A young man Kester Harper was ordered to write a ganja essay by court order:

I should not smoke M'ana because it is a crime. It can put me in jail because it is against d law. I could make me a pusher. I will ave 2 do work 4 a drug lord & d police will come for me. They will find me on d block hustling weed. I may run or not, they may search me & ask me for d weed. I will tell them i don't know. They will beat me, & i will look like a fool when they have finished with me.

I should not smoke M'ana because it is not gd 4 my health. It could make me mad or crazy. If i smoke M'ana it will give me bad breath & make my teeth yellow. Smoking M'ana can get me high & make me do wrong things. It can make my body thin & weak . I may not want 2 bathe & end up smelling stink. No one will want me near to them. They will drive me away. If i smoke M'ana i will get addicted & will want 2 smoke more. If i do not have money, i will want 2 thief. I will thief fr family & others. I may have 2 sell things in my mothers house. That might make her want 2 kick me out.

If i must leave, i will have 2 live on d streets. I'll b homeless & have nothin 2 eat & nowhere to sleep. I will b a vagrant , i may have 2 fight other vagrants to survive. Smokin m'ana can make p'pl who love me feel ashamed. My mother would cry & father will cuss. My bro & sis would cry too. They will talk 2 me & i would not listen. My family will not want me 2 b around them. I would b like a homeless child, sad & lost. I could end up in jail for doing petty crime 2 feed my habit.

If i don't smoke m'ana, i will find a prestige girl who does not smoke & has herself in order. I will want her parents 2 appreciate me. We may get married & have healthy babies. We would b gd parents, but if i keep smokin my dreams will not come true. If i smoke m'ana, i will have to hide fr teachers who taught me in school. They will b upset with me, because they thought i was a gd boy. They taught me well, but i neenn't follow up. I was a fool because i did not take my education, i will have to hang my head in shame when i see the teachers.

B'in with friends who smoke m'ana can put me in jail if the police were 2 raid d block. I will not have any weed on me, but if the police find some they may plant it on me. I would be innocent but they do not care & no1 would believe me. They will tell me 2 plead guilty because you cannot beat the police in court. It will b up 2 d judge 2 beieve me or not. He will give me a fine or send me to d youth trainin centre. I may have to write an essay or a book. I will not want 2 do it because i cannot read & write 2 well. No 1 will want 2 help me because i should not have been smokin m'ana. I should have stayed in school & obeyed my mother .

I should not smoke because i was taught that my body is holy & a gift fr god. I must take good care of this gift & not destroy it. I must love my body because to god it is beautiful. I was made in his likeness. He made me special.

I am in court because the police said i had m'ana on me, & the judge believed d police. I don't want this to happen again. I will lock of d smoking & bad company. I will try to get into a servol lif e centre. I will try 2 make my reading and writing better. I will study hard & b smart & make every1 proud.

But mostly i want to b proud of myself. I never want to b in this position ever again.
Kester Harper

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1. Who r you?
2. R we freinds?
3. Wen & how did we?
4. Give me a nikname & explain y.
5. Describe me in one word.
6. Wot was ur first impression of me?
7. Do u still think d same?
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