I think that this story is about a couple of kids, that are related in a messed up society, that are going threw hell trying to survive. Even though everything’s against the daughter, her mom believes that if they stick together they can over com what ever comes there way. The mother has to teach a handy capped daughter. She has a son that plays the role of the dad, but with out any liberty.

When I’m in a argument with someone, I think points of view do matter a lot. With out a point of view it isn’t a good argument. So you need the points of view, because all points of view will control the out come in any situation.


Gustavo

The thing that I want to write about is, where is the dad at what does he do for a living, where does he live after he left the mom. How long does tom work at the job that he works at, when does Laura get her 1st boy friend, how long does she stay with him. Y does ever body make fun of her for her limp leg. Why does the mom take all toms stuff out of the house when he is the one that pays the rent for them to have a place to live. What did he have in the house that the mom did not like that made her take all his stuff and throw out of the house.

Kenneth

Do you think that your parents try to make you do better then what they did? I think my parent do that all the time, they are all was saying something to make me made if I am not doing anything right they do not want me to go turn in to a bad kid like other kids that they new when they were kids. I hate the way they are always yelling at me for stupid things. So that is what I think.

Nick

Many parents try to relive their own lives through their children. I strongly disagree with that. My main reason is because I am a father, I know what it feels like to feel the love for the person that you brought into this world. It is not that you want to relive your life through theirs. It’s just that you care about that person so much that you tend to do anything for them and you practically start trying to control their life. The reason why parents are this way towards their children is because they do not want to see them become failures. You want them to be successful in life you want them to have more than just the same regular lifestyle you had. Of course, you would do anything to see them in the spot that you were never in. Parents are a lot wiser than their kids. They have been through more of a lifespan than you have so you should not question their authority.

Johnny

Things do have a way of turning out badly. Well, I agree with this statement because it's true. Things can go bad very easy like me for example the day I got locked up. I was suppose to go to a gang meeting and then go pick up my lady go to my hoods bbq. But instead when I got picked up, my homeboys jumped some kid in dead and then we got pulled over and I got a few felony charges. Because I went down for my boys from my hood because I'm younger and it will be easier on me. Then in a matter of seconds I lost my freedom!

Gustavo

It’s easier to fall in love with someone who is attractive.

Not true.

When you first meet someone of course you look at his or her eyes, body, hair and curves.
But that just means you’re attracted to them. You have feelings for them. You like their looks.
Not them. You don’t really know them.
I think it’s easier to fall in love with someone when you get to know him or her. Sense of humor and the way they are as themselves. For me I want more than looks. But when I’m walking down the street I look for people who are my type. Good looking. So I guess its kind of true…
We look for looks.
Beauty.
So I guess if your ugly. There’s always plastic surgery!

Dallas

The book we are reading What do I think this book is going to be about? I think the book will be about a family that goes though a bunch of trouble with money and their relationship. I also think Laura is going to go though some hard times with her being handicap and all. I also think that Tom is going to go though a bunch of crap because he is so annoying to everyone. I also think the dad died in a car crash or something like that. And that is why they are so poor.

Billy

The Beast

Every one has it in them,
It can be controlled but wont go away.
Your inter voice tells you when to go to war,
Leaving it alone will put you in a bad place.
Fight the battle and keep it away,
The less you do this the more it grows.
Also the deaper your troubles go.
The better the person the smaller their beast gets,
This is because its what they don’t get.
They listened to that little voice inside their head
That sets off the alarm to put the beast close to dead.
You have the power to choose your wanting,
That should be you inner voice that told,
And your heart that listened.
Now every day your glad that your heart did so,
Keep doing this and get up and go.


Trent

Theres eyes gleamin gurls screamin callin my name they understand the game and the way it used to be played day by day theres another gurl that wants to hold on tight and never let go everynight they cry because an ese has to ride andis always on the go and right now im thinking of that special gurl I wish I could let her know that she means the world to me and shes the one that I want to ride with a G.

Gustavo

The thing that I wont to write about is, that when I go home I am going to fix my motocross bike, because when I wreck the last time I broke my front, and back rim, and shock. After I fix it I am going to California and go racing because that is what I do, I have been doing that sense I was 6 year old. And when I race I feel real great about myself when I am flying through the air and looking at the crew below me. When I am doing back flip over jumps, and others tricks.

Kenneth

There once was a wangster
Who turned in to a gangster?
Who’s name was Jason
And eventually ran out of patience
And got beat up by a gangster.


