Living in the Valley Youth House shelter wasn’t that bad in my opinion. We went to the Made in America Festival. we went to the gym with a swimming pool every week, and we went to Six Flags in New Jersey too. The staff were very friendly to me and they were always there for me when I needed support. The residents there were okay, it really depended who were living at the moment. The boys were in one area of the house and the girls were on the other side of the house. There were some moments that I got into arguments with the residents but the staff always were there to deal with the situation. There was this one girl that really disliked me and always tried to cause problems with me. I started doing cyber schooling with Agora Cyber Charter School when school started and it was hard for me when it first started. I haven’t done school for about 2 years before I went into Children and Youth care. I was interviewed by a foster family and they weren’t match to me, so there was a second foster family that were interested in me. I went to their house and had a look around their house and was introduced to the family. I agreed to go with the second foster family in Norristown. I was in the shelter for a month.
The made in America Festival was okay, I didn’t really enjoyed it too much. I didn’t like how crowded it was and when the singers were doing their performances, the fans were get really out of control and push people around and we were cramped together. I didn’t like it at all and I wished I never went to the event. When I went to Six Flags in New Jersey, I never been to an amusement park before. I wanted to try a roller coaster as my first ride. The staff were telling me to try a different ride at first before I try a roller coaster and I was determinant that I was going onto a roller coaster. So one of the staff said we could try Skull Mountain for me to try out as my first roller coaster. Skull Mountain was an indoor roller coaster and it was in the pitch dark black. I went onto the ride and I was okay with it going up and then straight down but once it started to go around the bends at a very fast pace, I was screaming and saying curse words. After the ride was done,I was shaking and was scared to be on any other ride for the rest of the day. I just walked around the park and watch other people on the other rides.