His name was Carlos Diaz. Throughout his old, dusty journal with worn out pages, his words bring you on a journey through the chaotic battles on the road to change during the Cuban Revolution. Fueled with courage, strength, and a burning passion for change, Carlos joins the M-26-7 rebels. This is the story that documents […]
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Cuba Almost Ended the World: Here’s the Story…
Throughout this video made by Yuki, Grace and I, we explain the events that took place during the Cuban Revolution in a way that is easy for everyone to understand. We discuss events ranging from the Fulgencio Batista’s first presidential term in 1940 all the way to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and their […]
The Battle For Justice Against Systematic Racism
“Unpunished Murder: Massacre at Colfax and the Quest for Justice” is a book by Lawrence Goldstone that discusses systematic racism, white supremacy, and the political issues in 19th century America leading up to the Colfax Massacre in 1873 where a band of white supremacists massacred over 100 African Americans. It also explores the court case […]
The Boxers: Do They Really Deserve All the Hate?
The Boxers, a group of militia originating in Shandong that were originally known as the Righteous and Harmonious Fists, do not deserve a bad rap because they were just trying to protect their country and culture from the foreign powers and foreign influence. The foreigners had already left disastrous effects on China after the Opium […]
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The Consequences to Your Actions
All of your actions have consequences, even if you don’t realize it. In the story “A Sound of Thunder”, a man named Eckels goes back in time to kill a tyrannosaurus rex. Traveling back in time is a dangerous thing, so of course, there are very important rules to follow. After seeing how massive the […]
Found Poem: Accepting Your Cultural Identity
My found poem is created with words from the short story “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan. The conflict I selected is the internal conflict that the protagonist faces about her cultural identity and wanting to be American. In the story, she is embarrassed about her Chinese traditions and tries to push them away. In my […]
Percy Jackson Response
Yancy Academy, a school for troubled kids, houses many students. Attending Yancy, is a special twelve-year-old boy, Percy Jackson. In the book, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief, Percy Jackson is a dyslexic twelve-year-old boy with ADHD. Percy’s ADHD has affected his attitude about school and the decisions he makes at school, but […]