Strasser the main Character DeShawn wanted to stay out of trouble and get an education. But‚ DeShawn goes through a rough time with money and food. So‚ he realizes that he has to make a choice to join the Disciples or to keep getting an education. DeShawn then chooses to join the disciples. DeShawn had a choice to join the Disciples or better his life. DeShawn could have got a job‚ he could have left the projects‚ and he could have kept his education. Others may argue that‚ DeShawn didn’t have a choice
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Strasser is about DeShawn a young boy who has grown up in the Projects with his grandma and sister. DeShawn dream was to get out of the projects and live a normal person life outside of the projects but‚ things started to fall apart when his family ran out of money due to the point of the Welfare check not being able to support his sisters twins‚ him‚ and his grandma. So he joined the gang and ended up in jail. But could DeShawn have lived his dream if he didn’t give up on his future. DeShawn did have a
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CJS 190 Assignment #3 Due: April 12‚ 2013 In the film “The First 48” the episode “The witness/The Trunk” showed two murders. In the case “The Witness” a young African American couple was murdered in Miami‚ Florida. In the case “The Trunk” a young African American man was murdered in Memphis‚ TN. “The Witness” takes place in Miami‚ Florida. In this case two people were shot and killed. The victims of this homicide were twenty-eight year old Grace Armstrong and husband twenty-nine year old
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the main Character DeShawn wanted to stay out of trouble and get an education. But‚ DeShawn goes through a rough time with money and food. So‚ he realizes that he has to make a choice to join the Disciples or to keep getting an education. DeShawn then chooses to join the disciples. DeShawn had a choice to join the Disciples or better his life. DeShawn could have got a job‚ he could have left the projects‚ and he could have kept his education. Others may argue that‚ DeShawn didn’t have a choice
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smarts.¨’ lightbulb said to Deshawn. This quote is from If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser relates to the real world because it’s often a struggle to see someone famous coming from poverty using academic success. This book is a interesting read because it explains a story about a boy who is growing up in the projects‚ who is trying to get himself and his family out of the projects with his smarts. But after a family death and his friends who is joining a local gang‚ life for Deshawn is getting harder and harder
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Douglass Project during the present. The main conflict in the story is if the narrator Deshawn will live to be older‚ grow up‚ or be killed due to gang violence. The book begins with a kid named Darnell falling from the balcony of his apartment and the main character Deshawn went outside to see what had happened while all the neighbors gathered around to see the dead body. The climax of the book is when Deshawn decides to join the gang as a Disciple due to the poverty in his family. Overall‚ the theme
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Johnson. Mick’s father was a failure as an NFL football player and now looks to Mick to pick up his dreams as a football player. Mick’s best friend is Drew Carney. Drew is the quarterback that struggles to make starting varsity but then makes it. DeShawn Free is another friend of Mick that is also on the football team and is wide receiver. He ends up becoming best friends with Drew when they drift away from Mick. Kaylee is on the volleyball team and likes Mick. Matt Drager is an antagonist in the
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1. Describe the students in the classroom/ A student named Dashawn was chosen to help prepare for an activity‚ Sight Word Bingo. He was instructed to give each student a bingo card. Deshawn perform the task beautifully. Mrs. Thomas also ask Zoe to assist her in preparing for Sight Word Bingo. Zoe’s task was to give each student 8 tokens or coins to cover the site word or letter.. Zoe was an excellent helper. 2 Describe the purpose of the activity and lesson taught. Site word bingo utilizes different
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Book Report: Freakonomics Freakonomics‚ by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner‚ is an explanatory book that seeks to show the reader the truth behind economics through tying economic themes to pop culture ones. The almost guide-like book takes the reader on a trip that explains why people do the things they do and how it all relates‚ making comical connections like Sumo wrestlers to teachers. I found the book to be a delightfully enlightening piece of literature that taught me the ploys and tactics
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The modern concept of community service as a punishment began in Great Britain in the late 1960s and has become increasingly popular with judges who find they can be more flexible and humane in punishing offenders unlikely to commit another crime. Those guilty of offenses like shoplifting‚ writing bad checks‚ possessing small amounts of illegal drugs‚ or hurling cell phones‚ are required to work a certain number of hours for the good of the community‚ usually in a local nonprofit or government facility
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