, it is not worth it. Just watch the show Intervention. That show should change your mind about wanting to do drugs.
When you’re young, the things that you care the most about are usually things that won’t matter to you at all when you get older like friendship battles, young relationships, peer pressure, etc. When people cheat, there are always two or more people involved. One person isn’t always 100% to blame. Many people are immature, not happy, not satisfied, or it could be any number of things. It usually stems from insecurity. Do not do what I did; it’s not worth it, I promise. It gives the other person a sense of control and power over you. Don’t give them the satisfaction of knowing that their negative action will hurt you. If they go behind your back and do something to hurt you, they aren’t good enough to be in your life anyway. You are better than that. Having that on my record for life for some girl who is a complete stranger to me now is not worth it. Thankfully, I was able to have those records expunged, because I was a minor but that is not always possible. Do not hurt people. I did all that over what? A boy! A cheating scumbag boy! Who is a total loser now. Totally not worth my time. PLEASE LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES. I promise you it isn’t worth it.
Do not get into strangers’ cars—I could have been easily raped and killed, and although what that limo driver did was sick and twisted, I made the choice to get in the car, so it was just as much my fault. Think hard about things before you do them. Once you do something you shouldn’t have done you can’t go back in time and take it back. If you think that what you are about to do is wrong, don’t do it because it most likely is wrong.
Crime really does not pay. People that live in that life hurt themselves over and over again. Every bad decision comes back to haunt you—so choose not to make them. You do not have to be good, but choose to not hurt yourself either. Years later, you have to deal with the emotional repercussions of your actions and it’s not an easy thing do. Remember, negative actions bring forth more negativity into your life and at some point we all need to pay for our wrongdoings. Choose to be a good person not a bad one, you will