Service Learning 2008

Last year I was in the mural group. In this group we had to come up with a mural to represent our school and what we are about. However we couldn't put a mural on the building we have now because we do not own it. So this year I'm not sure about what I want to do with my school. But I do know for my independent service learning I would like to work with my Grandfather Pastor Francisco Vega at his Missions office. I want to help him in any way I can, because I love what he is and has been doing. Pastor Vega has been on many missions trips to Africa and have brought much hope to the children and people of Africa. He also teaches them about God's mighty ways . He doesn't only work with children in Africa, he also runs bible school and other programs for kids in the inner city. Here they could have fun but also learn about God. I would enjoy being apart of that.

NHD Reflection

This years National History Day project for me was a success. I will be moving on to the next level of the competition. This year I had did a performance on Fashion in the 1920s. This was fun but it was a major challenge, our script and thesis statement had to be change various times because we kept on getting deeper into our research. As more information came through we had to keep on molding our thesis a round that. Not only that but we had to figure out how we were going to put all these facts in the performance piece. We definitely had our creative juices flowing. We had help from the Rainbow Theater Co. and also our social studies teachers along with Mrs.Mcmillian. It was long hard practices and extensive research but we got it done and we had fun performing!

Another Day in the Black Belt

A violent fight broke out in a pool hall in the black belt section of Chicago. It all started when one young man Bigger Thomas tripped and struck another young man whose name is not being released at this time. the owner of this pool hall says that the other young man tried to walk away and Mr. Thomas' freinds tried to stop him. But this did not stop Thomas because he further excelated the fight by strucking the boy again and going as far as pulling out a knife. we don't know why this has happened. Doc the owner of the pool hall was the only one to comment. The other boys are not coperating with the police. Both of the young men are missing. The police will be carrying on with this investigation.

No privacy, Hard life:Pg.4-6 In the book one, part one: A lower class African American family cramped in a small apartment with no privacy. While the family is getting ready a violent rat disturbs them. Bigger a young black man and the main character fights the rat and is bitten in the process. But the familyhas a joyful relief when Bigger kills the rat.

Anaylsis:To me this chapter represents the oppersion and proverty this family is faced with everyday. The rat is a symbol of proverty, death , depression , and sadness. After Bigger kills the rat relief from the family shows that maybe they could live another day or even that things could get better.



Cover up Fight: pg. 36-41 In this chapter we see Bigger in his daily interactions with his friends. We also see the kind of life he leads, him and friends were planning to robb a man as the always had done before. It was differnet this time, they were doing it on the "white side" of the neighborhood to a white man. But Bigger becomes angry with one of his friends because, the boy was a few minutes late. He starts a fight with him and than walks away from the whole situation. Even there plan to robb the white man.


Analysis: The fight seemed to be like a distraction for Bigger to get out of what they were about to do. I felt that Bigger was fearful of this particular robbery, because even though he had done this before it was never a white man outside of his neighborhood. So they fight could get him out of it without anybody calling him a punk.










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