In the third chunk, Miles Corwin continues to address the problems of these inner city students and the insecurity of Ms. Little, by using anecdotes,description, and emotional appeal. He also uses imagery to describe the weather and the city. In this chunk many of the students are waiting to hear if they got accepted to the universities that they applied to, such as Danielle who is waiting to hear from Stanford and Willie from Morehouse, however there is also that one student, Olivia, who is waiting to hear from a judge. However, I think she probably would have rather kept on waiting for the judges decision than receiving the results she did; which was that she has stop attending Crenshaw and attend Dorothy Kirby Center for nonviolent offenders for the check hoax she was invloved in. After reading about Olivia we came across Ms. Little's breakdown, Princess and we run back into Toya. Ms. Little has officially lost it; after moving on from the dispute with Ms. Moultrie, she found something else to bicker about and make a big deal out of; she is now complaining about an offensive comment made about her and how nobody seems to care about it and take her side. She is so upset about this situation that she is looking for a new school to transfer to. The third chunk also introduces Princess, a student faced with financial problems. Princess was a student who went from a steady life style to a really poor life style. She and her mother were in a constant battle with financing, it was to the point that Princess' mother was not going to be able to pay for Princess' graduation; however her mother pulled through and got a full time job. Toya was a student who had left Crenshaw because she had baby and could not afford a day care center that would take care of her baby while she was at school, however that changed when she found a program that would pay for her day care center and allow her to attend the school she wished, as soon as she heard about this she immediately returned to Crenshaw. All of these students have one thing in common and that is their courage and ability to never give up . All of them have faced many problem and have still managed to overcome them, move on, and get the education they need so they will not have repeat those problems. For example, even though Latisha and Willie both had mothers addicted to cocaine and suffered a lot with them, they have managed to look past that and continue with their education so their kids, as well as them will not have to suffer.
Discussion Questions:
Clarification: Is Danielle upset that her father will not let her become and athlete?
Application: Do you think it is always better to stand up for what you believe in, rather than just stand around and go along with something that is against your morals? If so why?
Application: Have your parents ever done something that made you want to do better so you will not repeat what they did?
clarification: No Danielle is not upset, because dsanielle knows that her father had been through it all and she knows that he is right. If he didnt have his masters degree to fall back on, then he would have had nothing.
ReplyDeleteApplication: I think that it is always better to stand up for what you believe is right because standing up for what you believe is right just makes you feel better and become a stronger person knowing what your doing can help people and yourself.
application: no, but my parents always told me to work hard for what i want because it would not come easy. They want me to be better than what they would have done.
Clarification: No, Danielle isn't upset because she seems to understand why herdad has told herto focus on heeducation because of what he went through and he was able to fall back on his knowledge and degree.
ReplyDeleteApplication: I believe it is always important to stand for what you believe in because if you let that chancepass you by you may not get another one. Also, we never know how we may affect someone elses life and your insight may be what someone else needed to hear.
Application: My parents have done things that I would not do, and bcauseI know they made thosemistakes I know not to repeat them. I saw the consequences and I have to take a different route.
Excellent work Liza! (And your entire team) Keep it up,-- what do you know about Debbie Deb?!!!! (I am sorry, as I was posting "Funky Little Beat Came on. N E Ways, be sure to continue to read and also re-consider the text as articulating a problem and a solution. (Remember you will all have to write a problem solution essay based on your text.) Ms. G
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