STATE GRADUATION TESTS
Starting in 2000 a law was passed called “ The No Child Left Behind Act” a nationwide law that states no child should be left behind regardless of age, race, disability and much more. It is a law that was made by President Bush saying that many of American children were failing and that wasn’t acceptable. He thinks most American children are failing because the lack of teachers doing their job and most children are not trying to learn because they feel that nobody cares if they get their education. When most schools fail, there are stereotypes saying that the kids are illiterate. The law was basically passed because so many schools nationwide were not meeting their standards.
The government passed the law to see which schools were not meeting their standards and why. They would take the money away from the schools that were not trying to better themselves and give it to another school. I think that is wrong because they should try to help those people who were not meeting the standards because something somewhere was wrong .I feel that some of the children in the schools that were failing did want to learn and not all of the kids were there just to be there. Most people think that the law is stupid because either way you look at it, it’s not helping anybody. The purpose of the law was to help children who were being left behind; all the law is doing is helping those who don’t need help, which are the schools who are above their standards.
I think they should help the schools who are failing because some children can’t help what environment or school they go to. These students want to make the best of where they are, and try to make something out of their selves and graduate. This law is discouraging students who don’t go to a school that meets the standards. People say those students who don’t meet standards will either end up in jail or hell.
A good example of how this law discourages students could be seen in a movie called “Fighting The Odds” The movie is about a parole officer who goes to a local high school to help some students who are having problems passing the graduation test. Her and a colleague start a group called “No More Victims” a group for students whose parents are incarcerated. She is trying to help them graduate from high school so they can make something out of themselves. That’s why the movie is called “fighting the odds”. This movie proves my point about the graduation test and the no child left behind act because the students were told my many people teachers and students that they would no amount to anything because they wouldn’t graduate from high school but thanks to the group they proved them wrong.
90% of Georgia’s children are not graduating from high school each year because the Georgia Graduation tests. Students have to pass the entire test in order to get their diplomas. If they don’t pass the test they will not be able to walk with their class or receive their diploma, you will be given a certificate of attendance. I think this is wrong because you stay in high school for 4 years attempting to walk across that stage on your special night and by the time its their senior year they have to take five different tests. Math, English, science, social studies, and Writing. Students must pass each one of these tests to graduate. A year or two ago if students didn’t pass the test by the second time that they took it students could receive their diploma anyway. Now it is mandatory that students pass all five. I think that is very stupid because you have four years of high school that you just throw away when you don’t pass that test. I think you should be able to have a waiver and still be able to receive your diploma if you don’t pass.
If anything the “No Child Left Behind Act should help the students who are trying to graduate, and if they have all of their credits but don’t quite pass all of the graduation tests, they should still be able to receive their diploma. The “No Child Left Behind Act should be all about. Helping those who are trying to better themselves. The graduation test are given in Georgia so that they can determine which schools are meeting their standards and which schools are not.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
REP. TYRONE BROOKES
WELL GUESS WHAT BLOG I FINALLY WENT TO CHURCH TODAY, CHURCH WAS VERY GOOD BECAUSE ONE OF THE MEN WHO MARCHED WITH DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND WHO KNEW HIM PERSONALLY BY THE NAME OF REP. TYRONE BROOKS CAME AND SPOKE TODAY HE TALKED ABOUT ALL KINDS OF STUFF LIKE POVERTY IN ATHENS AND HOW THE STATISTICS ARE GOING UP ON YOUNG BLACK MALES AND FEMALES IN GEORGIA TODAY WHO ARE BEING INCARCRATED AND HOW GEORGIA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STATES WITH THE PROBELM OF TEEN PREGNANCY AND HOW IT IS 55,000 BLACK PEOPLE IN GOERGIA WHO IS NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE MAN THIS IS A SHAME HOW ALL THIS STUFF IS GOING ON RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT WE JUST SIT AND WATCH IT GO ON AND ON!!!!!!!!!
