https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q en-us 2021-04-18 01:37:44 UTC 2021-04-18 03:44:54 UTC hello@padlet.com 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429025057 She wasn't able to go to college because of the government changing their policies on loans for school. Because of this, she was forced to have a full-time job and was unable to watch her children, which essentially gave them free rein without supervision during the day.]]> 2021-04-18 02:20:18 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429025057 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429049964 Wes was playing a game of street football with some friends when he and another boy got in a fight. He left and returned with a knife and was arrested for the first time. His mother didn't find out because he was bailed out by Tony's father.]]> 2021-04-18 02:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429049964 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429055176 He encounters a boy on the street with a headset and nice clothing, and wants the same thing. He gets a headset and begins to make money, which initiates the catalyst of his descent into the drug business.]]> 2021-04-18 02:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429055176 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429057312 Wes and Woody find his mother's weed and try it. Wes finds the effects very strong, and begins to understand how addictive drugs can be and why there is so much money in the drug business.]]> 2021-04-18 03:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429057312 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429059807 Tony sees that Wes now has a lot of money and shoes and wonders where he is getting it. Wes tells him it is from DJ-ing, but Tony punches him for being involved with drugs. From this point on, he stops trying to convince Wes to stay away from drugs, contrary to the way he did before.]]> 2021-04-18 03:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429059807 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429066744 Wes develops a relationship with Alicia, whom he eventually gets pregnant. She has his children, which creates more people for Wes to take care of.]]> 2021-04-18 03:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429066744 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429069652 After a girl leaves Wes' house, Ray is outside and is very unhappy about the situation. He and Ray get in a fight, and he goes upstairs to retrieve his gun. He and a friend shoot at Ray and he receives non-fatal injuries. Wes went back to school after getting out of the juvenile detention center.]]> 2021-04-18 03:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429069652 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429078705 He finds Cheryl extremely high and unconscious on the couch. He expresses his discontent with his life and says that he wants to get away from drugs and do something different.]]> 2021-04-18 03:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429078705 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429082536 Because of Wes' realization about how he wanted his life to change, he goes to Job Corps and works hard. After seven months there, he graduates and finds several  temporary jobs. He eventually returns to making drugs.]]> 2021-04-18 03:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429082536 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429085584 Wes and Tony along with a few other guys rob a jewelry store. In the midst of the robbery, Sergeant Bruce Prothero tried to stop them. One of the robbers shot him three times, leading to his untimely death.]]> 2021-04-18 03:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429085584 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429088019 Wes was the only one of the robbers to take his case to trial and insisted that he wasn't present at the robbery contrary to the evidence. The judge rules that he is guilty, and he is sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.]]> 2021-04-18 03:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429088019 9962471 https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429088986 The other Wes writes him a letter, and they begin a correspondence which eventually leads to them meeting in-person and a friendship.]]> 2021-04-18 03:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/9962471/bw775sgl0f4930q/wish/1429088986