Shania Romain
Professor Hall
English
September 9th 2019
“Chain Of Events”
 That lil boy really saved my life I tell you man ! Have you ever heard the saying “ My Baby Boy changed me .. I am so glad he chose me to be his mother”. That’s me and I can relate.Let me run you through the chain of events. I was a troublesome kid in highschool , I went to Urban Assembly School of Law and Justice . it was literally the worst academic times of my life . Did I hate school? No I just need a little L. O . V. E . I was literally fighting demons everyday . Let me break it down a little for you for you . Every other kid can sit and boast about how they enjoyed their prom , their senior trip or how they were the President of a certain club or something . They exclaimed how they got into their dream college dorming etc. I was the opposite . I got arrested , I got left back ,I became pregnant .I was the only one who didn’t graduate . Out of the 99% of the graduates I WAS THE 1%. LOL !!!! Isn’t that funny? Classes usually ran like this 8:45 am you had to be in advisory where you basically get prepared for all of your classes . Your advisor usually spoke to you about the events going on in the school spoke to you about things your teacher was saying about you the class you needed to improve on checked attendance etc . My name was never called , I was never there . Your first class didn’t start until 9:00 am .My first class was Global , I had to take that class because I was a dick head who couldnt pass it the first time. History was one of my best subjects too, like what the hell ! The class wasn’t even that hard to be honest . Napoleon Bonaparte was a French man who moved his way up during the French Revolution . He led the French Army during hard times blah blah blah blah , and the other nigga got his head cut off cause he was being a Tyrant and people didnt like the way he was ruling. See? It wasn’t that hard… Let me get to the time that I got arrested . Like I said I was a troublesome kid who needed some love and this is the story called “Chain of Events” It was a sunny day in mid winter , you know like when winter is finishing up not that cold but cold,you still had to wear a coat but not a big one .There was no snow .I had a Nautica coat,burgundy H&M sweater dark blue jeans and some all blue Adidas shell tops. Blue was my favorite color .I loved those blue shell tops don’t judge me and yes the other part had to do with gang affiliation . The “ Crips” . I am sure everyone has heard of them . I was affiliated not official . I didn’t fight or get jumped ,I just had a crip boyfriend well “ ex boyfriend now “ He goes by the name “Loco “ Anyways My hair was in a bob my eyebrows were done. I remember having some hoop earrings worse earrings to wear during a fight and being escorted into an NYPD van lol . I didn’t have any nails on thank God because they would have broken during the fight . This was no ordinary fight . This was a fight against a pissed off angry teen and NYPD cop . Yes he was White , so you can only imagine how I felt. My friends and I were Downtown Brooklyn standing in the corner as we watched the whole Downtown Brooklyn go in shambles because there were other schools downtown everyone was fighting and we were just laughing like what the fuck is going on . The dummies came last minute when everything settled down everyone got their fights in whoever was fighting and the bock was clear again . Here come the pigs acting as if they were doing something running and pushing people me included . This is what started this whole fucking thing in the first place . As we are standing there officer Bradley yes I remembered his name because to this day I still want to press charges decides to push through our circle and literally break it apart . How can one perosn break a whole circle that had to be one big push .I turned around and yelled “ WHAT THE FUCK “?? Of course I was the only loud one who said something because everyone else were pussies and as i didnt think that heard me . Instead this piece of shit turns around stares me down with his blue master of the slave eyes and grabs my fucking collar . My friends just stand there shook scared . He does this for about 45 seconds . I was scared as fuck but that only enraged me more . I got angry ! “ oh hell no , does he know who the fuck I am “ . I am not your regular black bitch I WILL CUT YOU !!. “ I grabbed my pocket knife out my bag and began cursing out loud “ I am not the fuckng one ..!!’ “You messed with the wrong one “ I made enough ruckus to catch the attention of a black officer who put the cuffs on me and took me to the precinct . I was in the precinct crying and banging on the walls for about 3 hours where they had me do the regular take off your belt shoe laces earrings etc . Do you know what it feels like to have flappy shoes with no shoe laces?? They let me out and of course my mother was unhappy she called my whole family and told them I was a disgrace , which I was . One of many disappointments . I then got pregnant and this what really changed my life . My baby boy who was supposed to come into this earth February 22nd came early November 30th. Born premature three months early at 30 weeks he is the reason why I am the way I am now a different person . The whole shift in my academic development. When my son came into my life it changed my perspective . I thank God everyday for him because I probably would have still been out there being a troublesome kid. I wish he was still here . He made me want to something with my life . I wanted to get focus I had to I had no choice I had someone who was looking up to me His name was Leonard Elijah Jermaine Romain- Martin and although he passed away from Necrotizing Enterocolitis which is when the large intestines dies due to being inflamed he had a large impact on my life for the little time he’s been here . He gave me a purpose and he is the reason for my change in behavior and the way I view education . I would never want my son to go through the things I went through , I had to switch up quick and take advantage of the opportunities in front of me . First it was finishing school , and getting into college so that I can make him proud because his is the closest thing to me and one thing I admire about him is how he never gave up when the doctors told me in the hospital that he only had 3 more days on the earth , he showed them he can stay for seven . He is my angel , my personal motivation to keep going , he changed my life I made a promise to him when he was passing away to not make my mother disappointed anymore and to make him proud . He taught me to keep going even when life is against you keep trying keep going and this is why I am the way I am the new and elevated Shania Romain. I am determined to reach my goals because my son didn’t live to reach his and as his mother, I have to make him proud.
