https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p Made by: Madison Cote en-us 2021-04-06 12:25:41 UTC 2026-03-17 05:11:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386856127 "Then I heard the crash. His body was sprawled and writhing at the foot of the stairs. Hardly any sounds came from his mouth... I looked back up to my father and saw him gasping for air, holding his throat" (Spiegel & Grau 13).]]> 2021-04-06 12:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386856127 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386881643 "So in the spirit of three-year- old boys everywhere who've run out of better ideas, I decided to punch her. Of course my mother walked in the room right as a swung and connected. The yell startled me, but her eyes are what I remember. 'Get up to your damn room... I told you, don't you ever put your hands on a woman'" (Spiegel & Grau 5).]]> 2021-04-06 12:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386881643 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386947932 "Niki, Shani, and I all stood outside our car, staring with something like disbelief at our now empty home. This was it. We were actually leaving Maryland" (Spiegel & Grau 37). ]]> 2021-04-06 13:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386947932 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386959619 "I played hard, lost pretty bad, but enjoyed every minuet of it. These kids were different from my friends back in Maryland. I quickly started to pick up on their lingo and style, the swagger of my new teammates and neighborhood friends" (Spiegel & Grau 44).]]> 2021-04-06 13:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1386959619 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1399551070 "My door slammed open, and in walked First Sargent Anderson, a high school senior with an impressively premature five-o'clock shadow, a scruffy voice, and a posture and mannerisms of a bulldog" (Spiegel & Grau 86).]]> 2021-04-09 12:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1399551070 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1399551592 "Two hours after 'taps', I was up and tiptoeing through the hallways until I hit the bloodred door that took me into the night. With nothing but a bag over my shoulder, a map, and a tiny flashlight in my right hand, I was gone. I never looked back at Wheeler Hall, my residence building, as I quietly bolted through the door. Goodbye and good riddence, I thought" (Spiegel & Grau 92).]]> 2021-04-09 12:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1399551592 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1399566421 "'Listen, Moore, you don't want to be here and quite honestly, we don't want you here, so I have drawn you a map of how to get to the train station.'... Here was my squad leader, for whom I had no love, giving me what felt like one of the greatest gifts I had ever received" (Spiegel & Grau 91). ]]> 2021-04-09 12:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1399566421 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414121133 "I reached into his bag and pulled out the can with the white top... Once I felt the cost was clear, I began, first drawing the connected K's and finishing the wide circle around, my custom style" (Spiegel & Grau 80).]]> 2021-04-13 22:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414121133 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414182811 "I headed right past the police car; it took one of the officers seconds to wrap me up and throw me against his vehicle... As I lay on the hood of the car with the other officers hands pressing against every part of me, searching me, I watched Shea twenty feet away on the ground getting the same treatment" (Spiegel & Grau 81).]]> 2021-04-13 22:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414182811 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414212107 "Colonel Batt handed me the phone, and I dialed the only number I knew by heart. As the phone rang, I began to think about what I would say to convince my mother to let me back home... 'Ma, I know I haven't been perfect, but I promise to do better. I will pay attention in school and go more often. I will clean my room, I will clean your room, I will-' She cut me off. 'Wes, you are not going anywhere until you give this place a try. I am so proud of you, and your father is proud of you, and we just want you to give this a shot.'" (Spiegel & Grau 95).]]> 2021-04-13 22:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414212107 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414262995 "About ten minutes into the walk, a red Toyota slowly drove up to us. Thinking the driver just needed directions or help navigating the dark, signless streets, we stopped and peered in. As the driver's window rolled halfway down, the sound of loud rock music and the smell of alcohol met us" (Spiegel & Grau 119).]]> 2021-04-13 23:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414262995 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414272154 "'Go home!' As I turned my head to see where the yell came from, a rock or bottle- something hard- slammed against my mouth. 'I just got hit,' I yelled to Dalio, spitting out blood and pieces of tooth into my hand" (Spiegel & Grau 120-121).]]> 2021-04-13 23:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1414272154 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418636891 "I handed him my yellow rip cord, yelled 'Airborne, Jumpmaster!' and turned my body to face the open door. I closed my eyes and felt the air just below me flying by... Instantly, my entire body was sucked out of the plane, and I heard-felt-the aircraft speed away. I thrashed around in the wind" (Spiegel & Grau 135).]]> 2021-04-14 22:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418636891 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418721686 "By the end of our meal, I realized that Hopkins represented much more than a chance to attend a great school with a phenomenal reputation... But months later, I got the large package in the mail. Not only was I accepted but I would receive scholarship money" (Spiegel & Grau 160).]]> 2021-04-14 22:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418721686 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418782391 "Mayor Schmoke knew that, weeks after I completed the internship with him, I would be heading to South Africa for a semester abroad" (Spiegel & Grau 162).]]> 2021-04-14 23:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418782391 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418793407 "She updated me on how everything   was going back home and then shared a piece of strange local news. 'Everything is fine, but I have something crazy to tell you. Did you know the cops are looking for another guy from your neighborhood with your name for killing a cop?'" (Spiegel & Grau 120-168).]]> 2021-04-14 23:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418793407 9959613 https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418829506 The author Wes Moore was impacted by his environment because he already had causes of trauma at a young age that started some future events that took place in his life. Wes watched his father, Westly, die right in front of him and he truly never recovered from that incident. After the move to the Bronx from Maryland he found himself getting involved in street crime and meeting new friends who would soon get them arrested. Growing up in this environment effected him and his entire personality. He didn't do well in school and needed to be sent away so he could realize how important it was to be respectful of his mother and do good in school. After Wes got sent to military school, he improved and was finally becoming to act like a responsible human being. Being sent to military school was one of the best decisions Joy, Wes's mother made for him. Military school also provided many great opportunities for Wes like being able to attend Johns Hopkin school and earn his GED. It also provided him the opportunity to complete a school semester in South Africa. Being in the military environment impacted Wes from the beginning and helped him turn into the intelligent and respectful man he turned out to be. ]]> 2021-04-14 23:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/9959613/e82xf7xjaivesi1p/wish/1418829506