Since the students worked in groups this week we won’t be selecting individual’s “Hot Lines” to showcase, but keep your eyes peeled for more snippets and samples in future blogs!
Ms. Dydo 8th Grade
“They don’t really care about us”
The only thing they see
is our hot sweating
cotton-picking ancestors
“They don’t really care about us”
To them we are an infection
to society
“They don’t really care about us”
They hung us on trees, and
beat us until we fall like leaves
“They don’t really care about us”
They discriminate agains us
as “Ghetto” “Black” “Negros”
“They don’t really care about us”
Ms. Dydo 7th Grade
“I want to go to sleep until you feel better”
Sickness
The mental problems
I can’t take it anymore
I don’t know what to do
we will rise up
“Sickness is essential to success”
I’m tired of waking up at 3am
I’m tired of working about sickness
I am tired of thinking I’m going to catch what you have
I feel like I’m alone
we will rise up
“Sickness love is the healthiest”
Falling asleep by your bed
Waking up with your cough
Thinking I might loose you
Don’t know how to help you
we will rise up
“mental toughness is essential to success”
Figuring out how to cure this
Thinking how my life would be without you
Hoping this gets better
Writing you these letters
I want the stories be over
We will always be together
we will rise up
Ms. Dydo 6th Grade
“put the guns down”
don’t bring them to the play ground
don’t bring them near school grounds
don’t bring the guns around
stand down
don’t shoot another round
just “put the guns down”
don’t shoot for no reason
just cause you want treason
don’t shoot in any season
don’t shoot cause you’re showing actions
“put the guns down”
Hands up
Don’t shoot
our nation’s lives matter
“put the guns down”
coming straight from the underground