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Sam failed the State Board Medical Exam. He is questioning if he should be a doctor. He took it again and passed, they went out celebrating. He then maintained high grades. Rameck liked internal medicine, while sam liked emergency medicine but because of no openings he had to apply to internal medicine. But then he changed his mind and found an opening at Beth Israel for emergency medicine. Graduated May 26, 1999

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George misses the two boys. Mom is working hard to pay tuition. He tried to buys speakers but got mugged. He has a difficult teacher during his 2nd year in med school. Rameck gets stopped and arrested by a police officer for having a fishing knife, case was dropped because they lost the evidence.

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Went to a rap studio because Rameck wants to go into rapping gave this guy a tape and haven't gotten it back. They did meet up with biggie smalls and Tupac. They ran out of money for rapping so they gave up on it. Two of them got accepted into Access med while George got into dental school. Sam wants to switch majors.

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Completed the 7 week program. Based on the title this is going to be a beating up, learn lesson, get spared chapter. They are in freshman year. OMG he just body slammed a kid. They helped little kids visit the university and taught them why they should want to go to college like them

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They are relying on getting into Seton Hall. They got in, they graduated high school and made everyone proud. Teachers tell them to do stuff and they listen, they are over goofing around because not many kids get chances like this.

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Sampson gets caught doing armed robbery now he is locked up for 4 weeks. He got lucky. The people he used to hang out with 2 were murdered 2 were drug addicts and one was in jail.

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Day #15 Feb 26, 2024, Stop and Jot notes

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Medical school was different there were 120 students in a class

Sampson wanted to do emergency medicine but did not get it

He saw that Beth Israel Hospital had an opening for emergency medicine

Called and asked for the job

Asked to get interviewed a few days later

All of them graduated May 26, 1999

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Day #14 Feb 23, 2024, Stop and Jot notes

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Rameck gets arrested for having a fisher knife in his car but he did nothing wrong

Lawyer did not show up for trials but at the end the evidence was lost

Sampson failed state test and now not sure if he should be a doctor

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Their all applying for Seton hall, its a college.

SOUTH ORANGE :)

Sampson went to apply. she asked a couple of questions after he answered she was really impressed with what he had. meaning he might get in to the college. Sampson wants to be a dentist. all three of them got into the same college, Seton hall.

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George gets interested in Seton Hall but sampson and Rameck are not fully convinced. Chapter 13 title makes me believe that this chapter is not going to end well. Rameck to impress his friends beats and stabs a man in his thigh. He was told if the man dies he would be charged with attempted murder. He´s in a detention center. He got lucky AGAIN.

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Day #13 Feb 22, 2024, Stop and Jot notes

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They went to a rap studio

Vice president of studio said he would listen to it and get back to them

They ran out of money for rapping

All three of them got accepted into Access med

Sampson wants to change majors and do business

George's mom was working a lot to pay for his tuition

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They are in a protest. Rameck is a hero. They sprayed the biology teacher with pink silly string. Almost got expelled but the teacher saved him. Rameck tries baseball and sucks. They are at a Seton Hall presentation.

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start - page 116

Sampson was caught robbing a place and is now trialed as an adult and could be sent to prison for 3 to 10 years. George, Sampson and Rameck applied for Seton hall an got to go to Seton hall. Sampson was going to court for assault with a deadly weapon for two years. He also basically confessed.

end - page 121

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Day # 12 Feb 21, 2024, Stop and Jot notes

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They all got accepted into Seton Hall

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Thought of becoming rappers but still wanted to be Doctors

Said they will chose whichever comes first easier

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start - page 109

sampson was told by his mom to never go to the corner because their could be a drive by shooting and a lot of ugly things. Sampson is going to rob a drug dealer but not an experienced one a young one. Samspon went to the corner and didn't listen to his mother. Samspon was on his second time doing it and he found a couple of teenagers that looked like dealer. when they tried to rob the teenagers a car came up and it was a police car then multiple police cars showed up he started walking until the corner and just started to run.

end - page 115

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Gets into a fight and hits a nice shot... Then he gets chased by this violent group of people. Kids in their grade lose popularity if they care about grades so I think the rest of the book is how they don't care what others think and pursue their dreams. They grew up fast.

