https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j Written form and performance: https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a35268319/amanda-gorman-inauguration-poem-transcript/ en-us 2021-01-21 17:06:22 UTC 2025-10-16 15:39:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111154481 Climbing up a hill can be like fighting an endless battle, and sometimes our democracy is like an endless battle. ]]> 2021-01-21 17:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111154481 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111158420 Climbing up a hill is like a metaphor for reaching the top and overcoming problems we face as a country ]]> 2021-01-21 17:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111158420 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111161035 The hill in our democracy represents climbing the hill of problems and getting to the top where we have came over obstacles and came on top.]]> 2021-01-21 17:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111161035 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111162111 Hill means challanges ]]> 2021-01-21 17:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111162111 berubej https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111167480 The word "hill" is a metaphor for overcoming challenges and problems.]]> 2021-01-21 17:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111167480 vamosyr https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111169026 Skinny, Black, girl. I think she uses those to signify weakness, even though none of those should symbolize weakness. Maybe its because of all of the racism. ]]> 2021-01-21 17:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111169026 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111175986 Sometimes you have to speak up to create peace, like in a protest. Like when people say nothing, bad things keep happening if you don't do anything. ]]> 2021-01-21 17:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111175986 berubej https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111178284 Quiet can also mean by-standing.]]> 2021-01-21 17:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111178284 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111179534 She describes herself as a "skinny black girl" She uses this as something like even though I was a skinny black girl it was difficult because of racism I pushed through and did something great.]]> 2021-01-21 17:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111179534 bagdasarovd https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111185534 Because being quiet, won't help our problems, in fact, it won't be peaceful unless we try to overcome those obstacles.]]> 2021-01-21 17:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111185534 berubej https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111190423 She describes herself as being a "skinny black girl" She refers to herself as a skinny black girl because that might be what other people think of her. She also calls herself weak which could have to do with racism.]]> 2021-01-21 17:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111190423 clarkew4 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111194049 The rules we make aren't allways good and they can hurt others.]]> 2021-01-21 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111194049 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111194502 being quiet in times where you have to speak up, that is not always peaceful. ]]> 2021-01-21 17:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111194502 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111207197 like, the rules of what life is, aren't always fair for everyone. ]]> 2021-01-21 17:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111207197 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111209310 She says something like how we are far from perfect, but that doesn't mean we can't form a peaceful union. ]]> 2021-01-21 17:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111209310 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111210142 It mean that sometimes you have to speak up.]]> 2021-01-21 17:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111210142 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111214420 a skinny, black, girl. we think  she is trying to say that it's impressive that the united states have come so far. since that beginning of this country. ]]> 2021-01-21 17:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111214420 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111218059 Sometimes rules can be bad and terrible and be made by corrupt people.]]> 2021-01-21 17:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111218059 berubej https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111219087 Gorman says, "If only we dare it's because being American is more than a pride we inherit." We think she describes it that way because she wants it to be clear that we all have imperfections.]]> 2021-01-21 17:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111219087 bagdasarovd https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111224777 She writes: "Being American is more than a pride we inherit.
It's the past we step into and how we repair it."  We think this means that American as a race, doesn't change who you are, however the attributes you have, like the ones she explained.]]> 2021-01-21 17:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111224777 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111230983 That sometimes the rules are unfair to some people.]]> 2021-01-21 17:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111230983 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111237938 And yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine, but that doesn't mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect.
We are striving to forge our union with purpose.

]]> 2021-01-21 17:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111237938 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111241476 Now in this time, he wont be sent to the kitchen to eat.]]> 2021-01-21 17:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111241476 berubej https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111247829 One similarity that we found was that they bring up racism and how they overcame it.]]> 2021-01-21 17:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1111247829 bagdasarovd https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115168337 They both have the same subject, and say how it was an obstacle.]]> 2021-01-22 17:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115168337 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115174284 the the poems are similar in the way that they talk about the future being better then the present. ]]> 2021-01-22 17:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115174284 whitcombs1 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115177235 Rules and laws aren't always the best for people and can backfire and hurt people or make people uncomfortable.]]> 2021-01-22 17:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115177235 https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115187025 they are simular becuse they both talk about samething]]> 2021-01-22 17:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/eggemeierc/3r8c3143g9bnzl7j/wish/1115187025