1st Quarter reflection

        For my 8th grade year at Heritage, I wasn't expecting this. I thought it would be better than these last couple of years, but it's been worse. There's still the same drama, same annoying people, and everything school related changed. There's no more echalk and there's a whole new grading system. I been beating around the bush and now I deny it because I'm on the verge of getting kicked outof accelerated classes. This quarter made me realize how tough life really is, and how it's not a fair game. It won't be jaunty getting back on track, but I will succeed.

       This past week I started thinking about my future. How I need to gather my 

Life together before its to late, so I'm changing things around for these next 3 quarters. I was looking at some high schools and I really liked Jones Prep. Though, if I want to get into that school, I need to work really hard. My mind has to be set to that and that only, I have to stride to be number 1. I honestly think I can do it, I just hope it's not to late to turn things around.

      People tell me all the time "oh you have such great potential" or "you can be anything you want to be, it must be so easy being you." Well I just think that's a bunch of nonsense because some of the smartest people I know are homeless or out in the streets somewhere. I listen to what they say and I realized that someone with a 2.0 gpa, can teach or know more than someone with a 4.0 gpa. Or sometimes, people are just book smart, they aren't spiritually smart.

    Wow, look at what just this one quarter brought me to. Not even a whole year, just this one quarter has me digging in my head and feelings for answers, or to change my state of mind. I think I can get out the dry spell, this all just might be a phase. I'll think I'll be fine, I'm going to start putting the work in. 

"The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian"

Prompt: introduction, are the characters realistic, and describe the main character.

        

             I am currently engaged into the book The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian, it is written by Sherman Alexie. I'm not that far into the book, though I know the basis of the story so far. It's about an Indian boy named Junior However, the boy has brain damage and has what you can call a deformed body (At least how he explains it). He has only one friend and they have been growing up together. They also both live in an Indian reservation. 

         The characters of this book are very realistic. The way Junior describes them makes me picture them easily. I like to compare characters to real life people, so I can get an better understanding of how each one talks, walks, and acts. Some of the main characters that have been introduced are Junior, Mom, Dad, Rowdy, and the Andruss brothers (John, Jim, and, Joe).

       The main character of my book is Junior. He has brain damage, but he just says he was born with water on his brain. Really, he was born with cerebral spinal fluid inside his skull. Therefore, he has to many teeth, his hands and feet are to big for his body,  and studders a lot. Despite this damage, Junior is undaunted. When I first read about his brain damage I'd thought he'd be morosely. Turns out he's not that bad at all, in fact he's mostly calm, except when he has his seizures.

OBBA POEM

   

Color:

  Beware your skin color 

All of the cruel kids beat up black people

They treat black people Like adgi

If they hit you don't fight back 

Violence at school continued. 

As Tewolde and I got older it continued 

We couldn't beat up all the cruel kids 

Hit back and you will be lost 

Don't fight back, ever. 

They can loot your mind and culture 

They can even loot your body 

The 5 Chinese brothers could whip the cruel kids 

They could whip the whole town

They had the solution

We are black

We are poor 

But if you have enough desire 

To outwork everyone, you'll win the race