Monday, March 5, 2007
A Gangsters Girl
This book is about a 25 year old woman by the name of Ceazia who is a dentist and she meets one of the biggest dope dealers in town by the name of Vegas and they fall in love but before Ceazia met Vegas she was an escort but once they got serious he made her stop escorting. Her and friends has the same taste in men but she is the only one who gets a man like Vegas who has alot of money so one of her friends pulls away from her by the name of mickey and she starts to prostitute. Her other friend Tonya catches her boyfriend and her sister doing something that they have no business doing then she finds out that she might have aids, and her ister was murdered by hr estranged boyfriend and that her sister was also pregnant and the baby was HIV posistive but the baby lived.
A Gangsters Girl
This book is about a 25 year old woman by the name of Ceazia who is a dentist and she meets one of the biggest dope dealers in town by the name of Vegas and they fall in love but before Ceazia met Vegas she was an escort but once they got serious he made her stop escorting. Her and friends has the same taste in men but she is the only one who gets a man like Vegas who has alot of money so one of her friends pulls away from her by the name of mickey and she starts to prostitute. Her other friend Tonya catches her boyfriend and her sister doing something that they have no business doing then she finds out that she might have aids, and her ister was murdered by hr estranged boyfriend and that her sister was also pregnant and the baby was HIV posistive but the baby lived.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Modernism
I chose Harlem Renaissance because i think it would be a good topic to read about how most black people lived back in the day and what they had to go through to survive because i have heard alot of people talk about it.
The story sweat was about a woman name Delia who was in a very abusive relationship with her husband. One day Delia was at home washing her clothes and she ahd her back turned to the door and her husband came in and threw his whip on her shoulder and she was scared until she heard him laughing and then she looked up and asked him why did he do that because he knew she was scared of the whip and he answered her saying, "I know it scares you, but i don't care". He talks to her any kind of way. He calls her all kinds of names like an "aggravating nigger woman". He doesn't feel that his wife should be slaving her self trying to clean white peoples' clothes, but she feels if she doensn't they want have any food on their table.
Delia feels that all Sykes wants to do is argue with her so he can start a fight, she tells him her suds has put food in his belly and her swet has paid for their house and her sweat and suds is going to keep paying for the house because she is not going to stop. When Delia and sykes were first married she was a nice sweet woman but then he started beating on her and taking all of her money and going to orlando then he would come back home broke. She felt that all that was long gone and she wasn't going for it anymore she was tired and she was going to fight back. Most of the people in Delia's Neighborhood feels that she shouldn't be with syke because everybody knows how he treats her and how he makes her get out and work and talk to her like a dog. They felt that Delia was a very pretty girl before she married syke then once he started beating on her all of that changed because she just stopped caring about her apperance. Delia also had a feeling that Sykes was cheating on her and he was because on her way home one day she saw her husband and a woman name bertha going in a local grocry store and sykes thought it was funny becase he knew it hurt Delia.
One night at dinner delia told syke he is going to have to leave her house because she was tired of his stuff and she said they next time he hit her she was going to the police and all he could do was leave and threaten her but he never hit her. At the end syke was attacked by the rattlesname and he called for Delia to come and help him but she didnt.
I think this was an example of the Dissillusions becasue this woman had to go through so much with her husband from him beating her to cheating on her to him bringing a rattle snake into the house knowing she was scared of them.(The author is arguing about the american dreamin this story because she feels that Delia is not able to live the American Dream because of her controlling husband and example from the story is when Sykes says "He picked up the whip and glared down at her. Delia went on with her work. She went out into the yard and returned with a galvanized tub and set it on the washbench. She saw that Sykes had kicked all of the clothes together again, and now stood in her way truculently, his whole manner hoping, praying, for an argument. But she walked calmly around him and commenced to re-sort the things.
