Tales of Two Americas by Matthew Tidwell https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935 Reflections and Analysis en-us 2018-09-26 12:50:59 UTC 2025-09-26 14:55:41 UTC hello@padlet.com laurenstarkey171 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286018292 “I’d judged myself and found failure. I wanted a car like his. I wanted to dress like him and have a house like his. I wanted to be in a position to offer other people jobs.” (P. 73)]]> 2018-09-26 13:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286018292 Leann , Lacey and Alex ! leannlofton1 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286022067 “When strangers  thought i was stupid because of where i was from or what i looked like they were granting me the high ground”                                                       Leann : I can relate , simply becuase of my skin tone, I didn’t eat “trash food” or live in a “trash neighborhood” being fortunate but because of my skin people think I do.       
 Lacey : She can relate becuase all my life people thought she was stupid, considering no one from her family had graduated. There were people in her life that were on drugs and didnt have the best money situation . People would call her “White Trash” which she is not !
Alex: He can’t relate because he grew under more fortunate situations . He sympathizes with the chapter .                                                            ]]> 2018-09-26 13:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286022067 laurenstarkey171 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286025155 “But... by twenty-seven he runs this, controls that, invented, achieved, defended, wrote, and and and... At twenty-two I was still learning to read better, struggling with vocabulary” (pg. 290).]]> 2018-09-26 13:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286025155 Margot , Jordan , Marissa short_352 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286026241 “But none of that mattered in the face of the social class, an invisible and permanent division” (pg. 78).
Margot- I relate to this because I have never thought any different of someone based on their race , gender , or where they were from.

Jordan- I relate to this quote because I live in a area that is has many people that struggle from the social class so I see how it effect other people. 

Marissa- I relate to this because I don’t judge or think any different of someone that’s a different race or gender. 

]]> 2018-09-26 13:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286026241 Isaac, Jadon, and Ryan ream_430 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286026995 “Crawfish and catfish stopped being ‘trash food’ when the people eating it in restaurants were the same ones who felt superior to the lower class” (Offutt 74).]]> 2018-09-26 13:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286026995 Leann, Lacey and Alex! leannlofton1 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286027225 “It’s not like at first I didn’t believe myself that anything was possible”

Leann : I’ve always believed in myself and been an optimist about life... but whew life is stressful !!!!!
Lacey : I’ve always believed in myself and been an optimist about life... but whew life is stressful !!!!!
Alex : I’ve always believed in myself and been an optimist about life... but whew life is stressful !!!!!]]> 2018-09-26 13:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286027225 Sammy, Phoenix, Logan lccook84 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286028424 “Nevertheless I’d felt compelled to mislead him based on class stigma. I felt ashamed of my fifteen year old Mazda.” (Chris Offutt, Pg.73)

I related to this quote because when I moved from Toledo to Perrysburg Ohio, there was a change and the way I saw and viewed things. I went from a poorer community to a rich suburb, but the thing was I wasn’t rich like the rest of the kids. They all got nice new cars but I had to pay for my car. It was a 2006 Pontiac G6 10 years old at the time when I got it. I kinda liked my car, but all of my friends made fun of it. So it made me feel ashamed of my car that I paid for. I wished that I had a either nicer, and or a newer car, but there was nothing I could do about it 

]]> 2018-09-26 13:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286028424 Jordan Margot Marissa https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286028442 I believe it was choose for the common book because it has many short stories on different topics that will strike home with many people that go to this college. It also is going over many situations that is happening to many people right now. ]]> 2018-09-26 13:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286028442 laurenstarkey171 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286029003 -Comparing the main campus to the regional campus, the “standards” for getting onto the regional campuses are “lower.”
-“Tales of two Americas” the title could represent the separate campuses. ]]> 2018-09-26 14:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286029003 Leann, Lacey and Alex ! leannlofton1 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286029544 Well we believe this book is perfect, because it gives perspective . It allows people to relate and also gain an understanding of other people. We are all the same and can all be who we want to be !]]> 2018-09-26 14:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286029544 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286032024 This book helps promote diversity and equality, it doesn’t matter what social class you reside in, it doesn’t matter if you’re more privileged than others or not, everyone has their differences and we must learn to accept them. People on this campus come from different areas with different economic statuses.

]]> 2018-09-26 14:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286032024 Isaac, Jadon, and Ryan ream_430 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286032340 “Well intentioned, I wasn’t close to a high-level student then, but, given information, I was someone who could take what I knew I could do and figure out what came next” (288).]]> 2018-09-26 14:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286032340 Marissa , Margot , Jordan short_352 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286034533 “We were the mess-ups. We were the ones who didn’t sit in the front of the classroom and join school clubs and organizations and government” (pg. 288).

Margot- I cannot relate to this because I was always involved in almost all the clubs at my school. And was into my acadmecis and participated in class. 

Jordan-I can relate to this because i have classes that I am really bad in and struggle with. 

Marissa- I can and can’t relate to this in school I would usually sit the back of the class and not always pay attention but, also I would join school organizations. ]]> 2018-09-26 14:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286034533 lccook84 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286039657 “Nobody told me to go to college. That I should. Not one adult, in an office or on the street or in my home-or my father.

I couldn’t really relate to this essay so I just chose a quote that stood out to me. I honestly don’t think many people for say told me to go to college because it was almost a given at my school. If you couldn’t even graduate high school then you’re screwed for the rest of your life. Even military and trade jobs require you to be somewhat smart, and you need to pass high school. 

]]> 2018-09-26 14:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286039657 ream_430 https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286041319 This book seems more relatable to those on this campus rather than main campus. Those enrolled at the main campus may be more privileged than those at this campus, therefore those here could relate to this more. ]]> 2018-09-26 14:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tidwellosuedu/CommonBook935/wish/286041319