Geraldine Moore, a high school student, is accustomed to fending for herself on a daily basis. She has not had an easy life, as others in her high school. Just by looking at her worn and holey clothes, one could tell she looks more like an orphan than a child of privilege. Geraldine is a lower class high school student that lives with her sister in an apartment. She encounters more of life’s downs than life’s ups. Geraldine lives with her older sister who takes care of her in place of her absent mother and father. Her sister usually provides lunch for her at home, which is better than the free lunch she gets at the high school. One day as she was walking home for lunch that her sister prepares for her, she quickly noticed that their scarce belongings were thrown on the curb, and it looked like she and her sister were being evicted from their apartment. It brought tears to her eyes to see all her possessions thrown on the street and not knowing where home is now. It’s amazing how a young girl handles an adult situation like this. When Geraldine returned to class after lunch, she didn’t complete her homework, which was to write a poem, because she was planning to do it during lunch at home. Unfortunately, it totally slipped her mind given the situation she just had to deal with. The teacher questioned Geraldine about her poem not being completed which was supposed to be based on what is it like to be alive in this glorious world. Geraldine almost started crying. She then quickly and angrily said she couldn’t write such a positive poem when her world just turned upside down! Even though no one else knew how awful her life just became, Geraldine quietly expressed that nothing lovely has happened in her life. She was stating her real feelings that turned out to be a beautiful poem that couldn’t be made up. Her teacher then realized that Geraldine’s words were based on her real life and could never have been made up.
Geraldine Moore, a high school student, is accustomed to fending for herself on a daily basis. She has not had an easy life, as others in her high school. Just by looking at her worn and holey clothes, one could tell she looks more like an orphan than a child of privilege. Geraldine is a lower class high school student that lives with her sister in an apartment. She encounters more of life’s downs than life’s ups. Geraldine lives with her older sister who takes care of her in place of her absent mother and father. Her sister usually provides lunch for her at home, which is better than the free lunch she gets at the high school. One day as she was walking home for lunch that her sister prepares for her, she quickly noticed that their scarce belongings were thrown on the curb, and it looked like she and her sister were being evicted from their apartment. It brought tears to her eyes to see all her possessions thrown on the street and not knowing where home is now. It’s amazing how a young girl handles an adult situation like this. When Geraldine returned to class after lunch, she didn’t complete her homework, which was to write a poem, because she was planning to do it during lunch at home. Unfortunately, it totally slipped her mind given the situation she just had to deal with. The teacher questioned Geraldine about her poem not being completed which was supposed to be based on what is it like to be alive in this glorious world. Geraldine almost started crying. She then quickly and angrily said she couldn’t write such a positive poem when her world just turned upside down! Even though no one else knew how awful her life just became, Geraldine quietly expressed that nothing lovely has happened in her life. She was stating her real feelings that turned out to be a beautiful poem that couldn’t be made up. Her teacher then realized that Geraldine’s words were based on her real life and could never have been made up.