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April's blog
Another B-Word
Submitted by April on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 12:30
Brave
Be strong.
Take courage.
Don’t be intimidated…
Because God, your God, is striding ahead of you.
He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; He won’t leave you.
The Modern Day Juliet
Submitted by April on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 12:30
When I was a little girl and first heard of Romeo and Juliet, I thought, “How romantic! Star-crossed lovers destined to be with each other!” Then I later learned as a teenager that they both die at the end! What’s so romantic about that?! And they only knew each other for a short time?! That’s just straight up infatuation! Their families were feuding against each other too?! No wonder there was drama!
The Middle School Diaries: If I was President for a day…
Submitted by April on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 12:30
"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in." -Theodore Roosevelt
Imagine if you were the United States President for a day, what would you do with all that power? I was curious to know how the students would respond to this prompt, but it wouldn’t be that easy to get responses from middle school students from South Central LA.
The Middle School Diaries: I know I can…
Submitted by April on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:30
“I know I can
Be what I wanna be
If I work hard at it
I’ll be where I wanna be”
-Nas, I Can
One of the biggest challenges I had as a substitute teacher was keeping the students engaged. How in the world was I supposed to teach about events and people that existed way before their time when all that interested most of them were pop icons such as Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Taylor Lautner, Beyoncé, and Chris Brown? Yes, despite Chris Brown’s assault on Rihanna, he’s still very popular with the middle school girls. (Check out Elina's blog if you have time.)
The Middle School Diaries: So it begins…
Submitted by April on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 12:30
"It's the City of Angels and constant danger South Central LA, can't get no stranger..."
-Tupac Shakur, To Live and Die in LA
The first thing I was thinking in my mind as I was driving at 5 in the morning from Orange County to Los Angeles was: “What in the world did I get myself into?!”
I got to school so early that the gates were closed and no one was there. The sun wasn’t even out yet! I stayed in my car and observed the houses around me. All the windows had bars on them, I saw two black cats cross the street in a matter of 5 minutes, and the same guy in a yellow puff jacket circled the block twice already. I made sure my doors were locked. I definitely wasn’t in Orange County anymore.
