https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2 Mr. Bailey- Yavonditte- Period 1 en-us 2019-02-04 13:51:15 UTC 2025-10-31 08:34:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/327290217 2019-02-04 13:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/327290217 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/327294036 2019-02-04 14:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/327294036 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/327753677 The main idea for chapter 6 was George figuring out that he might want to be a Dentist. In the text it says " George couldn't figure out why all this seemed so fascinating to him today. But it was like Dr.Thomas had plugged in a cord that buzzed with electricity and excitement." This helps to prove that George was so fascinated and interested by the Dentist. I predict that in further chapters he will show his passion for becoming a Dentist. ]]> 2019-02-05 13:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/327753677 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/328731061 In the text there was interesting language such as "Dynamo." This means "a machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy; a generator." The reader has to look up the word to fully understand the boys slang. The boys slang is a key part to understanding their culture and their lives.  By using slang the author creates a connection between the reader and the characters forming a bond by knowing that slang.]]> 2019-02-07 14:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/328731061 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073046 A key event in the book is Rameck spending the night in jail. In the text it says " He spent four days in that detention center. He ate terrible food; endured embarrassment and humiliation as he used the toilet in front of his cellmates; and even heard, late one night the horrifying unmistakable sound of a boy being raped. " This was an important turning event in the book because before everything they did that got them in trouble wore off and it was a warning. This time is was different he had to spend 4 nights in jail before being picked up. Most of the boys in the jail had accepted that they were going to end up there anyways and that there was nothing they could do to stop it but Rameck couldn't stand the thought of ever going back. So he worked even harder to get into Seton Hall. ]]> 2019-02-11 19:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073046 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073125 A problem or conflict in the book would be Sampson being put in jail. In the text it says " Here in this hot jail cell, failure walked with him every day. It was difficult to see a bright outcome. His parents visited him regularly and hired a lawyer. Sampson felt bad that he had to face his parents in that kind of setting, where they could visit him only for limited periods of time. It hurt him that he had caused them so much pain." When reading this it made me feel upset and a little shocked that they went through so much individually and learned from it and made it out of Newark. ]]> 2019-02-11 19:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073125 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073250 One quotation that really stood out to me was "That experience taught me so much. I learned up close about all the horrible things that
happen to people in jail. Beatings. Stabbings. Rapes.The next thing I learned took me by
surprise. I realized I wasn’t free. I looked out of the window and saw all of the people going about their daily lives and realized I wasn’t able to do that. I couldn’t go to school, I couldn’t go to the store, and I couldn’t get a bite to eat at the local takeout. " This compares to when Sampson was put in a juvenile detention center. In the text it says "My experience as a juvenile in the detention center
helped me realize that I was traveling down a road of destruction.That summer helped me turn my life around and aim for something positive. I realized the company you keep plays
tremendously in the outcome of your life. My street friends had given up and had no direction. I knew if I continued to hang out with them, I would fall victim to the same aimlessness." This two piece of text are similar because it talks about how the struggle and how it made them a better person. They were able to use these bad experiences to make them better people so they can accomplish their goal to be doctors. ]]> 2019-02-11 19:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073250 523561 https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073366 A passage in this book that had a reaction to the text was " Buddy and a couple of other guys who were shooting hoops with them stopped the game and broke down laughing. They laughed so hard they had to catch their breath. “Man, that ain’t never gonna happen!” Buddy said. “Nobody from around here goes to college! Do you know who you are and
where you from?” Sampson said firmly, “Well, I will be the first.” In that moment he realized he had to look beyond
them, beyond their ridicule, and find a way to make it past the impossibilities. He left them laughing. That was the last time Sampson hung out with his boys. Eventually, all of the boys who had been involved with Sampson in the robbery received jail time.
Sampson had been spared for some reason he did not yet understand. But he was ready to find out." This reaction from the text helped the reader understand how where they were raised influenced what happened to them. In their community going to college was unknown, most people in the town weren't planning on going further than high school.]]> 2019-02-11 19:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/523561/ebvk5rdm2xl2/wish/330073366