Mexican White Boy part 3

At the end of fifth grade, everyone was invited to an end of the year pool party at a "popular" girls house. Every popular kid was there, but I was all alone. I never had any problems with those kids, they liked me I guess. But I wasn't friends with them enough to be at all comfortable around them. My real friends said they were going to go, so I didn't feel as scared anymore. But when they didn't show up, I just wanted to go home. Of course my mom was at work so she couldn't get me. So I sat by the pool with tears in my eyes not saying anything. While I watched the popular kids play around, throw eachother in the pool, and have the best time of their lives. Everyonce in a while one of the nice girls would ask me if I wanted to come in, but I still felt so intimidated by all of the other girls and boys who had been bestfriends for years and were all comfortable with eachother. I've never felt so out of my element. I just didn't fit in.

Mexican White Boy part 2

1.) I think Uno regrets hitting Danny because he knows Danny didn't REALLY do anything wrong, he knows it was just an accident that Danny hit his brother. Sofia always sticks up for Danny and is on his side. So I think the biggest reason why Uno regrets hitting him is because Sofia got mad at him. Uno was just trying to look like the big bad boy and kind of show off to Sofia but instead she got really mad at him and yelled at him for hitting his cousin. Uno only hit him because he was mad that he was a better baseball player than him.

2.) I think Danny has an easier time infront of the National City boys then the Leucadia Prep baseball team is because Leucadia Prep has a bunch of snobby boys who think Danny is just another poor untalented mexican boy. But infront of the National City boys, he knows he's better then them. He doesn't have to be intimidated by them when it comes to baseball. And when he plays baseball with them he has Sofia and all of her girls cheering for him all the time so that must make it easier and more comfortable. Because at Leucadia Prep, no one is cheering Danny on, they're all just putting him down and making him feel like he's not good enough to be on their baseball team because he's half mexican.

Sound is Art

Listening to this I felt almost hurt. It was like the sound of children and men beating food down for their old poor country. It was the sound of pain and hunger. The sound of poverty. I hear big pounds, like someone is using a bat to bang on a heavy door. Then some squeeking and piercing noises, like nails on a chalk board. In the background I hear old men commanding things to little children. But in my opinion, they seem kind of happy. Happier than any other person beating bread all day. The pound is always different, lighter then harder then lighter again. It makes me paint a picture in my head of all the people going around the edges of the dough to make it flat. There's laughter, like someone told a joke. It sounds like cars speeding on a road right in front of them. I hear the wind when the car is approaching, and leaving. But the piercing sound like nails on a chalk board and the pounding like someone hitting a bat on a thick door still sticks out in my head the most.


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Sensory Writing: Touch

I heard people yelling and laughing and saying "EW!" So I sat in anticipation of feeling the yucky substance. I thought it was going to be a dry ordinary object, but it wasn't. Diana took my hand and stuck it into the vase. I felt a gooey liquid and i picked it up with my shaking hand. It was cold and wet and it felt so slippery, I could barely pick it up. My hand shaked and got cold. My fingers slid around the palm of my hand. It felt like wet silly putty.

Mexican White Boy part 1

In Mexican White Boy, all the boys were playing baseball and Danny was making many home-runs. But then, Danny accidently hits Uno's brother, Manuel, with the baseball bat when he was swinging. Manuel was lying on the ground with blood all over his face. Uno held his brother and then started yelling at Danny. Then Uno punched Danny in the face and knocked him out. I think the real reason why Uno punched Danny was because he was jealous that Sofe was cheering Danny on and standing up for him, which meant Sofe was neglecting Uno and paying more attention to Danny. I also think that Uno was jealous that Danny was a better baseball player than he is and when Danny hit Manuel, it was just a reason for Uno to take out his anger and jealousy on Danny. Even though Uno knew it was just an accident that he hit him.

WHO AM I?

I am kept to myself. I don't share my feelings with other people because it makes me feel like I'm not strong. I am always acting happy. Because when I'm sad, I feel alone. I am myself around everyone. Happy, funny, crazy. I can't be someone I'm not. I am playful. Because I love being around people, and I feel so normal around everyone. I am comfortable with myself. I don't want to be like everyone else, or the models in the magazines. I'm happy with what I look like, and how I act. I am imperfect. And I love being filled with flaws because that's what makes me different. I know who I am. And I am who I want to be.