This story is about pain, love, family; it's the idea that people can express themselves though black ink on paper. ... At the end of the year, I felt like fifth grade was a piece of cake so sixth grade, I thought, would be just as good as the last. ... Once she was done introducing herself she passed out a blue, black, and white composition book that already had our names on them in black sharpie. ... Writing became a smear of black lines and curves on a blank, white sheet of paper that was identical to the other blank, white paper on the neighboring desk next to me. ... Now, here in col...

• Word Count: 1631
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

We were still friends but nothing like what I wanted. ... Vanessa was the girl that I felt deserved to be treated like a princess and washing my car would only help me make her feel that way. ... That day went on forever it seemed like it would never reach seven o"clock. ... We both got Vanessa some ice and out of my surprise Vanessa asked me to stay over awhile and watch a movie with her, so I cuddled up on the couch with Vanessa and her black eye. ... A first date sounds like something simple, but to me it was something that had excitement, nervousness, horror and just plan out fun. ...

• Word Count: 1587
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Here I met new friends that did not attend the same school as me. ... Black guys could always be seen with Hispanic girls and whites guys seemed to flock to black girls. ... For me high school was more of the same but at a greater level. ... Thankfully I had friends that would climb along side me. ... White and black boys appeared to be more like family than just teammates, and like in every family certain family members had nicknames. ...

• Word Count: 1852
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Like most people, I have changed my style of dressing many times through out my life. ... This was embedded in me through my parents. ... I looked like a little pre-Mariah Carey with a thuggish touch. ... One week I started wearing black lipstick, soon to be followed by my friends. ... Let me define that. ...

• Word Count: 1508
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

They are letting out all the anger and rage they have inside the only way they know how; fighting with others, or hurting others like they were. ... For example Black infants are more than four time as likely as Hispanic and non-Hispanic white infants to be murdered, while Youth Violence 5 black teens between the ages of 15 and 19 are nearly twice as likely to be murdered as Hispanic teens and about 12.5 times as likely to be murdered as non-Hispanic white teens (p.9). Another difference mentioned by Brown, and Bzostek, 2003, was that black ...

• Word Count: 2239
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography

At times I also wanted to be black, because I loved playing sports and I wanted to one day become a professional football player.go pro to the NFL one day. ... He had black hair brown eyes, and for that he had water spilled all over him, which woke him up to how America still hasn't changed through the years... While I may have Asian physical features, I refused to have others intimidate me or dictate who I could associate with.For me fighting back helped me to let the ignorant people know that we were not passive and to help them watch what they say to the next Asian person. ... My fri...

• Word Count: 1978
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

I know I"m recognized as being black, but I don't look at you as being black or white, just as a person." 1 Michael began to develop a love for sports and competition. ... Much like Michael I was a somewhat mischievous child, and much like Michael I was also born in February, in fact we are only a day apart being that my birthday is the 18th. ... I did not really have a lot of tennis experience, my mom had sent me to a camp when I was eight, and my aunt used to take me to the courts, but I always liked baseball more, much like Michael. ... I knew if I wanted to make it I had to set my mi...

• Word Count: 2036
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Growing up in the early 1900's luck was not on the side of the black man but you never would have known that Paul Robeson, being a black man, would be able to accomplish so much in his life. ... Like said earlier, many times thrown life's struggles Paul was able to overcome them with grace and humility. ... He advocated equal rights for blacks and colonial liberation abroad. ... It gave first hand accounts of the racism that blacks were going through at that time period such as, the problems with desegregating school, the problems white people had with blacks and they way that whit...

• Word Count: 1652
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Black 1) Lack of proper parenting creates a kind of emptiness in student life, and they try to fill that emptiness by making wrong kind of friends. ... My mother did not compare me to my brother, but she told to me that "make your brother an idol, and see the difference it makes in your life." ... If my mother had not motivated me, I could might had dropped out of high school, but her guidance and efforts saved me from making one of the most worst mistakes in my life. ... (Black 1) Lack of motivation from teachers is the also a reason. ... It really depresses me when I look at these st...

• Word Count: 2347
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Those facts show that the economy is still very weak and is not growing as rapidly as we would like to see it grow. ... What does having that piece of paper mean for me? ... What is life like without a college degree? ... USA Today; (06/10/2003) White Men Still Earn More Money Than Blacks During the past decade, blacks and other minorities made significant gains in education and income, but white men still earn the most money Jet,(4/7/2003). ... Black men with high school diplomas earned about 25 percent less than whites with a similar education. and black men with master&#...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The education of blacks was there to meet the needs of the whites. ... White teachers were uncomfortable with the black children in their classrooms. ... As a result, sometimes black kids feel like, "I am going to make it miserable 5 Philip Bigler and Karen Lockard, Failing Grades (Arlington: Vandamere Press, 1992) 116. for you because you don't want me here anyway." The reason they fell like this is that they have gotten the message loud and clear that they are not wanted. ...

• Word Count: 2308
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Therefore, my parents talked to me and helped me with homework, but still, the motivating factor was not there. I always wanted to like school more, because I knew that those kids who did, were doing way better than me academically. ... These teachers taught me very important lessons about life. ... I want to make a change in someone's life like my teachers did with me. ... When I was a student, what motivated me were fun, interactive games that made me think we were just having fun, but we were actually learning too! ...

• Word Count: 2003
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I often use avoidance strategies like answering questions with a simple yes or no, and I sometimes cut people off. Is sometimes hard for me to say no to a friend when they invite me to go out. ... For example my friend Wendy became "Viento. " Another thing is that I really don't like talking to others about my life. ... Most of the people who live in those apartments where black. ... I was told quite often by white people, "This is America ", "we Americans speak English, " and if you don't like it you can go back to Mexico. ...

• Word Count: 1963
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In fact they liked the work they did and they were proud of it. ... The word minority is sometimes used to sound like a bad thing. ... This made me think of some of the friends I have that are Mexican. ... I never really thought of my friends going through something like that. ... They cause a lot of problems with other people and are often violent towards blacks. ...

• Word Count: 1295
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

High School Drop Outs First of all I would like to present myself. ... Let me tall you a short story about my high school experience. I was only in the tenth grade when high school started to fall off with me. Going to a poor, dominantly black school with teachers who don't care about the students is not my idea of a good education. ... Through all of this chaos you end up going through this phase I like to call steady falling determination. ...

• Word Count: 1857
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

So what seems to be going on in these Florida schools is that their students are no longer being treated like students and being turned into minor criminals for their minor offenses which should be handled in a different manor. ... When Teske took the bench in 1999 in his Atlanta suburb, which is 66 percent black, one-third of the cases in his court were kids referred from schools. ... An over the course of the four years I grew to understand my teacher better and he grew to understand me better. ... "You need to teach teachers how to build relationships with students who might not be lik...

• Word Count: 2045
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his article, there are some examples of video games which are children's favorite games, contain strong violence: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Grant Theft Auto IV (Wayne Warburton 57). ... The audiences feel like they are living in the movie. ... Consequence, a child will copy the actions of their idols, trying to be like a hero. ... It would destroy them But you know me I hate everything. ...

• Word Count: 1383
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

She chose an Abercrombie model for the profile picture and designed him exactly as the kind of boy Lara would like. ... , I'd never be caught dead at the school dance with a loser like you.... She dyed her hair black and started to wonder if she should've taken the pills instead of Lara. ... This caused problems for Sydney and Liam because little could they even be friends when they liked each other as well, so everything between had to be kept a secret. ...

• Word Count: 2400
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School