What kids think……
1. In response to a prompt on a reflection sheet that stated, “If I knew I could not fail, I would…”, Nate completed the sentence by writing, “do everything.”
2. Inspired by a poem written by Bridging the Gap members, an ELK Grove (CA) High School SEED Group,in response to the film “A Place at the Table” and to Langston Hughes’ poem “I Too.” (Dianna Shoop, SEED Facilitator and Elk Grove High School teacher).
Just because I am Mexican
Doesn’t mean I’m not wealthy
It doesn’t mean I’ll get my girlfriend pregnant
at the age of 14.
I have always done my best.
Just because a Mexican gets killed
doesn’t mean it was suicide
But it doesn’t mean I don’t have the same ambitions as others.
I have great potential that can be shared
Is there a place at the table for me?
Daniel
Plata .6