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A Personal Response To Wes Moore
September 19th, 2011

Wes Moore
Maryland House Correction Rd.
Jessup, MD, 20794

Dear Wes Moore,

A. Problem Assessment
There are many issues that have led to the outcome in your life, from an absent father, instability in your living situations, your brother being influential, yet participating in negative activity, and your mother’s lack of involvement. When you sum all of these issues up the main issue that stands out is the lack of support and mentoring that is needed to foster a child’s development positively in a social environment. Many times in your life you have faced challenging situations or difficulties, unfortunately there was no one offering you much push or forcing you to go down a better path. Your mother had

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