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Journey
- Coming of Age in Today's World:
"This trip has brought out a part of me I never knew
was there. It’s the ability to love people and all other
things and to get it in my head that the whole world does
not suck. I’ve got to know people I’m here with
a little better, and I love them all. They are all really
special and they are all 100% perfect in a way. I feel like
I came up here a rusty dirty piece of scrap metal, but now
I feel like I’ve been recycled."
9th grade Journey student
Focus on the Future:
(Focus is an extended day program for first offender youth
sponsored jointly by Chico Unified School District and Butte
County Probation. Focus uses the Journey curriculum).
"I have learned that I am responsible for my own actions.
I have also learned that there are different ways to handle
my problems instead of using drugs or being violent."
11th grade Focus student
"My life has changed lot because I put the gang-related
part of me to the side and that was very hard for me, but
I learned to make the right decision."
10th grade Focus student
"Focus on the Future has helped me realize that problems
don't just go away, they need to be addressed and it takes
acknowledgment and a commitment to solving the problem to
make it go away. I have changed in that I now know when to
ask for help and that I can rely on certain people for that
help ... I took those weaknesses and turned them into strengths
... I came to see that trust is hard, but worth the results.
I learned that talking about my problems begins the process
of helping so that healing can take place."
12th grade Focus student
" I've learned a lot about myself, about integrity and
about introspection ... how to look at myself, and of course
I did not like what I saw. I know I had to make some heavy
changes and fast, not only for me but also for my family,
and for my grandmother."
11th grade Focus student
I have now grown more mature and have much more wisdom. I
have learned how to control my emotions ... before I react
in an unnecessary manner."
11th grade Focus student
Every Youth Included:
"I enjoyed participating in Every Youth Included...because
of the diversity, most would think so many groups could not
mix...it mixed very well, it was a fun environment."
14 year-old EYI participant
What are the most important things you have learned
from the program?
I think it helped me not to be scared to say my feelings and
problems.
How to be patient. Goal orientation.
I learned how to discuss certain topics and to consider the
opinions of others.
I realized qualities about myself that I didn’t know
I had.
Friendship and how to behave, and to shut up when other people
are talking.
Awareness on everything… So I know now.
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