Trevor

Frustration

All this frustration,
Frustration towards an uncontrollable nation,
So much anger built up inside, no one could help in time,
We have been hurt from the injustice system,
The fact of the matter is,
We don’t know what to do,
We’re completely lost,
All of this at what cost?
One mans soul is obviously better than another,
Besides they wouldn’t care ‘bout him anyway,
All anyone can say is,
Oh he has a record we can’t give him trust,
Just put him away for life,
No one will care this time,
We will make him look bad,
He really did nothing isn’t it so sad,
Isn’t it sad when America Home of the Free just wants to lock us up,
At the least you and me,
No matter what they tell you I promise it’s untrue,
No one cares about us,
Definitely not you.

Dustin

Could I

Could I become a bum
Asking just for a little sum
Forgot what I wanted to do
Nasty taste of hate waiting to be brewed
Now I’m just sitting here numb

-Chelsea

One way of life

One way of life is the fresh way on a wall showing your art
Let it flow let it go creep at night hit up the wall show every one your art because art can be like a free spirit let your paint write your mind on the streets of the law once your paints gone people are lost for thoughts not many understand its just one way of life
It’s only for some not many can do it but when you get this disease it’s impossible to sink your dream one way of life.


Cristian

BREAKIN'

This is on of my hobbies,
Always on my mind.
Liquidly stiff with some popping,
Stalling and glide.
Break dancing is the best around,
When the beats are banging,
cant get any rest.
Its famous like I might be,
Because of breakin', I fell free.
Stick to it.

-Trent

Who will cry?

Who will cry for the little boy?
Who will cry for the little homeless boy?
Who will cry for the little that has to cry himself to sleep?
Who will cry for the little that has to stand in the rain?
Who will cry for the little boy that has to run a way from his problems?
Who will cry for the little that has to fight for his life?
Who will cry for the little boy if he dies today?
Who will cry for the little that has to wonder when he is going to eat his next meal?
Who will cry for the little boy that has to wander if he has a family?
Who will cry for the little boy that has to wonder the streets to find food?
Who will cry for the little boy in all of us?


Nick

Rumors

Fluttering threw the hallways,
Taunting whispers tearing a hole in my heart,
Talk, talk, talk,
Lies heating up my head with mocking rumors.
Malicious mouths moaning hurtful words,
Slashing another cut,
He said, she said,
Hearing every shadow creep into souls.
Jealous eyes telling haunting dry fantasies.
Leaving my body in the corner,
Bleeding…


By Dallas

Inspire

Inspire the sensation,
Teach the will power of freedom,
Feel the passion as it brushes by your face,
See the wonder in there faces as you help rescue an injured friend,
Play the game of life,
Think the thoughts that make your mind go crazy for weeks,
Feel the sweat drip down your face from your hard work as a crafty man,
Stimulate the kindness in a person threw the power of there eyes,
Help find the long lost words of our language,
Stop and think awhile about everything you have ever wondered,
Then you will see the influence that has impacted your life.




Chelsea

THE RICH

The rich is wealthy
The needy is poor
The poor dig and fight for food and shelter
The rich buy and enjoy life to the fullest
but the poor take food from the garbage and struggle to survive


-Trevor

Strength

STRENGTH

STRENGTH IS THE POWER TO COMMAND AND TAKE CONTROL

STRENGTH IS THE POWER TO HOLD ON AND NEVER LET GO

MEDITATE TO BOOST YOURSELF SO YOU KNOW
TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY BY YOUR SIDE LIKE AN APPLE HEALTHY THEY WILL GROW

AS A NURSE CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE

THE BLUE BANDANNA IS PART OF WAY I HOLD MINE

YOU NEED YOUR STRENGTH TO LIVE LIFE RIGHT


Gustavo

Passion

Passion is many things,
It’s holding your one true love,
It’s loving your god above,
Passion is the hate you hold for that one enemy,
When the rage takes you and you can’t see,
Passion is happiness,
The time in your life when there is no pain,
And no need for anything else,
Passion is living in the moment,
But for some they never find that moment.



Dustin

Charity is Needed

Charity is needed
Charity is for the poor
Respect is for those who give
The Red Cross is the one’s who collect and donate food and supplies to the needy
So we all who donate to the needy have respect for others and integrity for the needy.

