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.

Just for a C!

My dad is always telling me to get beter grades and that if one more C and im out of the football team. My mom also gets sometimes mad but not so much. On Friday we got our progres reports and I knew they were not the best I could do. I already knew what that ment: no cell phone, no play station, or no computer one of those three. Since I got a C in spanish my dad got really really mad. Two days later (my birthday) my dad told me something that pissed me of so much! They would take my cell phone for the whole next week. My first reaction was wow! what a great present, this is just what I wanted! I said in a sarcastic way. Im happy because the week is ending and tomorow im getting my blackberry back.

Eduardos Notebook

Description:
In my notebook I have poems about sports and teamwork. Some times when you are playing you just get tired or you can get injured, but never give up. Nobody likes loosing and everybody loves winning. You have to know how to lose and how to win because like in life you wont have succes in everything, but you must remember to never giv up

Synopsis:
Poems of teamwork and sports

Poems:
http://www.99poems.com/sports-poems/joseph-louis-barrow/

http://www.99poems.com/inspirational-poems/rugby/

http://www.poemsjunction.com/anything-is-possible/

http://www.poemsjunction.com/confidence/

http://www.poemsjunction.com/to-the-top/

http://www.poemsjunction.com/what-is-a-player/

The Game

The clouds coverd the sun early in the morning
We were all getting ready
For what we all thought would be an easy game
The wind blowing, the people getting settled and the ref talking
The coin fliped as we all hoped and prayed we would winn
They wonn the flip and we all walked back thinking its on!

Eduardo

Every day plays sports
Doesn't like homework
Understands school
Active at any time
Ready for any situation
Defiantly great
Over all GREAT

Big Mama

Today when we got to mrs. Posts class we ate snack like every other wednesday. I almost never eat because of a medicine that I take so I can focuse better. We were told that maybe the big mama would go on next quarters report card. Today Mrs. Post told us that we would correct it today. I was confident because I had studyed many times. When I started correcting my test I saw that I had 1 wrong. Now il have to waite what my grade will be

Music

Today I woke up with two things on my minde. I thought of how boring school was going to be and how much more did we have to waite to use my damn helmet. What I didnt remember was that today I had the BIG MAMA test and I also had my music performance. We had beein practecing for a long time. It all came up in 45 minutes. All the minutes I practiced all the rythms I learned. They all came up in 45 minutes. But I cant say anything we did good but the eight graders beet us.

No Practice

Today we were supposed to have practice like every other day. Since there was a bad weather we had to stop the practice. I thought that the big dragons would also cancel it. Since they are so strict they didn't. We had to go to the bleachers where it was boring and all of us were there with the colts. I saw Ortega (a little fat kid) with a bottle of water so I took it away from him. I didn't want it to drink. When I saw people coming up I would throw it on them. The bad thing was that we didn't do anything today and we got wet, but the good thing is that we didn't have to get tired.

Sick

Yesterday at night I felt a slight pain in my stomach. So I told my mom and she gave me peptobismol. Today I woke up with the same pain, only that now it was twice as hard. I tried to eat breakfast but I couldn't because of my stomach. We didn't know what it was so we called the doctor. He told me to drink this nasty medicine or He would inject me.

Last Shot

My dad is the owner of a soccer team. They are called Arabe Unido. Since my dads team won the finals here in panama they qualified to something called Concachampions. They have played against many great teams that I always see on TV and all that. I never thought that my dads team, from panama would be so much on the news and sport center etc. Today they will play against one of the best teams in Mexico. They won here in panama and if we lose again sadly we are eliminated. Its our last shot.

Hospital

About 2 days ago my mom told me that my grandfather was in the hospital. He has diabetes so his blood pressure goes down or up a lot. I thought that this time wasn't so bad, but unfortunately it is. He has been there for about 3 days. During the last year he has gone many times. Sometimes the doctor tells him to stop drinking, but he doesn't. He just doesn't take much care in himself. he goes to this place called El club español where he eats and talks with his Friends. I tell him to not go there so much but he doesn't pay attention. Well, what can I do. He is like that.

Push ups

Today after practice I had to go to the Dragons practice to go with Sean. After they finished Ricky and Sheren came to where I was. I told him that I could hit him so hard that I would knock his helmet off. So we kind of got in a fight. He threw a stick at me so I chased him and threw it. What I didn't know was that coach Dexter was walking in back of us also. So he got mad and he started to tell us of how we could get injured and blah blah blah. I didn't pay much attention because he is not my coach so...

