Carolyn Arellano

Like I don't have to be here. Um, end up moving out somehow graduating high school a year early. Um, and actually I graduated high school here early because of a lot of the fighting that I was doing in high school. So I ended up having a fight, one of many in high school with one of these girls and, um, I ended up hitting her pretty hard and she lost her hearing.

So because of that, they put me in night school. I also went to juvie for the first time.

So because of that, they put me in night school. I also went to juvie for the first time.

So because of that, they put me in night school. I also went to juvie for the first time.

I was only in there for about a week. I think my mom left me in there to kind of just let me know, like, this is what life could be like.

I was only in there for about a week. I think my mom left me in there to kind of just let me know, like, this is what life could be like.

I was only in there for about a week. I think my mom left me in there to kind of just let me know, like, this is what life could be like.

Yeah, exactly. That was an experience. But still, it was sickening because it was still a break from being home. Like, it was just... It was not fun, but it was just a break from being home. So... End up getting into that fight, fighting this girl who she was a gang member at the time. They had jumped me earlier in the day.

Yeah, exactly. That was an experience. But still, it was sickening because it was still a break from being home. Like, it was just... It was not fun, but it was just a break from being home. So... End up getting into that fight, fighting this girl who she was a gang member at the time. They had jumped me earlier in the day.

Yeah, exactly. That was an experience. But still, it was sickening because it was still a break from being home. Like, it was just... It was not fun, but it was just a break from being home. So... End up getting into that fight, fighting this girl who she was a gang member at the time. They had jumped me earlier in the day.

End up like going to another school after that school day after I get beat up. I find her there. End up beating her pretty bad.

End up like going to another school after that school day after I get beat up. I find her there. End up beating her pretty bad.

End up like going to another school after that school day after I get beat up. I find her there. End up beating her pretty bad.

Another school, yeah.

Another school, yeah.

Another school, yeah.

They had like beat me up in our high school. And then there was a grammar school a few blocks away. So I knew she'd go pick up her sister after school because we both had younger siblings. So, you know, I was pretty beat up, took a little bit of time to like get myself together. And I'm like, all right, I'm ready to go see this girl again. The one who like initiated this gang jumping of myself.

They had like beat me up in our high school. And then there was a grammar school a few blocks away. So I knew she'd go pick up her sister after school because we both had younger siblings. So, you know, I was pretty beat up, took a little bit of time to like get myself together. And I'm like, all right, I'm ready to go see this girl again. The one who like initiated this gang jumping of myself.

They had like beat me up in our high school. And then there was a grammar school a few blocks away. So I knew she'd go pick up her sister after school because we both had younger siblings. So, you know, I was pretty beat up, took a little bit of time to like get myself together. And I'm like, all right, I'm ready to go see this girl again. The one who like initiated this gang jumping of myself.

So we go to the grammar school. And I ended up beating her ass pretty bad. And it just so happens that she, like, kind of lost a little bit of the hearing in her ear. So because of that, she called the police. Next day in school, I knew I was going to go to jail the next day. Like, I was, like, very aware of, like, everything that was going on as a kid.