MY LOVED ONES
I see all my loved ones
counting on me to make a change.
But all I want to know is
why did they pick me?
I just don't understand.
I don't have the strength that
everybody else has.
So I just cry
releasing all the pain inside.
I just want to know why.
Why me?
So I just think and think
that somebody could reach
and tell me the answer
that my loved ones are trying to tell me.
Tell me the answer.
So they tell me
that life won't get any easier
but I'll understand.
That's why I have to pray and pray
until I get the answer.
— Girl, 6th grade, 2010
put ya hands up and say I will be somebody
I will succeed eventually – the C to the B
the B to the A is 3.0
even if I don't know how far I can go
we gotta let 'em know that ain't hatin on the low
when they first tried to stop us from becoming free
the only thing they took away was our freedom to read.
One finger if you can read two if you write
they ain't tryna let us have the freedom to stand up and fight
— Boy, 12, 2010
MY SPIDERMAN GAME
this is my game
it's my favorite game ever
and it's called Spiderman
you get to be Venom
you get to be Spiderman
you get to be Sandman
Venom can scratch
he can spray webs
he can straighten his arm out and scratch
Sandman can do sand punch when he's mad
Red Spiderman can make web balls
and he can web people up
and hit'em on the wall
my game makes me feel happy
if my game went away, I'd feel mad
— Boy, teen
(5/2/11)
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