My Father
Was The one pushing for the extra mile
The one who wants 100%
The businessman

My father the mathematician
The student
The bookworm

My father The player
The goalie
The safety

My father the strict one
The general, the sergeant
The home principal

Because of my father I have to study
Because of my father I get good grades…

Tyrell
Eduardo Vaccaro


Coe booth has a really intense story with Tyrell, the story of a teenager’s rough life. His dad, a former dj who has been arrested for illegal narcotics and his mom a jobless crack addict who broke down after her husband’s arrest. This story is about how Tyrell has to take care of his mother and his little brother. They have to move from shelter to shelter because the state took their house away and all their possessions. Tyrell drops out of school because of his hard conditions and his negative thinking. His mother won’t take care of his little brother because she is only concerned about herself. His little brother troy, (who is only seven) attends to special classes at school. The shelters that they are put in are not in good conditions and there are roaches everywhere.

Tyrell has a girlfriend Novisha, she attends to school and is a great student. Novishas father left her and her mom about 2 years ago. Her mother still loves him and she thinks that she can’t progress without her husband (like Tyrell’s mother). Novishas father visits them more often now and Tyrell is happy for this in a way. In a other way he doesn’t like it because he left them and now he wants to come back just because they will take care of him. Novishas family understands Tyrell’s situation so when he fights with his mom he spends the night over there. Tyrell sometimes gets into stuff with the wrong people.

His dads friends still contact Tyrell’s mother but not to help. Tyrell knows why and he isn’t happy with it. They give her money and buy troy new shoes and coats etc. he knows that the money is not legal or earned so he doesn’t like it. In Tyrell’s shelter he meets a girl called jasmine. Her father died when she was young and her sister has to take care of her. Tyrell becomes really close friends with Jasmine and they spend a lot of time together. She is helping Tyrell plan the huge party they are going to have. This party is to collect money for Tyrell’s family because his mom doesn’t work or even care about them.

If you want to know more about this story you will have to read it. In conclusion I really liked this story. It explains the life of this teenager who has a rough life and has to carry his family on his shoulders. The author describes everything very well and explains the situations clearly. When you get deep into it you feel like if you were in the story.

Teachers

I have about seven teachers here at school. Some are very strict than others and some are funnier than others. I really don’t understand why they get mad so easily. For example I was in Mrs. Trius` class talking with Paulo because she was checking something in her laptop so while we waited we talked. Suddenly she got mad and yelled and sat me alone.

When I was doing my bellwork with my table she just said don’t let him copy you, sat me alone (again!) and made me look up for every word and its definition in the dictionary. Last year Mr. Borras was a much funner teacher. We could talk in his class and discuss our math problems with a little more creativity. He was all relaxed and calm. Now he is all tightened up and is mad about something (I think.)

Most Of The Time

She is mad about something.
she yells
and yells, but I dont care
I start listening to my music.
trying to cancel
Everything around, but i just cant.
Her hands... in the air pointing at my sister.
she is scared to death and my mom
Mad as hell...
There are many things running across my mind
If i could i would yell them out at the top of my lungs.
Sadly i cant or else i will get punished...

The Tell-Talle heart

He was a very nice man with me. He was not abrasive, he guarded my fortune and all my valuable things. That night I was sleeping... there was nothing on my mind, and i didnt even think of the fact that he had frustatrion against me. since he never showed any type frustration sign or anything against me so i felt safe and secure with him. While i was a sleep i heard something. i got up and i surmised it was a small animal or something coming through the chimney. i never thought it was him aproaching me so gingerly to kill me. I got up as fast as i could and yelled: "who is there!!" i didnt hear anything else so i tried to sleep.

while i was asleep i felt something... it was him! intending to kill me. i tried to open my eyes and the little bit i could i saw he had a nasty grimace. this pain was excruciating but i was in shock and couldn react. i dont know what happend after this despicable homicide.

The orfanage

when I went to costa rica for a camp we visited an orfanage. it was a really big place with a huge park and many kids. every kid there had a different backround, a different story... for example i met this kid who was taken away from his parents because they were drug dealers and also his brother. his brother had been killed when he was about 6 in a gang. this kid would be sent by his parents to take the drug to other dealers. he got shot on the knee when he was about 8... this was really impressing for me because when you see the movies you just say uuu or laugh, but when you hear it coming from a person who really got shot and their life story you start to think: im lucky that i didnt have to pass through that.

Always

You always ask me if I did my home work. I always say yes so you don’t get
Mad. Many times I’m just too lazy to do it so I say yes… they always believe me because they trust me. You always ask me how I’m doing in school, I say fine when actually I’m missing home works and stuff because if I tell you…
You would tell me why I’m lying.
You always ask me how my grades are going or have I read any books. I say that they are all As and Bs but when the report card comes that’s not there…
I really don’t know why I’m so lazy… I know it’s not right so this year I hope not being so lazy.