The Pregnancy Project #2

I finished my book, "The Pregnancy Project" and honestly.. It is really amazing. If you read the book you find out what happened to Juana and her children. Anyway, reading further into the book really changed my perspective on everything. Gaby came from a family of teen parents. All her siblings became teen parents, because of that people determined that Gaby was "destined" to become a teen parent. The things that's disturbing is that SHE didn't say that, OTHERS did. Her sibling expected her to take care of their children since Gaby's mom was always working. Since then, she knew she didn't want kids young. She's always been the best student she can be. She's tried her best to get those stereotypes out of people minds. For a senior project she wanted to make people take a life lesson from it. At first, she didn't know what to do.. but they she had a brilliant idea; fake a pregnancy. She immediately talked to her principal, mother, and boyfriend about the project. They all thought he was out of her mind, but she knew it would leave an impact. First, she started by adding a few layers of clothes, then her mother made a fake belly. Everything seemed easy at first until people started saying things about her. People were looking at her like a strange creature. The pressure started getting to her. Does she give up? Why do these people keep looking at her strangely and believing that what they said was true? Find out more by reading the book. Trust me, it really is amazing. 

Gaby encounters many obstacles: faking the baby bump, the fake stomach breaking, people always talking bad about her. One of the things she always tries to figure out is; Why do people doubt my abilities because of my background? She was always a great student, a humble person, a hardworking girl, but people around her already determined her life for her. They said that she would become a teen mother. She didn't understand why they thought that. She had always worked towards what she wanted. She was going towards a good future. Why did these people still think she would fail? She didn't want to be like the rest of her family. She wanted to be successful. Sadly, people never like to see beyond what's on the outside, they like to think that they're right all the time. That is just the sad truth.