"Next time, Ah'm gointer kick 'em outdoors,"
I think Delia was a very brave woman because all that stuff that her husband put her through. She managed to survive and she didn't let it get to her i think that it is a American Dream because it is alot of people in America today who is going through the same thing that delia is going through maybe even worse, it is represented in the story because she is showing you that you may be mistreated by a man but don't let it get you down becasue they will reap what they sow and her husband did because he was attacked by the same snake that he brought in the house to scare her.
The first poem i read was by Langston Hughes called a dream deferred i think this peom is talking about how one time in his life he had a dream about sometihng he wanted to do but it was never accomplished, it is an example of modernism because most americans in the world today has a dream that they would like to accomplish but never do because the lack of something a direct quote from the poem is. "What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?"
in the peom called Richard Cory they was talking about theis one boy who seemed like he had everything that they could possibly wish for they thought he was a gentlemen because he used manners and he dressed so well, he was rich kind, and handsome and they wanted to be just like him but one night he committed suicide and killed hisself maybe because he had all the material things but he was missing love. An example form the story is. "And he was rich—yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace: 10
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place." This is an examole of dissilussion because he is showing you that everyone who is rich may not be happy.
I think the poem mending wall is talking about how he feels that good fences make good neighbors because if you have a wall between you and your neighbor then you will have privacy but the author of the poem feels that the wall is not needed because with our with out the wall in the spring time you and your neighbor will have to get togehter and rebuild the wall so i think this is a a dissillusion because he thinks it is wrong to have a wall up. "It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall "
in the peom called incident it was about a little black child who had went to visit baltimore and he/she said they saw a little boy who was just staring and him so he smiled at the boy and he stuck his tongue out and called him a nigger and through the many months that he was in Baltimore thats all that he remembers is when the boy called him a nigger. "I saw the whole of Baltimore, I think this is a example of dissillusion because he is describing how black people was being treated when he was coming up.
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember"
in the peom negro speaks on rivers he is talking aobut how his ancestors form amny years ago did some of the first things he is trying to tell not only black people but white people also about the african anmerican culture because it was took for granted back in the days he is telling about how his people bathed in the river and how they built a pyramid and how the slaves even listened singing as abe lincoln was going to new orleans i think this is a example of the harlem renaissance because he is trying to let everyone see what went on in the past and into to the future I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
The story sweat was about a woman name Delia who was in a very abusive relationship with her husband. One day Delia was at home washing her clothes and she ahd her back turned to the door and her husband came in and threw his whip on her shoulder and she was scared until she heard him laughing and then she looked up and asked him why did he do that because he knew she was scared of the whip and he answered her saying, "I know it scares you, but i don't care". He talks to her any kind of way. He calls her all kinds of names like an "aggravating nigger woman". He doesn't feel that his wife should be slaving her self trying to clean white peoples' clothes, but she feels if she doensn't they want have any food on their table.
Delia feels that all Sykes wants to do is argue with her so he can start a fight, she tells him her suds has put food in his belly and her swet has paid for their house and her sweat and suds is going to keep paying for the house because she is not going to stop. When Delia and sykes were first married she was a nice sweet woman but then he started beating on her and taking all of her money and going to orlando then he would come back home broke. She felt that all that was long gone and she wasn't going for it anymore she was tired and she was going to fight back. Most of the people in Delia's Neighborhood feels that she shouldn't be with syke because everybody knows how he treats her and how he makes her get out and work and talk to her like a dog. They felt that Delia was a very pretty girl before she married syke then once he started beating on her all of that changed because she just stopped caring about her apperance. Delia also had a feeling that Sykes was cheating on her and he was because on her way home one day she saw her husband and a woman name bertha going in a local grocry store and sykes thought it was funny becase he knew it hurt Delia.
One night at dinner delia told syke he is going to have to leave her house because she was tired of his stuff and she said they next time he hit her she was going to the police and all he could do was leave and threaten her but he never hit her. At the end syke was attacked by the rattlesname and he called for Delia to come and help him but she didnt.
