FREDRICK
LEE JACKSON SR.
OCTOBER 24 2014
THIS IS A LETTER TO MYSELF THAT IS MEANT
TO BE A PICTURE USING WORDS TO DESCRIBE
MY PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE. FIRSTLY , ABOUT MY PAST, WHICH IS ONE THAT SHOULD
NOT BE ETCHED IN STONE BECAUSE IT HAS SOME PERIODS THAT SHOULD BE E TOOK
ACTIONS IN MY LIFE THAT WERE INTENDED FOR GOOD , THAT ENDED UP TURNING OUT
BADLY. I HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH MY GRADES WERE GOOD MY
CONDUCT WAS ALWAYS
UNSATISFACTORY. I DROPPED OUT INB THE
11TH GRADE ,HOWEVER I OBTAINED MY GED ,AND ATTEMPTED TO GO TO THE MILTARY BY
JOINING THE ARMY RESERVES,IT ENDED UP
RESULTING IN ME GETTER A LESS THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. I HAD INTENDED GOING
BACK TO THE MILTARY, HOWEVER DUE TO THE CHOICES I MADE ENDED UP STARTING A LENGTHY CRIMNAL CAREER
WHICH RESULTED IN ME SPENDING OVER 2 DECADES BEHIND PRISON WALLS
AFTER SERVING A LENGTHY PERIIOD OF CRIMNAL ACTIVITY.I FINALLY ENDED UP
ENCOUNTERING THE BEEN THERE DONE THAT PROGRAM WHICN WAS THE ONLY POSITIVE THING
THIS IS A LETTER TO MYSELF THAT IS MEANT TO BE A PICTURE USING WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY
PAST,PRESENT AND FUTURE. FIRSTLY , ABOUT MY PAST, WHICH IS ONE THAT SHOULD NOT
BE ETCHED IN STONE BECAUSE IT HAS SOME PERIODS THAT SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN. I
HAAVE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES AND SOME BAD
TIMES. MY GOOD 0UTSHINES MY BAD ,EVEN
THOUGH IT IS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. EVEN THOUGH I TOOK ACTIONS IN MY LIFE THAT
WERE INTENDED FOR GOOD , THAT ENDED UP TURNING OUT BADLY. I HAD TO DROP OUT OF
SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH MY GRADES WERE GOOD MY
CONDUCT WAS ALWAYS
UNSATISFACTORY. I DROPPED OUT INB THE
11TH GRADE ,HOWEVER I OBTAINED MY GED ,AND ATTEMPTED TO GO TO THE MILTARY
. HOWEVER THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A
DISASTER, BECAUSE I ENDED UP GETTING A LESS THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGE. I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO THE ARMY RESERVES ,BUT DUE TO MAKING THE WRONG
CHOICFES IN LIFE ENDED UP STARTING
A LIFE OF CRIME. SAID LIFE OF
CRIME RESLTED IN ME BEING INCARCERATED FOR OVER 2 DECADES. UPON MY RELEASE FROM
MY FINAL PERIOD OF INCARCERATION I KNEW THAT MY FUTURE CHOICES WOULD HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON MY PERSONAL
LIFE. SINCE BEING RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 21,2010, I HAVE BEEN RE-ARRESTED 4
TIMES FOR VARIOUS MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES, WHICH DIDN’T RESULT IN MY RETURNING TO
PRISON THANKS TO GOD AE OND ME BEING ON THE MENTALLY ILL CASELOAD WHICH HAS
PREVENTED ME FROM BEING TREATED LIKE REGULAR OFFENDERS. NOW WHILE BEING JAILED
ON MY 4TH ARREST, I’VE TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNIY,THAT HAS BEEN
GIVEN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE BEEN THERE DONE THAT”PROGRAM AND A BASIC
COMPUTER COURSE,WHICH WIILL
RESULT IN MY TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.