https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee Things that make you go hmm... en-us 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC 2023-05-25 15:01:12 UTC hello@padlet.com blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489367 Names / Grade:

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]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489367 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489368 Austin and Ashley / Second Grade:

"...Eagle armed with books in each hand. One a Math book; the other was English....All I learned was gravity can be painfull."

The reason this is taboo is due to the fact that teachers do not punish students like that anymore. They do not use physical abuse for consequences, nor do they do that to children of that age.

]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489368 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489369 Davis and Anyae / Grade: 8

Quote:  " watched them grow skinny from self pity"

Explanation:  he's saying that these "white girls" are puposely starving themselves while Junior Polatkin's family is starving & cant help it ]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489369 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489370 Name / Grade: Connor Johnson, Sela Hofmann, 5th Grade

Quote: "At that same moment, my cousin Steven Ford sniffed rubber cement from a paper bag and leaned back on the merry-go-round. His ears rang, his mouth was dry, and everyone seemed so far away. But it felt good, that buzz in his head, all those colors and noises. It was chemistry, biology. It was beautiful."

Explanation: This paragraphs references drugs, and drug use in school. It's strictly prohibited and is very punishable, even resulting in court penalties. This is very inadequate and shouldn't be brought to a 5th grade class. 

]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489370 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489371 Name / Grade : Max and Ian / 9th Grade 

Quote: "I know all about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young"

Explanation: This is taboo becuase the man shows ignorance towards knowing indian culture and herritage so he automatically assumes that all indians drink (including children) which is not true nor accepted in present day.]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489371 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489372 Names / Grade: Cody / Greg second grade
Quote: " She called me indian indian indian and i said yes i am indian indian i am "

Explanation: It shows how his teacher demoralizes junior and indians in general.]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489372 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489373 Isaiah Tarrer, Carley Trgina/ ninth grade:

"What's that boy been drinking? I know about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young."

This sentence is taboo because they are using a steryotype about how all indians are alcoholics, but it doesn't mean he is too.

]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489373 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489376 Shelby Bobholz / Grade: 6th

Quote: "That was Randy, my soon-to-be first and best friend, who taught me the most valuable lesson about living in the white world: Always throw the first punch."

Explanation: This is taboo beacuse he is saying something about the white race and how they "always throw the first punch."]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489376 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489377 Names / Grade: Dillon and christian/eighth grade

Quote: "But we ate it day after day and grew skinny from self pity"

Explanation: It's talking about how bad the food is from the government.

]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489377 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489379 Names / Grade: Justice/Richard
2nd grade
Quote: it felt  good, the buzz in his head, the colours and noises.

Explanation: Its taboo because it is talking about drugs.
he brought up drugs because it bad for people health
.]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489379 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489381 Names / Grade: Omar Jackson/ Alex Knorpp 11th

Quote: "This morning I pick up the sports page and read the headlines: INDIANS LOSE AGAIN."

Explanation: This is the author talking about how the Indians messed up, his race, and not his school team, the Indians.]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489381 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489382 Names / Grade:

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Explanation:]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489382 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489383 Names / Grade: Joshua Laird / 5th Grade

Quote: "Steven Ford sniffed rubber cement from a paper bag,"

Explanation: The fact that a child in 5th grade is doing drugs would be considered taboo. The author compairs the feeling of playing basketball to the feeling of getting high.]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489383 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489384 Names / Grade:
Zachary Zezza 9th
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"I know all about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young."
Explanation:
The teacher is stating that all Indians start drinking at a young age. ]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489384 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489385
This statement is taboo because it deals with race. The other kids at his school used “white” as an insult because they bullied Junior. The writer’s purpose was to show how the Indians and the whites were separated]]> 2016-09-26 18:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126489385 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126490444 Names / Grade:

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Explanation: ]]> 2016-09-26 19:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126490444 blair_abrahamson https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126490549 Italo Canas and Tripp Armstead 5th grade

Quote:  At that same moment, my cousin Steven Ford sniffed rubber cement from a paper bag and leaned back on the merry-go-round. His ears rang, his mouth was dry, and everyone seemed so far away.

Explanation: It shows how even in a fun enviorment, he still has issues with his family doing bad things. But he has basketball while his cousin usses the cement.]]> 2016-09-26 19:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/blair_abrahamson/2ilcowjb19ee/wish/126490549