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Rameck stabbed a drug addicted because he wanted to seem cool. Rameck was arrested for "attempted murder" He was going to be in there for 2 to three days. it was very disgusting and not liking when he was in there he some bad stuff like a boy getting raped. he was judged but the addicted didn't show up three times the corut case was over.

end - page 109

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Day #11 Feb 20, 2024, Stop and Jot notes

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They all applied to Seton Hall and Rameck is also applying to Howard just in case

End: Page 124

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George and Sampson meet taking a test for a high school. They become best friends and meet Rameck in grade 9. Huge fight for no reason it is kinda stupid. Being chased by a bunch of kids.

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1. Are you on pace with your reading and all tiles on the book club padlet.

2. What is the genre of your book and why?

3. What is the background of the character?

4. What is the setting (time and place)?

5. Why is setting important?

6. Can you determine a theme and make a theme statement?

7. What is a message the author is trying to convey?

8. What choices did the author make that helped you understand what was happening in the book?

9. What did you find interesting about the book?

10. How did the book make you think or feel about the issue that was presented?

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Start -page 93

George, Remeke and Sampson were all going to college but then someone had a presentation on a college that sounded good. so they decided to go to it and see how it goes.

Ramecks dad is in jail that's why he never talks about it.

Rameke and his friend and couple other people were selling drugs someone bought some and they said don't smoke it over there where the school is. but he did so they beat the living hell out of him.

end - page 103

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Day #10 Feb 15, 2024, Stop and Jot notes

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Rameck had beat up a drug addict and used a knife

Police found the knife and Rameck was caught

Got put in jail for a few days

End: Page 121

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Rameck made a stupid mistake by pranking the teacher and was sent to court for putting silly string on the teachers face.

Sampson was about to make it to the big leagues cause he was a really good baseball player.

page - 93

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Rameck tried playing baseball but was always missing the ball

They went to a presentation about Seton Hall University

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they found that the high school that they go to is racist or sorta because they found a book that only a couple things about black people and mostly white people.

there school is pretty crappy because they get leftover items like chairs and equipment.

end - page 86 :/

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Sampson, Rameck and George were good friends and they had a lot in common

Rameck found silly string and sprayed it on a teacher

He got in a lot of trouble

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Sampson just sold some drugs to make an easy buck or two.

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not the best day

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Sampson is forced by his mother to go to ninth grade because he has a ninth grade reading and his really smart

Rameck and his old friends got into a argument with a gang and then were chasing them.

at the end of page 71 they heard gun shots and saw it was on the side of the bus.

end - page 72

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George takes a trip to the dentist and loves it and gets inspired to become a doctor. Sampson is with his friends at a graveyard. A weird man named Reggie is teaching them kung fu. Sampson gets arrested! Razor dies kinda important character but really important to the story.

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couple days after the training from Reggie Sampson got arrested.

Sampson was stopped by the police and asked him where he got a carpet cleaning machine

Eddie Sampson friend tricked him into stealing something and when they got caught he ran and left Sampson to get arrested.

Sampson was woken up to the sound of sirens

some kid died in a car crash that day he was only 12

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Sampson was woken up to the sound of police sirens even though they were common it was not common to have them this close to his house

A boy Razor stole a car from the police (HE WAS 12!!!) and died in a crash of the car

Sampson was at a ninth grade level so he took a test to get into the university and that is when he met George

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Sampson went to the graveyard every Sunday to learn a bit of kung fu from a man named Reggie

sometimes drug dealers would offer kids a lot of money (like $200) to bring drugs to someone

A 17-year-old boy Eddie said he was starting a carpet cleaning company and asked Sampson to join

Eddie tricked him into shoplifting a carpet cleaning machine.

End: Page 56

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Mrs. Hatt is a teacher that Rameck likes. Rameck went from 9 to 12. I think the book is just showing brief stories of their lives. I think that Rameck made the right and more mature decision for his family.

