https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3 en-us 2021-03-04 16:31:34 UTC 2021-03-11 17:18:24 UTC hello@padlet.com 1495385 https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269987010 “I wasn’t a stand-in for Dad. Nobody could be that... I’d never be him. But I was still supposed to try. That was my role: the dutiful son.” - Quinn knows he has an important role to do/live up to and he is responsible enough to not only do it but also to realize he needs to do it.]]> 2021-03-04 16:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269987010 1495385 https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269987973 “My father was the model of discipline and courage. Sure, he was stern, and sometimes judgmental, but I always felt like he meant well.” - He sees the great qualities in his past dad that greatly influence how he goes about any situation whether it be with school, family, or whatever else.]]> 2021-03-04 16:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269987973 1495385 https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269990637 “He wasn’t strong because he wasn’t afraid. No, he was strong because he kept doing it even though he was afraid.” - Even though Quinn is afraid of what may happen to him if he speaks up on what he saw he turns to his dead father again for some good advice, and he thought about what made him strong and it wasn't the actions he did it was the fact that he did them regardless of how afraid he was of doing it.]]> 2021-03-04 16:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269990637 1495385 https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269991379 “I didn’t need ROTC. But I did it, and I did it good, because my dad was pretty much making me. He’s one of those dudes who feels like there’s no better opportunity for a black boy in this country than to join the army.” - Even though he feels he doesn't need this he continues to do for his father so he can rest easy knowing his son is doing something useful/good with his life.]]> 2021-03-04 16:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269991379 1495385 https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269992006 “I didn’t even want to think about the preacher preaching about how God is in control of it all, or my mother, my sweet, sweet mother caught in the middle of it all... She just wants me to be okay. That’s it and that’s all.” - Through all the troubles Rashaad is facing he still puts his family needs above his own, perfect example right here where he's worried about his mom being caught up in him getting hurt.]]> 2021-03-04 16:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269992006 1495385 https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269992838 - Even after being beaten to near death by a policeman he still doesn't hold much resentment towards the man who did it to him, he just hopes that the people who wronged him see where they were wrong and hopefully move on with their lives.]]> 2021-03-04 16:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/1495385/p782dg4e6mxaw2n3/wish/1269992838