Posting #13

My last visit to Joliet Illinois, My friend and I went to visit one of the high schools, which is also my old high school, Joliet West. I walked in at the security desk entrance, where they ask you to leave some form of identification. They photo copy your indentification card and give you a guest sticker with your name and photo. The first place I went was to the office of one of my favorite secretaries. After talking to her for while she asked us did we know the girl named Brittney who had been killed the night before. I didnt know of who she was talking about,so she pulled out a yearbook and sure enough I knew the girl, not on a personal level, but I knew her from around school. She had been killed by her boyfriend after getting into an argument. People assume that Joliet teens are all trouble-makers and people who tend to look down on the Joliet community (especially the teens) probably assumed that Brittney trouble-maker also and got herself into this position, but that was the complete opposite. My friend and I walked in the hallways as the final bell rang for classes to end. Now way people talk down about Joliet, especially the schools, you would think there would be complete chaos in these halls when classes let out, a bunch of kids running around, maybe an argument or fight breaking out. Not to my surprise, but maybe to the surprise of others, it was nothing like that. Everyone went to their lockers, there were groups of friends chatting here and there, a few kids laughing a joking around, then off they went, to the buses, to basketball practice, to cheerleading, to after school clubs, or to after school tutoring. The scene was nothing like the stereotypes would describe it.