Journal Highlight

You say it's not okay

to be gay

to be black

well i think you lack

so many things

like a brain

you say hispanics should be slain

your just evil

so vacuous

hateful.

your reasons

have no meaning

it's just hate

the words don't translate

you take the easy way out

so afraid to shout

and stand up

so then shut up

and sit down.

Five Chimneys by: Olga Lengyel

This book is about the life of a women who was taken to a Nazi concentration camp with her family. The story starts in the year 1944. Olga tells about the hardships and life of the Auschwitz camp. The camp is run by a women by the name of Irma Griese. The life of the internees of the the camps were misreable and hard. All day the internees were put to death and had to work just to stay alive. The book also tells us about the mishaps in the camp. For instence Olga was asked by man if she would have sex with him and he would give her half of his food. Even though she did not do as he wished she still did not regret her disicion. The book is a great book for people who love learning the truth about the Holocaust and the camps. I would recomend this book to anyone.

Journal Highlight

You Are Poem

You are confident and talented
You wonder about the net
You hear the squeek of your sneekers against the court
You see the orange sphere flying from your hands

You want the fans screaming your name
You are confident and talented

You pretend your at half court, going for the shot with three seconds on the clock and your down by two.
You feel the atmosphere change
You touch the ball with your lips and shoot
You worry you'll miss
You cry when you do
You are confident and talented

You understand it's just a game but it's more to you
You say you'll get it next time
You dream of your name on the back of your favorite teams jersey
You try to practice hard
You hope you win the game
You are confident and talented.

This was written for Darrian Asberry