Freewrite

At the beginning of high school, my view of the girls that were pregnant or already had a kid was that they were different than me. Then, in my junior year, one of my friends found out she had been pregnant for two or three months but had miscarried. This definitely changed my perspective of teenage mothers. When she found out that she was pregnant, before and after she knew she had miscarried, we talked about it almost everyday in class. One thing she pointed out was very true; most of her friends would have deserted her if she had actually had the baby, especially some of the friends we had in common. I knew that I couldn't desert her in her time of need. Another incident that affected my perspective was a girl in one of my classes last year had a two year old son. The strength and determination she has shown to continue to achieve her goals is amazing. This fall she started college, and took her son with her. Teenage mothers can be very strong, sometimes more so than others girls their age. They may also need the friendship and support of others around them, even if they don't specifically ask for it.