John the Great Mascot Debator

The first piece of writing we read was Nightjohn. This was a story of a man named John who had escaped from slavery but came back for a specific reason. That reason was to teach young kids that were still slaves how to read and write. When he first got to the plantation, he looked like a regular slave. He was a very large and strong man and he has scars on his back from being whipped before. At this plantation is the south, he found his next student. This students name was Sarny. Sarny was born to the plantation and worked there as long as she has been alive. She was young and was eager to learn to read. The John came and taught her slowly how to read and write. The eldest of the slaves, Mammy, did like the idea of her reading. She said that if the master found her reading that they would kill her. Mammy told of stories how others were killed. First there was Jim. He took off one night and did everything possible to make it so the dogs couldn't get him. They did and killed him while he was hanging in a tree and the master just left his body there. The there was Pauley. He didn't run. He met this girl from another plantation in the middle of the night. He fell asleep and as he was coming back the dogs killed him. Then there was Alice. She was kept alive and raped specifically for breeding. One night she ran to the edge of the plantation and lied there waiting for the dogs to kill her. Even after hearing these stories, Sarny insisted on learning.

The next story we read was Mascot. This is a story of Malcolm X as a child. He was one of those children that was put into a reform school for behaviors. He soon got his behavior under control and was able to go to the only public middle school in the city. The teachers didn't take much intrest in him however. The reason that he was so hard core into civil rights was because of what one teacher said. One day the teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew. When he said he want to be a lawyer she said, "You're black and you can't be a lawyer." This is why he was one of the civil rights activists that didn't mind using violence in getting their opinion across.

There are a lot of things the same between the stories and the movie The Great Debaters. First, in the movie the young woman wanted to become a lawyer and as well did Malcolm X. In the movie and in Nightjohn the settings were similar with them both being i the south. Also they saw their own kind having brutal things happen to them in Nightjohn with the dogs and in the movie with the Lynch mob. Also in all three, they had a strong leader who was either willing to educate or be educated. Also in all three you saw the struggle of African Americans in society and there struggle for equal rights.

11-26-10

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Well this was kind of an uneventful weekend. First we had our team get together on friday nite and spend the nite in the wrestling room. we payed dodgeball at 1 am and played so much xbox. we finally got to bed at lik 2.30 and had to wake up at 7. We had a scrimmage to go to at groveport madison for 3 hours. i was so tired it wasnt even funny. all we did was go live the entire time and now my body is so sore. well after that i went home and watched the buckeyes suck......... again. we barely won and i kinda think we didnt deserve to win but oh well a win is a win. during this entire tike i was able to hang with my girlfriend sammi and that was so much fun! Then me and sammi went to kayla krontzs party until 10. that was fun although it was jus like homecomin but not as many people. i took sammi home and wen i got home, i was so tired that i crashed immediately. then sunday came and i was at the highschool again for team pictures which wasnt that fun but they are pictures. now im doin my english and regretin not doin some homework in study hall friday but ill get it done.

11-19-10

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Crap

So i kinda didn't post last sunday so i'm making sure i do it this week. Not much happened this weekend. I hung out with sammi friday night and we watched rambo. yes rambo. it's the greatest movie to watch with your girlfriend. Then i had to wake up early on my saturday. lets just say that i had to be at the school at 7.30 in the morning. yeah it was bad. and then having to practice that early was horrible but i lived so it was ok. then i hung out with zak. we drove all around Columbus and then it happened. so this dude decided to cut me off making me go up the curb and curb my rim. wow i hate people. yeah it didn't look good at all.  but after that we hung out at zaks house for a little while and watched the game. We then went to my house and watched the game. yeah we were bored. we drove to random houses to watch the game. we also stopped by sammis  house where i was the rest of the night. i then woke up sunday morning at 11. i finally got to sleep in. i then played call of duty black ops for 4 hours beating the campaign. Now i'm doing my homework last minute just like all the other good students. Over all great weekend.

11-12-10

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