I think this was an example of the Dissillusions becasue this woman had to go through so much with her husband from him beating her to cheating on her to him bringing a rattle snake into the house knowing she was scared of them.(The author is arguing about the american dreamin this story because she feels that Delia is not able to live the American Dream because of her controlling husband and example from the story is when Sykes says "He picked up the whip and glared down at her. Delia went on with her work. She went out into the yard and returned with a galvanized tub and set it on the washbench. She saw that Sykes had kicked all of the clothes together again, and now stood in her way truculently, his whole manner hoping, praying, for an argument. But she walked calmly around him and commenced to re-sort the things.
"Next time, Ah'm gointer kick 'em outdoors,"
I think Delia was a very brave woman because all that stuff that her husband put her through. She managed to survive and she didn't let it get to her i think that it is a American Dream because it is alot of people in America today who is going through the same thing that delia is going through maybe even worse, it is represented in the story because she is showing you that you may be mistreated by a man but don't let it get you down becasue they will reap what they sow and her husband did because he was attacked by the same snake that he brought in the house to scare her.
The first poem i read was by Langston Hughes called a dream deferred i think this peom is talking about how one time in his life he had a dream about sometihng he wanted to do but it was never accomplished, it is an example of modernism because most americans in the world today has a dream that they would like to accomplish but never do because the lack of something a direct quote from the poem is. "What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?"
in the peom called Richard Cory they was talking about theis one boy who seemed like he had everything that they could possibly wish for they thought he was a gentlemen because he used manners and he dressed so well, he was rich kind, and handsome and they wanted to be just like him but one night he committed suicide and killed hisself maybe because he had all the material things but he was missing love. An example form the story is. "And he was rich—yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace: 10
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place." This is an examole of dissilussion because he is showing you that everyone who is rich may not be happy.
I think the poem mending wall is talking about how he feels that good fences make good neighbors because if you have a wall between you and your neighbor then you will have privacy but the author of the poem feels that the wall is not needed because with our with out the wall in the spring time you and your neighbor will have to get togehter and rebuild the wall so i think this is a a dissillusion because he thinks it is wrong to have a wall up. "It comes to little more:
There where it is we do not need the wall "
in the peom called incident it was about a little black child who had went to visit baltimore and he/she said they saw a little boy who was just staring and him so he smiled at the boy and he stuck his tongue out and called him a nigger and through the many months that he was in Baltimore thats all that he remembers is when the boy called him a nigger. "I saw the whole of Baltimore, I think this is a example of dissillusion because he is describing how black people was being treated when he was coming up.
From May until December;
Of all the things that happened there
That's all that I remember"
in the peom negro speaks on rivers he is talking aobut how his ancestors form amny years ago did some of the first things he is trying to tell not only black people but white people also about the african anmerican culture because it was took for granted back in the days he is telling about how his people bathed in the river and how they built a pyramid and how the slaves even listened singing as abe lincoln was going to new orleans i think this is a example of the harlem renaissance because he is trying to let everyone see what went on in the past and into to the future I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
Communties in Schools
The Classic City Performance Learning center has made a difference in my life because before i came to Classic City I was attending Cedar Shoals and all i was doing at Cedar Shoals was skipping class, getting sent to in school suspension or not attending school at all. My freshman year of high school, which was 2004, I thought that i could skip class and not do my work and i could catch up later. That whole school year i didn't do any of my work. I made failing grades and about the end of April I thought I could pull all my grades up to at least a 70 so I could pass my classes but I was in for a surprise Because o Couldn't. The following year, which was my sophomore year, I tried to turn things around but ended up in the same trap as before. I wasn't going to class just trying to be tough and not go to class, but the second semester of tenth grade I turned things around. I went to class everyday except for a few tardies my attendance was perfect. I stayed out of in school suspension and i did all of my work so by the end of the year I had came up with a resolution; that i would attend Classic City so i could graduate because if i stayed at Cedar Shoals I would be at risk of dropping out and not grafuating at all. The following year i