Today was a chill day. Ms. Cook never got to read the short story, so we worked on vocabulary words. I guess I'd say I learned some new words, but most likely not use them.
Today in class we got to share our black business in Atlanta project. Unfortunately, it was only a select few. After the presentations, we watched a documentary on Black-owned businesses in the United States. I learned that only a small percentage of African Americans reached the top 1% through entrepreneurship and only 5% of African Americans are upper-class citizens. Another thing I learned was Whites are pushing Blacks out of the cities. The only way we can overcome that problem is to develop our own cities.
Today we did an analysis of the short story we read yesterday. It's a fictional short story about a soldier in the Vietnam war who experienced his first kill. The story shows how killing someone can affect one's mind. I was tasked with finding quotes from the story and finding the meaning of each quote. Tomorrow, I am going to present my project to my classmates along with my group members.
Today we took a vocabulary test which I didn't practice enough for. While taking the test we had a lock down drill. The rest of the class period, we were sketching our outlines for the poem analysis.
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