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Anh, Juliana, Jahky, and Alexandria

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In the book, Mrs. Jones that she has done some things in her past. She tells Roger this because she wants Roger to know that making mistakes is part of life and that it's okay to make them. She also refers to Roger as "son." She does this because she probably went through something similar to him in her past.

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Cassandra Nicdao, Cameron Casey, Nhien Dinh

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Shihab Uddin, Chris Martinez, Ciara, Alessandra Rodriguez

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Timothy Black, Dannie Huynh, Hung Tran, Imani Vega

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Jacqulyne Tran, Isabelle Giambrone, Thomas Phan

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In the book, Mrs. Jones asked Roger if he had supper. Cameron inferred that because he stated he didn't have supper, he did not have a stable and supportive family. If he did, he would be at home eating supper with his family instead of trying to steal her purse. Also, he was grabbing her purse for money to buy blue suede shoes. If his parents were stable, they would give him the money to buy the shoes himself.

***Excellent point the symbolism of the lack of stable family structure! (Mrs. Lim)

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The question asked "Why is Roger incapable of saying thank you at the end of the story?". Imani had a out of the box/ orginal answer. She think that Roger was incabpable of saying thank you because he was probably never raised to say thank you or he didnt have any manners. She thinks that if he was raised with manners, he wouldnt steal.  This is why he didn say Thank You at the end to Mrs. Jones.

****Great point: we are a product of our environment for sure :)

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The question was "What is one final commentary you can provide about “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes?  As one aspect of your commentary, please address if you would have changed the story’s ending." Jacqulyne's thinking was that it's really upsetting, it’s not their fault their parents didn’t take good care of them, or couldn’t care for them. Also, she wouldn't change the ending because it makes people think about how this can actually happen in real life.

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My team answered question number fourteen. Which is "Do you think Roger will ever visit Mrs. Jones again? Why/why not?", we all said that Roger would visit Mrs. Jones in the future because by

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I think that this can be connected to why Mrs. Jones were being nurturing as well since she most likely sees herself in Roger. In other words, she used to be in Roger's situation. They both came from poverty,

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I feel as though Mrs. Jones shut the door on Rodger as a way of forcing him to be independent in his own life. It doesn't give him a chance to speak, which makes me think she doesn't want to interfere too much in his personal life. She wants him to change on his own.
-Shihab

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I agree with Jacqulyne and it's very upsetting that adults will have kids and then just leave them to fend off by themselves. I can connect what she said with my response to the same question, I answered that the story shows how important it's to show/teach generosity and empathy to kids. In most cases, when parents leave their children, the child never learns how to identify and cope with their emotions, which is why some lead to mental disorders and/or doing things me or you wouldn't do, such as stealing a purse.

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The question asked Why did Mrs. Jones shut the door on Roger at the end of the story? The orginal answer was that, She shut the door on him because She proabably feel that she did her part in teaching what is wrong and what is right. If she didnt feel this way, she would make him stay longer. -Dannie

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Personally I think that