applied to come to Classic City and i didn't realize then how it would make a difference in my life. When i first came to Classic City I didn't know alot of people, except for a few people from Cedar Shoals. One of my first teachers a Classic City was Dr. Maudsley and he was one of the best teachers I ervr had he used to push me to do my work which wasn't really needed because I had set a goal that I was going to come to Classic City and succeed. I wanted to graduate from high school, go to college and make something out of my life. Dr. Chauhan was one of my next teaches and in the beginning of the semester she was kind of strict, I guess because she wanted to get down to business and she wanted everybody to pass her class and thanks to her attitude, everybody did. Last but not least, Ms. Campbell, she was my third teacher at Classic City. She was nice but you had to do alot of work in her class, but i managed and I passed her class. Thanks to Classic City, at the end of first semester I had passed all of my classes and I hope that this semester goes the same as before. Classic City is a very good school because if you go to Classic City you are there for one or two reeasons, the first one is you want to graduate and the second one is you just don't want to go to Cedar Shoals or Clarke Central. I think that 90% of the kids that go to Classic City because at the other two high schools the teachers don't take the time to teach you the curriculum, they expect you to just get it the first time; but at Classic City the teachers take the time to explain the work to you. In the second semester we opened up the Even Start, which is a child care facility for the kids of students that attend Classic City; I think that is very good because now most students don't have a excuse not to come to school because we offer childcare and much much more. We also offer a Ged program which is for 8 months and after you have completed 8 months you will recieve your Ged.
Realism
This story was about a ill women who had been told sadden news that her husband had been killed in a train accident. Details that explains her actions are when she is in the room alone and she feels that someone is trying to come and attack her and she is praying to god to free her mind, body, and soul."There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.
Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been." I think the social issuse that she wants to solve is Mrs. Mallard's heart disease because int eh beginning she was talking about have she was very ill and she didn't need to be told her husband was dead because it could kill her. At the end of the story when her husband came through the door she was so shocked that he was alive she died from a heart attack of joy. I feel that she died from being happy that her husband was dead when she said free free free meaning that now that her husband was dead she was free because she felt tied down in her marriage and she couldn't do anything but once he died she was free.
I think this story was a good example of realism because most women in america today go through the same thing that the woman in the story has went through their husband is very controlling and they can't do anything in their marriage so once the husband dies they feel that they are free to do what they couldn't do while their husband was living.
In the story Frederick is talking about how he was a slave and what he had went through how he had to work in rain shine sleep and snow. He talked about how sometimes he felt like he wanted to commit suicide and kill his self and the man named covey who he had stayed with. One hot day in Aughust Frederick fell sick int he field and when his master was told he kicked and beat him untill he got up. HE then ran off into the woods to go and see his master and ask him if h e could find him somewhere else to stay because Mr. Covey was abusing him. By the time he reached his masters house he was full of blood all over and he could barely stand or walk. When he spoke to his master he told him that he would not take him out of the care of Mr.covey because he was one the best slave masters ever and if he took him away he would loose wages for the year. He told Frederick that he could stay overnight because it was late but the next morning he must go back to Mr. covey. The next day when he reached Mr. covey's house he came out the door with a rope ready to beat Frederick for running away but what he didn't know was that he was in for a good chase, Fredrick ran into the corn fields and hid and Mr. covey didn't look any furhtr because he felt that he would come back in order to get something to eat. When he ran into the woods he saw a man that he knew by the name of Sandy he asked sandy if he could go with him and get something to eat and of course he said yes, So he asked him what should he do about his sitiuation with Mr. Covey and he said he should go back but he gave him a root that he should keep in his right pocket, and Mr. covey will never whip him again. Frederick tried his look the next day when he went back to the fields when Mr. Covey came ou the door he spoke to him very kindly but after a while everything changed and Him and Mr. Covey got into a fight but after the fight Mr. Covey never raised his hand at him again. It is realism because i think that Frederick wrote this story because he wants the next generations to know what most black people had to go through when they were slaves, because some people try to keep the rough parts about slavery a secret but he told everything and he didn't keep anything back.
