https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523 Section 1 en-us 2017-02-01 19:46:48 UTC 2017-02-06 13:12:52 UTC hello@padlet.com slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151506954 If Clara protests, she risks losing her job and achieving her dream of going to college]]> 2017-02-03 17:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151506954 slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151507174 Clara would put herself and her family in danger. ]]> 2017-02-03 17:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151507174 slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151507255 The protest may not work and she could lose everything with no reason.]]> 2017-02-03 17:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151507255 slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151507373 Clara would have a safer environment in college.]]> 2017-02-03 17:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151507373 slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508605 Landen, Abbi, Gianna]]> 2017-02-03 17:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508605 slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508730 Kaitlyn, Raven, Emma]]> 2017-02-03 17:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508730 slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508893 Gavin, Edgar, Zach]]> 2017-02-03 17:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508893 slawr1 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508933 2017-02-03 17:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151508933 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787019 "There will always be a reason/ to set my dreams aside:/ my family's well-being/ the workers' struggle/ my own desire to laugh/ and dance/ and skip my studies/ for a trip to the opera"]]> 2017-02-06 12:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787019 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787249 "There are dozens of girls/fresh off the boats/who would be more than happy/to work in your place/without complaining."]]> 2017-02-06 12:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787249 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787554 "There are dozens of girls/ fresh off the boats/ who would be more than happy/ to work in your place/without complaining./ Fired."]]> 2017-02-06 12:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787554 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787571 "Let go of me!/ I shout./ I have done nothing wrong!/ 'Disorderly conduct, ma'am,'
 the officer says."]]> 2017-02-06 12:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787571 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787647 that a girl/ cannot speak up/... against a man/... i say/ we need representation./ we are made to work/ long weeks-seventy hours or more./]]> 2017-02-06 12:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787647 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787894 "If you do not stay silent/ you cannot work./ If you do not work/ how will we eat?/"]]> 2017-02-06 12:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151787894 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151788115 "A piece of cake/ for each of you/ if you don't say a word,/ if you stay hidden/ until i come back."]]> 2017-02-06 12:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151788115 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151788631 " evelina cries out/ snatches her hand back/ from the machine / that punched its eyed fang /through her nail".]]> 2017-02-06 12:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151788631 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151788827 "there are windows/but they are locked./there are new machines/ but with them/ we are expected to produce/twice as much/...the floor/is just as littered/just as dirty/just as tempting/ to an open flame."]]> 2017-02-06 12:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151788827 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789275 "I am glad/ to bring a wage/ home to my family/ but/ my fingers are sore/ my eyes grow tired/ from squinting/ at tiny stitches/ all day./"]]> 2017-02-06 12:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789275 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789488 "Am i really so foolish to believe/ i can do more/for myself/for Mama/for the workers/if i do not?]]> 2017-02-06 12:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789488 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789710 "how can i leave this fight/ flit off to college when so many still suffer/ when i can feel tension like mercury rising/ a wisp of hope/ beginning to drift/ skyward]]> 2017-02-06 12:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789710 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789864 "...i watch the inspector/checks the toilet/checks the windows/checks the scrap heap/checks the door handle/ to see if it opens/ from the inside /..see that these items /are corrected/with haste/he says/ as he walks away/ the boss looks at the list/tosses it into the stove/get those children/ back to work!/ and he locks the door behind him]]> 2017-02-06 12:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151789864 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151790414 "The foreman shoves me from the lintel/ shouts something in English,/ spits in my face/ slams the shop door./ I wipe my skin clean with a corner of my skirt,/ my head ringing/ with the one word/ i understood:/ union."]]> 2017-02-06 12:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151790414 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151790767 "The classroom at the free school/ is full of woman like me,/ workers,/ their hats tilted/ at an angle/ as they listen/ to the teacher's words."]]> 2017-02-06 12:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151790767 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151790805 "An army of girls / trained in silence. / I have never been / obedient / or / biddable / or / meek."]]> 2017-02-06 12:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151790805 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151791277 " the boss looks at the list / tosses it into the stove /get those children / back to work". ]]> 2017-02-06 12:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151791277 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151791558 "He hefts me up/ into the shadowed maw/ of a police wagon."]]> 2017-02-06 12:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151791558 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151791684 " i spoke to the boss/sure he would make it right. hardly lifting his eyes/ from the ledger sheet/ he said/ there are dozens of girls/ fresh off the boat/ who would be more than happy/ to work in your place/ without complaining./fired./]]> 2017-02-06 12:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151791684 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151792348 " I passed my spelling/ and Mathematics exams!/I hurry after work/to the free school/ to check the schedule/ for the next round: Geography/ History/ and Trigonometry.]]> 2017-02-06 13:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151792348 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151792419 " a rap on the knuckles / if i talk/ a clap on the back of the head / if i laugh /a smack on the shoulder / if i so much / as hum ".]]> 2017-02-06 13:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151792419 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151793086 " Now that i have found work/ I can begin English classes/ at the free school in the evenings"]]> 2017-02-06 13:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151793086 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151793416 " at eight o' clock / when the shop door closes / and locks, / we sweat / at the back of the workroom / our throats dry / our faces bloched red."]]> 2017-02-06 13:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151793416 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151793620 " The waiter, at least/ has a helpful tip/ he says 'There are always jobs/ at the garment shops/ for girls like you/ i wonder/ what that means/ (a girl like me)/ but I follow his pointing arm/ to the shops/ up the streets."]]> 2017-02-06 13:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151793620 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151794078 " I start at the school./I can speak, read, write/ two languages. Surely someone will pay for a tutor./ ]]> 2017-02-06 13:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151794078 https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151794436 and who suffers?/ the workers./ striped/ drained/ bled/ dry as the barren/ cotton-wasted soil./]]> 2017-02-06 13:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/slawr1/2ij6godpm523/wish/151794436