The only two words I heard were: Both of you, down. 10 push-ups. Later Ricky and I kept on fighting in the car but who cares.

Soccer

Today we went to watch a soccer game instead of P.E. Its of this tournament called AASCA or something like that. Many schools come to play and they are not all from panama. As we got there the team was coming out. When I saw the other team I thought: We can win this game, but I couldn't underestimate them. There were girls painting stripes, people with posters, people cheering etc. I could hear the 10th graders screaming and yelling and stumping. They were pumped up for the game even though they wouldn't play. All the benches were taken so I had to seat in the sun with Alejandro, Brian, Juan Diego and Aaron came later. The game was tight, both teams had the ball a lot but they got closer to the goal faster than us.

When we were leaving the girls were getting ready to play. I wanted to stay because It was a great game, there was still a long time to play and also that we would miss class. Sadly I couldnt.

Field day

Today we had field day. Mrs. Sosa told us that we couldn't wet other people or our team would get points off. Last year the teachers didn't say anything so we all got wet and muddy. As I entered Mrs. Frederick's room with calvo, Jaime and other kids with our shirts like terrorist she said: The same ones as always. She also repeated what they had said of the water.

some minutes later we went down to leave our things and then leave. Our first activity was capture the flag. Sadly we tied in that with Mrs. Trius`s team. It was kind of funny because Gabriel (Mrs. Trius son) is in my tribe and it was mother against son and they started telling things to each other. When the field day was ending Jorge calvo threw water to Jaime inside his pants, but he was stupid enough to do it in front of rs: Sosa so he got himself in trouble.

Math class

Today in math we had to make a triangle with the little blocks mr borras gave us. I tried and tried to concentrate but I just couldnt. somebody was saying stupid things and with a squeeky voice. I waited and waited until the point that I couldnt take it. At the beggining I told him to shut up. He kept on yelling untill I got mad and yelled shut up!!!!! Mrs. Borras had to come and tell me to calm down, but if he had kept on doing that I would probably hit him.

Shot

On Saturday I went to a soccer game with my dad and my cosine. We know this guy who goes to every game. He lives in colon, in arcoiris (its like el chorillo.) He once told me that whe was accidentaly shot, he even showed me the scar. Before the game he told me that he was shot again. Then I asked him what happend. Was he in a shooting? Was he in a gang?

''Nada de eso.'' He told me. ''Estaba saliendo de la casa y bla! me callo la bala justo en la pierna.'' I couldnt believe that. From all the people there the bullet fell on him. I asked him if he called the police or what. He just told me that he fell there in pain and shock. Them he told me that he has four children. He also told me that he wanted to get out from there because it wasnt safe and he didnt want that to happen to his kids.

fight

Today i was studying for my science test tomorow. Suddenly my sister came in and started bothering me. I let this one go because it was just to bother me and if I got mad she would be happy. Then she did it again and again untill the fourth time I was mad. So I got up and told her that she had to quit it or I would throw her out of the window. Once again she did it and this time I was furios. I got up and told her that I was going to hit her, but unfortunatly I just pushed her and she told my mom. She got mad at me,(but im used to it because it happens frquently).

P.E.

Today in PE we had to run 4 laps in 13 minutes. Since I'm in the football team I have to run each one or coach will make us run them after practice. The deal was that if we ran all of them in time we would have tomorrow and Friday free. so we all started running, by the third lap I asked coach how much time was left. And she told me that 6 minutes. I knew that I could finish them before time. I just didn't know if some people could because they were like in their second lap and they are really slow. Sadly some people didn't make the time and we probably wont have free day.

Practice

Today we had practice after school. I saw many kids that i thought wouldnt come back. We have to stretch in a circle, do the indian run, and the sprints, but today it was different. we had to do some coordination drills. There is this one kid caled ramses. He is not so fast, or not so skinny thats why he is line. Today while we did the drills paulo and me were hoping for something to fall. First thiing we saw was ramses and i told paulo that he would fall probably. when he started it was kind of good but until the third cone he fell. everybody started laughing.

password

For many days I haven't been able to use my blog because I forgot my password. sadly Mrs. Browns maid through away the paper that said it and couldn't get it back. I couldn't post much of my work but today I had to because I'm in the competition. so I tried to write it in about 3 times till i got mad. I couldn't take it any more. I started banging the keys trying to remember. Until suddenly I remembered. Thanks to my banging and yelling I can write this slice of life,