In both of the stories they were trying to let everybody know they real facts a bout women was going through throughout their marriages and frederick was talking about what he had to go through when he was in slavery, in both of the stories they were trying to get your attention by telling you some cruel details about what they had been through for example in the story of the ill woman "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air".
when she was looking out the window and she said she saw sometihng coming out of the sky towards her but she didn't know what is was she was trying to disturb the reader, when fredrick says in his story that his master beat him so badly that blood rushed from his head and was matted all through his hair he was letting you know the disturbing side of slavery that few people talked about. "From the crown of my head to my feet, I was covered with blood. My hair was all clotted with dust and blood, my shirt was stiff with briers and thorns, and were also covered with blood."
I think the song by the temptation called ball of confusion is a good example of realism because they are telling you about whats been going on in society for many of years racism, teachers the only people caring about kids education, preachers the only people concerned with love and so much more.
Ball of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
From "Temptations Greatest Hits Volume 2",1970
Lead by Group(Eddie, Dennis, Paul, Melvin, and Otis)
(Eddie)
People movin' out,
People movin' in.
why, because of the color of their skin
run, run, run, but you sho' can't hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,
vote for me and I'll set you free
rap on, brother, rap on
(Dennis)
The only person talkin' about love thy brother is the preacher
and it seems nobody's interested in learning
but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration,
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation
(Group)
Ball of Confusion
(Dennis)
Oh yeah, That's what the world is today,(Group):Hey,hey
(Paul)
The sale of pills are at an all time high
young folks walkin' around with their heads in the sky
the cities aflame in the summertime (Eddie):And, oh
(Group)
The beat goes on
(Dennis)
Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul
shooting rockets to the moon
kids growing up too soon
politicians say more taxes will solve everything
(Melvin)
And the band played on
(Group)
So, round and around and around we go
where the world's headed, nobody knows
(Dennis)
Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you
just a Ball of Confusion, oh yeah
that's what the world is today, hey
(Eddie)
Fear in the air, tension everywhere
Unemployment's rising fast,
the Beatles' new record's a gas
(Dennis)
And the only safe place to live
is in an Indian Reservation
(Melvin)
And the band played on
(Eddie)
Eve of destruction, tax deduction
(Paul)
City inspectors, bill collectors
(Eddie and Melvin)
Mod clothes in demand
Population out of hand
(Dennis)
Suicide, too many bills
hippies moving to the hills,
people all over the world are shouting "End the War"
(Melvin)
And the band played on
(Dennis)
Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you
(Group)
Just a Ball of Confusion,
that's what the world is today, hey
Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will--as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been." I think the social issuse that she wants to solve is Mrs. Mallard's heart disease because int eh beginning she was talking about have she was very ill and she didn't need to be told her husband was dead because it could kill her. At the end of the story when her husband came through the door she was so shocked that he was alive she died from a heart attack of joy. I feel that she died from being happy that her husband was dead when she said free free free meaning that now that her husband was dead she was free because she felt tied down in her marriage and she couldn't do anything but once he died she was free.
I think this story was a good example of realism because most women in america today go through the same thing that the woman in the story has went through their husband is very controlling and they can't do anything in their marriage so once the husband dies they feel that they are free to do what they couldn't do while their husband was living.
