On Being A Mexican American

I liked this story the most.  Even though I am not faced with any of these problems and I consider myself an American I think it is a challenging decision to try and identify yourself.  He was living in America, but was living in a culture that had many people just like him.  He was speaking spanish, and in a Mexican American school.  I think to identify yourself you should say whatever you are most comfortable being, and whatever you consider yourself.  From these readings, I can tell that there are sub cultures in America, and people living here who do not consider themselves to be American.

King Still King

Martin Luther King Day is coming up, and the question is being asked again.  Have we reached equality in our country?  If we look back to Dr. Kings time, and what was going on then, we have come a long way as a country.  It was common for people to be beaten, and jailed for their color, and they were forced to learn how to "deal with it" and accept it, as hard as that may seem.  There was seperate everything back then too.  Churches, schools, water fountains etc.  When I look at what is going on today it isn't even comparible to back then.  At least in Chicago there aren't seperate places for blacks and whites.  There is still segregation, and there will always be segregation.  If you look at a certain neighboorhood, or a certain event, there is always a possibility that one race will be the majority there.  That will always happen.  What this country has cut back is brutality and hatred towards other races, and we keep on becoming more and more acceptant of different types of people.

Response

In young, gifted and black, I liked how he described his summers growing up.  It was very short, and he didn't give it a whole lot of detail, but that was the part of his story that I could most relate to.  In his summers, he would play with all the kids around his neighboorhood all day.  That's what  lot of my summers were like.  Hanging out with kids in my neighboorhood, staying in the city, and playing all different types of sports and games all day long.  Thats what I liked about his story because it's what you see in every neighborhood in Chicago, and probably everywhere else.  Kids playing whatever just to have fun and enjoy their summer.

Pac Div

Pac Div is a rap group from Southern California.  They are starting to get noticed more and more, and still have maintained what made them famous.  In their first to mixtapes they rap about being average.  They grew up, had normal lives, normal neighboorhoods, and where average rappers.  They have a sort of mainstream sound, but unique lyrics, and relatable lyrics to all types of youth.

Jay and Nick

First off, Gatsby is a fake.  It seems like he is just using Nick to get closer to Daisy.  Many of us have done something like this at any point in our lives, so it isn't a huge deal, and it doesn't portray Gatsby as a villain.  Nick seems like he wouldn't be crushed if Gatsby told him he wasn't his best friend in the whole wide world.  Their relationship is real since Gatsby knows what he wants, and Nick has accsess to it, and they seem like friends.  Through Daisy, the two have met, and without her they might not have ever seen eachother.

Winter Peom

Winter time is here.
Christmas day at my moms house
Smell of ham and pies.
Lights cover the tree
Gigts cover the ground like snow
Christmas time is here

Who I'm thankful for

In my 7th period class I am thankful for Clark Shimoda!!  Clark and I struggled through spanish I last year, but this years American Lit class is different.  First of all it isn't painful like last years spanish, and Clark makes endless comments that leave everyone clueless.  He makes call more enjoyable for me, and everyone else. Clark also might have the coolest afro and mustache combination ever.  I have never seen anyone come even close to having a better one.  He is also a jr master scuba diver!!!