Imagine that you are a farmer. You have just returned home from a long day of working in the field. Exhausted you unlace your boots, kick them off, and head inside to your children. As you walk through the door your family is waiting for you to eat supper, it is nine o'clock at night. That night as you eat your late supper your family takes turns sharing their experiences of their day with you. Your teenage daughter tells you that her friend just got a new smartphone again, and she asks if she could get one too. As much as you want her to have a smartphone, you explain to her that you just can’t afford it. Flustered she asks how can her friend’s parents afford one if they don’t even work. Knowing the family of your daughter’s friend you know
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My responsibility is not to be a part of that 45 percent. I can and will do this by graduating high school. I will show up to school as long as I am able. Showing up to school can be very hard some days because, it is so much easier to take the easy route and just stay in bed. When has America ever taken the easy route or just given up? We haven’t. In the year 1957 nine black students enrolled in an all white school, they were known as the Little Rock Nine.( “Integration”). The went to school even though they knew people who treat them badly. “My first day inside Central High was very smooth, smoother than I expected. Outside was the main cause. If it wasn't for the people outside, we would have finished the day. But I don't intend to quit. We'll try again. It's still my school, and I'm entitled to it." (“Integrated”). The drive, courage, and work ethic that it took for them to get an education is what we need to see in our schools. My peers, students across America, and myself cannot be skipping school because too much valuable classroom time and lessons will be taught those days. By skipping school I am missing lessons, materials, knowledge, and skills that could show up on test in my classes, state test, and even in our everyday lives. I am more likely to fall behind if I don’t show up to
My responsibility is not to be a part of that 45 percent. I can and will do this by graduating high school. I will show up to school as long as I am able. Showing up to school can be very hard some days because, it is so much easier to take the easy route and just stay in bed. When has America ever taken the easy route or just given up? We haven’t. In the year 1957 nine black students enrolled in an all white school, they were known as the Little Rock Nine.( “Integration”). The went to school even though they knew people who treat them badly. “My first day inside Central High was very smooth, smoother than I expected. Outside was the main cause. If it wasn't for the people outside, we would have finished the day. But I don't intend to quit. We'll try again. It's still my school, and I'm entitled to it." (“Integrated”). The drive, courage, and work ethic that it took for them to get an education is what we need to see in our schools. My peers, students across America, and myself cannot be skipping school because too much valuable classroom time and lessons will be taught those days. By skipping school I am missing lessons, materials, knowledge, and skills that could show up on test in my classes, state test, and even in our everyday lives. I am more likely to fall behind if I don’t show up to