In the story Frederick is talking about how he was a slave and what he had went through how he had to work in rain shine sleep and snow. He talked about how sometimes he felt like he wanted to commit suicide and kill his self and the man named covey who he had stayed with. One hot day in Aughust Frederick fell sick int he field and when his master was told he kicked and beat him untill he got up. HE then ran off into the woods to go and see his master and ask him if h e could find him somewhere else to stay because Mr. Covey was abusing him. By the time he reached his masters house he was full of blood all over and he could barely stand or walk. When he spoke to his master he told him that he would not take him out of the care of Mr.covey because he was one the best slave masters ever and if he took him away he would loose wages for the year. He told Frederick that he could stay overnight because it was late but the next morning he must go back to Mr. covey. The next day when he reached Mr. covey's house he came out the door with a rope ready to beat Frederick for running away but what he didn't know was that he was in for a good chase, Fredrick ran into the corn fields and hid and Mr. covey didn't look any furhtr because he felt that he would come back in order to get something to eat. When he ran into the woods he saw a man that he knew by the name of Sandy he asked sandy if he could go with him and get something to eat and of course he said yes, So he asked him what should he do about his sitiuation with Mr. Covey and he said he should go back but he gave him a root that he should keep in his right pocket, and Mr. covey will never whip him again. Frederick tried his look the next day when he went back to the fields when Mr. Covey came ou the door he spoke to him very kindly but after a while everything changed and Him and Mr. Covey got into a fight but after the fight Mr. Covey never raised his hand at him again. It is realism because i think that Frederick wrote this story because he wants the next generations to know what most black people had to go through when they were slaves, because some people try to keep the rough parts about slavery a secret but he told everything and he didn't keep anything back.
In both of the stories they were trying to let everybody know they real facts a bout women was going through throughout their marriages and frederick was talking about what he had to go through when he was in slavery, in both of the stories they were trying to get your attention by telling you some cruel details about what they had been through for example in the story of the ill woman "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air".
when she was looking out the window and she said she saw sometihng coming out of the sky towards her but she didn't know what is was she was trying to disturb the reader, when fredrick says in his story that his master beat him so badly that blood rushed from his head and was matted all through his hair he was letting you know the disturbing side of slavery that few people talked about. "From the crown of my head to my feet, I was covered with blood. My hair was all clotted with dust and blood, my shirt was stiff with briers and thorns, and were also covered with blood."
I think the song by the temptation called ball of confusion is a good example of realism because they are telling you about whats been going on in society for many of years racism, teachers the only people caring about kids education, preachers the only people concerned with love and so much more.
Ball of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
From "Temptations Greatest Hits Volume 2",1970
Lead by Group(Eddie, Dennis, Paul, Melvin, and Otis)
(Eddie)
People movin' out,
People movin' in.
why, because of the color of their skin
run, run, run, but you sho' can't hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,
vote for me and I'll set you free
rap on, brother, rap on
(Dennis)
The only person talkin' about love thy brother is the preacher
and it seems nobody's interested in learning
but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration,
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation
(Group)
Ball of Confusion
(Dennis)
Oh yeah, That's what the world is today,(Group):Hey,hey
(Paul)
The sale of pills are at an all time high
young folks walkin' around with their heads in the sky
the cities aflame in the summertime (Eddie):And, oh
(Group)
The beat goes on
(Dennis)
Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul
shooting rockets to the moon
kids growing up too soon
politicians say more taxes will solve everything
(Melvin)
And the band played on
(Group)
So, round and around and around we go
where the world's headed, nobody knows
(Dennis)
Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you
just a Ball of Confusion, oh yeah
that's what the world is today, hey
(Eddie)
Fear in the air, tension everywhere
Unemployment's rising fast,
the Beatles' new record's a gas
(Dennis)
And the only safe place to live
is in an Indian Reservation
(Melvin)
And the band played on
(Eddie)
Eve of destruction, tax deduction
(Paul)
City inspectors, bill collectors
(Eddie and Melvin)
Mod clothes in demand
Population out of hand
(Dennis)
Suicide, too many bills
hippies moving to the hills,
people all over the world are shouting "End the War"
(Melvin)
And the band played on
(Dennis)
Oh, Great Googamooga, can't you hear me talkin' to you
(Group)
Just a Ball of Confusion,
that's what the world is today, hey
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