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We took away that as teachers we should not label students based on where they come from. Their race or ethnicity has nothing to do with how far they will get in life. It is up to us to show students that they can succeed and accomplish anything they want as long as they are willing to work hard for it. They don't have to become another statistic!

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We found it disturbing that the students weren't allowed to speak in Spanish. We also found it disturbing that the students were judged by where they came from. We found it disturbing that Rodriguez joined a gang at 11. Lastly, we found it disturbing that there were no funds for the Latinos needs in the school system. They were given the old resources from the "privileged schools".

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Always Running is a memoir on Rodriguez's life.  The first half of the book is about Rodriguez being lured into and surviving the gang culture.  While in the gang life, he witnessed a lot of drugs, violence, and the loss of family and friends. The second half of the book is Rodriguez becoming a person that makes a difference in the community and overcoming the barrio and finding his way out with education.

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http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/It-Calls-You-Back/Luis-J-Rodriguez/9781416584179

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6OHXMcPv7k

Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez

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One day I came in slighty late to my English Lit class and sat down; I placed a book on top of the desk. The teacher walked up to me and picked up the book.

"American Me by Beatrice Griffith," he said. "Where did you get this book?"

"It's a library book -- it's about the pachuco experience in the 1940s."

"Sounds good, but the book you were to bring here today was Wordsworth's Preludes. That is your assignment, not American Me."

"This book is something I'd like to read. I can even do a report on it."

"Young man, you don't decide your assignments in this class. If you can't participate like the rest of us, I suggest you leave."

What message did the teacher relay to Luis in this scene?

How could the teacher have approached this situation differently?

What would you have done differently if you were the teacher?

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“I'm sorry young man but the classes you chose are filled up.”

This was said to Luis from a counselor at his new school (Taft High School). He decided he would try classes different from the ones at his previous school. Instead of industrial art classes Luis chose to sign up for photography, advanced art, and literature. The counselor claimed the classes of his choice were privileges and he was not academically prepared. The counselor did not allow him to take those classes and placed him instead in print shop, auto shop, weight training and a basic English literature class.

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“I’d walk into the counselor’s office for whatever reason and looks of distain greeted me—one meant for a criminal…It was harder to defy this expectation than just accept it…It was a jacket I could try to take off, but they kept putting it back on…So why not be proud? Why not be an outlaw? Why not make it our own?”

Proposing an identity upon the students that is untrue could make them feel as if it has to be true. If you are implying that they have no worth and will not succeed, the students will start to believe that is the truth.

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“I don't mind paying for my mistakes but it seems like we're paying for everyone else's mistakes too. Sometimes we pay even when there's been no mistake. Just for being who we are, you know what I mean? Just for being Mexican. That's all the wrong I have to do.”
― Luis J. Rodríguez

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This book tells the story of Rodriguez starting over, at age eighteen, after leaving gang life. The book begins with Rodriguez’s final time in jail as a teenager and follows his struggle to kick heroin, renounce his former life, and search for meaningful work. In this book he also shares his challenges as a father, and his difficulty leaving his rages and addictions completely behind. Even as he  begins to discover success as a writer and an activist, Rodriguez finds that his past—the crimes, the drugs, the things he’d seen and done—has a way of calling him back. When his oldest son is sent to prison for attempted murder, Rodriguez is forced to confront his shortcomings as a father, and to acknowledge how and why his own history is repeating itself, right before his eyes.

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"Me being the weird homie with the books was important because when you read books, whole worlds opens up to you. Even though your world is so limited and you think theres no way out of it but I had a whole world of books and again I didnt know anyone in my neighborhood that did." -Luis Rodriguez

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What are it's implications for us as teachers?

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What are it's implications for us as teachers?

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As teachers we must be aware of the negative attitudes towards minority students. Teachers should be advocates for their students and believe in them when they can't find it in them to believe in themselves.

Being aware of a students life outside of the classroom could help teachers better educate their students inside the classroom. If resources are not being provided outside of the school could we provide them with those resources at school?

Things such as class, race, and income level should not influence your thoughts on a student. Teachers should not stereotype their students.

Teachers should get to know the community they are working in and how they can help their students become positive members of society.

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“It never stopped, this running. We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the police, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes on Gaarvey Boulevard who took our money, all smudged into one. Sometimes they were teachers who jumped on us Mexicans as if we were born with a hiduous stain. we were always afraid. Always Running.” ― Luis J. Rodríguez

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The book "Always Running" takes place in East L.A.The story happened around 1992. the setting affects the plot because It happens in L.A. and in L.A. is were most gang members are and the way they live makes them who they are.

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Luis Rodriguez- Luis is the main character.  Also known as Grillo, or Cricket, this person became known as Chin while in a gang because of a prominent chin caused by a broken jaw as part of a gang initiation.

Gloria Estela- Gloria is Luis's other younger sister.She doesn't do much. Most of the time she stayed around Ana and her mom. Her nick name was Cuca.

Maria Estela- Maria is the mom and she doesn't know english and she never had a job before she droped out of school early and has been through a lot in life.

Alfonso- Alfonso is the dad and he was a principal, but he ended up losing his job because the students couldn't understand his accent. He left here and there to find work. Him and his wife Maria got married when she was 27 and he was almost 40.

Ana Virginia- Ana is Luis's younger sister.She just kind of sticks to her self most of the time. Sometimes she will play with her sister Gloria. Her nick name is Anastein because the name ana reminds her dad of frankenstein.