Trevor

Passion

Passion


Easily aroused to anger because you work hard and go by anger because
You work hard and go by anger because that’s what fuels their strength
Its like boxing you want to win because your anger wont let you loose your passion
Is stronger then your strength

By CRISTIAN

Persuasive Paragraph

Students should not have electronics in school.
One reason is there are to many distractions on a phone an I-pod or any other device you could use. Yes you can use your built in calculator on your phone for math and yes it can help you, but then again what’s so hard about walking across the classroom to use things that the school provides for you. Also answering your text messages can slow you down from getting your work done, and I know that in school having a phone in hand it becomes tempting to answer. You have the Internet on your phone when you need to fine something quick and fast, but at the same time we all know your going to start with checking your e-mails. These are my reasons to not have electronic devices while you’re in school it takes to much attention from your work and it slows you down. I look at it as; you’re in school to pay attention and learn not to give partial attention to your education and partial to your phone.


Latoya

Persuasive Paragraph

I think ipods and cellphones should be allowed at school, but only as an incentive.I think if you told a teenager if they finished their work and then they could listen to Their ipod or text they would finish a lot faster. I think that during break you should always be able to listen to ipod/text it’s a good intermission and helps take your mind of things and be not as board during the next class.if kids have something to work for (i.e. ipod cellphone.) they will establish a work ethic and help them better to earn things instead of having things just handed to them. That is why I think ipods and cellphones should be allowed (conditionally)

Eli

Persuasive Paragraph

I do not think that electronics should be allowed in school. Cell phones are a distraction. They go off in the middle of class and people pay attention to the cell phone instead of listening to the teacher. Even if people just put the phone on silent still it can be a distraction, because when the light on the phone goes on people can still see it and so they stop listening and look at the phone instead of the teacher. Also they can be used for cheating. Someone can text the answers to another person, so they can pass without studying. This is why I do not believe that cell phones should be used in the classroom.

Persuasive Paragraph

Ipods should be aloud in school. Listening to music calms people down. In class when the teacher hands out an assignment, and you’re working, it’s some times easier for kids to work listening to an Ipod. Or when your at lunch it’s nice to use it. Someones’ ipod are there person property. I don’t think kids should have their things taken away ether just because it’s a electronic. Ipods are not a distraction unless used improper ways. But I feel Ipods should be aloud in school.

Dallas

Research: Good Examples of the Student Creed

Have you ever thought you new what fear was? Well Lance Armstrong said, “ I thought I knew what fear was until I heard the words you have cancer”(Brady 53). He has overcome adversity and challenges, has been committed to personal growth, and has been working on being successful in his life.



He has to go though challenges every day. When he is doing marathons and when he has to fight his cancer and when he is in chemotherapy and has to hope that he can see his sons next birthday. This is not the only challenge that he had. When he was going to high school, he all most did not graduate because he was all ways doing marathons and missing class. (Brady 21).


He has worked on his personal growth by running the New York marathon and won it was his physical growth by winning 7 gold when he was only 22,he was the youngest ever in the world he said “ It was the hardest thing that he ever did in his hole life” (wikipedia).


He has been successful in his life because he has made many for cancer for other people that have cancer. He is successful in this way to he had to won a championship from France when the Olympics and the youngest to do it to. That is why I think that he how he relates to the creed to me.

Research: Good Examples of the Student Creed

Christopher Reeve

Every on should know who Christopher Reeve is! He was every one favorite hero when growing up, well atleast almost every one. Have you ever heard the saying,”it’s a plane, it’s a bird, its superman.” Yes christopher Reeve was the actor for superman.
That was until Christopher was on his horse jumping and on the third jump his horse just stopped. Christophers hand got stuck in the main when he go knocked off his horse, he landed on his head, unable to move and unable to breath. The ambulance rushed to his incedent, able to save his life.
Christopher Reeve’s incedent caused him to become paralized from the shoulders down. Every one held their breath on memorial day when he was lying there unable to move and unable to breath. That still didn’t stop him from being a hero. He always did the best he can.
With his family, he was always maken their relation ships better and their life better with all the time he had left. Being paralized, he needed help from most of his family, he still kept his dead up to be the best that he could be. He made every ones lives better and warm. He always thought that every thing was beneath him.
Christopher Reeve lived his lifte the best he could. Aman who once was a famous movie star and all of a sudden he became paralized, it was very hard on him and his loved ones. He didn’t let that put him donw. He is strong and did every thing right. He was always proud of him self! No matter what happens, stay strong, keep ur head up, and live your life the best you can. Be a hero like Christopher Reeve.


Works Cited

Chrisreevehomepage.com
Christopher reeve autobiography walter olesky