They said “sike” to my brother’s diploma. Throughout all of schooling, he had received help by being a student with “special needs” as someone with Autism and ADHD among other cognitive impairments. He had received help with his schooling, being Read More …
Poem 910.2
You are more than what you allowed yourself to beYou can become more than what others told you to beYou have grit, strength, kindness, and wisdomYou are bone and bloodStardust and cosmosYou are humanAnd you are beautifulAllow yourself to be Read More …
Poem 910
America is often called a “melting pot of cultures,”A swirling pool of color and substanceAn overwhelming sea of hot white, dominating and swiftThe colors may mix but the blinding white remains constantThey fight and fight, bubbling up and spilling outAs Read More …
Parenting Style 910
Definitely “Accomplishment of natural growth.” My family has stayed within the middle-class (at least in recent years, maybe we teetered in the working-class). My brother and I were allowed to do kind of whatever, as long as we went outside Read More …
Social Mobility…The American Dream 910
When I was in high school, I was taught that the American Dream was “a husband and wife, 3.5 kids, a white picket fence, some cigarettes and a dog.” That was it. Exaggerated, funny, but the ideal of moving up Read More …
Other inequalities 910
I, in general, wish I would write more about things I don’t understand, things I don’t have experience with; I often find myself wishing to be imbued with knowledge and thus able to solve everyone’s problems, but alas. I think Read More …
Place 910
I would often play outside with my brother and friends in all seasons. Hide and seek with my cousin, running through the small patch of woods (where we weren’t supposed to go), always winning. Splashing in the water puddles made Read More …
Power 910
The only “power” I believe I’ve felt in relation to another would be related to my academic achievement and capability. Specifically, with my brother. This is tied to our respective disabilities and the competitiveness hammered into Americans. I am a Read More …
Gender… if I was… 910
If I were a biological male, I would definitely have different expectations for myself, not only in my family but in this society. I would be expected to participate in sports, to act tough, to do manual labor, to not Read More …
Gender and Sexuality 910
Gender is expression, the clothes you wear, etc. It is a spectrum of femininity, androgynous, and masculinity. There are people who won’t ever fit in our schemas of gender, thus it has to bend, thus there are unlimited options. My Read More …