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George is trying to rush getting braces his also worried if girls wont talk to him. George found that his dentist has some humor and that he wants to go back. Sampson wanted learn martial arts from a man named Reggie.

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Woman assumed that the kids went to a private school because they were well behaved and it hurt George's feelings. Noody and Will are Sampson's best friends. OMG I thought that the dogs were going to tear their faces off. I'm wondering if that part stretched the truth.

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George thinks that his brother dose not act his age. George is also a smart and gets good grades. Sampson wanted to play Baseball. Noody was to young to play Baseball but was really good at it. Sampson was a Icee from a store but had no money so he decided to steal one. The store owner (jack) caught them stealing they were kicked out

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Start- page 36

Rameck wants this new shoes by Nike. Rameck asked if he get ($50) for the shoes. but he also knew that the answer was going to be no. Rameck loves doing plays, he also asked his grandma if she could pay for the school pictures. when Rameck got home everything was silent because the power went out. because his mom didn't have the money. but Rameck got 150 dollars from his grandma but he felt greedy when he said he didn't have any money. so he gave her the 150 dollars.

page 44- George

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Rameck asked his grandmother for some money ($150) so he could take pictures at his school

When he got home electricity was off because his mom did not pay rent because they were low on money

Rameck gave the money to his mom so they could have food that would not spoil and a house that worked but then he lost his opportunity

George teeth were VERY crooked

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George was very smart and got good grades

Sampson wanted to play baseball

Noody was a bit younger than Sampson but good at baseball

Drug dealers hung out in the run down apartment

Sampson wanted to get an icee but had no money so he tried to steal one

Jack(owner of store) told them to never come back since he had caught him stealing

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Rameck got into some trouble because he was throwing a pencil up to try and stick it to the roof and then other kids started doing so he got in trouble and now the principle wants to send him to a special class.

Rameck was sent to the Catholic school so he could get a better education and also Catholic schools are cheap

George (age 8)

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Rameck is introduced. All of their families have low amounts of money. So many cool perspectives I love it! The catholic school is trying to put the smartest kid in the school, Rameck in special needs classes. George is introduced. They are all young and like school

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Sampson went to the Beth Israel Hospital

He was interested and fascinated by the hospital

Rameck (age 9)

Rameck got in trouble a lot

He got into a fist fight with another student

George (age 8)

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Based on a true story. 3 kids who went from the streets to doctors The main character is Andre, seems like they are struggling.

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Where Andre lives they have a park that is messed up with messed up benches and just trash everywhere, so they decided to fix the benches first. when they were repairing the bench Andres little brother was carrying a 200 pound slab on top of him. after some time he could't carry it after more and more time it just dropped. it dropped on Sampson foot. it started bleeding out he needed 5 fifth graders to pick the slab up. Sampson has a broken foot.

we are now introduced to anew person Rameck ( age 9)

Ramecks in a lot of trouble. he got into a fist fight with another student at school.

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what I want to know is what other big things happen. like diseases or what was big at the time.

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The park was filled with trash

Andre wants to fix the benches

A big stone slab fell on Sampson's foot and his foot was bleeding

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the main character is Andre who is young and tries to be tough. it sounds like a violet neighborhood for example people have an air of control to survive. and that Andre said that someone got beat up last night. it wasn't a big deal when people talked about drugs and fights.

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Why would the author use this timeline? What about this timeline fits the book? How do the characters fit the timeline? Was this timeline good to live in?

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I want to know what were the things everyone would talk about back then I also want to know what kind of music people listened to.

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I know that in the 1980's the Berlin wall crumbled and there was new technology I also know Indira Gandhi was assassinated.

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I know a couple things about the 1980's, for example I know that technology was becoming big, and lots of gangs were forming which was a big problem. Also few people were in stock.

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I don't really know many things about the 1980 but I did know that a lot of new tech was created and a lot more blockbusters movies were being made. The Berlin wall crumbled also gangs were a real problem.

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quest captain- Jonah

Word catcher/wordsmith - Jonah, Vitthal and Justin.s

Time manager - Vitthal

Design artist - Justin.s