The Great Migration

By: Jacob Laurence

                We read the Great Migration. It is about African Americans who traveled to the North to get a better life. Their wishes were better jobs better housing better salaries and people in the North were leaving to war so they had better job opportunities and nature took over and they them and they promised them better education for the children.  Unfortunately not all they’re wishes came true when the African Americans went to the North they tried to sneak off at night to their jobs they would throw them in jail. The Americans and even some African Americans looked at them in disdain they were segregated by color. 

                Hey how are you doing everyone? What you’re throwing up! Aw that’s too bad you know? Do you want to know why? Research it, but I might as well tell you I have the answer! But in case you don’t know throwing means the food that you ate is making reappearances, not from your bottom but from your mouth.

                Well vomiting is when you forcibly expel gastric contents from your mouth. There are over 50 reasons of why we vomit like: drugs, pain, stress, motion sickness, food poisoning, pregnancy, Carbone monoxide poisoning, (etc.). Your vomiting reflexes will give you a feeling of nauchesness. Immediately before vomiting a deep breath should is taken and the epiglottis closes off the trachea , the diaphragm contracts making negative pressure , the stomach muscles contract causing the esophagus to open. Next the gastric contents are propelled out. What is vomit? Vomit contains gastric contents and food that has been eaten throughout the day or the night before. Is vomiting bad for you? Well vomiting is bad for you if stomach acids or food particles get in the way because they could damage your respiratory system. It could also cause pneumonia. Other dangers of vomiting could be dehydration, and tears in the esophagus. What can you do if you’re vomiting? You can take 5 or 6 very tiny sips of water and breathe a little in between every sip. Avoid eating solid food until you can drink 8 ounces of liquid without vomiting. Liquids like: apple juice, lemon-lime soda, or ginger ale. The food you should avoid in the beginning are saltine crackers, toast, bananas and rice. You can also rest a little while there are many more cures than this but I don’t know them all.

                Okay so that’s it everyone! That’s your answer on why do we throw up. I hope you found my work interesting and informational. Try avoiding vomiting. You can do that by listening to your doctor, mom, dad, family, (etc.). I'm sure they would love to help don’t you think?

If only i could speak

If only I could speak (I wish,) it would be marvelous, I mean to me, but to you, well it would be a nightmare, because the words and sentences that I would confabulate would be revolting!!

Because even as a basketball I HAVE A LIFE and it’s TERRIBLE because of YOU!!! How? Since you’re asking how because of the way you provoke me every single day! I get hurt but you consider I'm lifeless while inside want to offend you the way you offend me. Oh, if only I could, I would say...

          Dear people,

You are the worst thing that has ever stomped upon our land and we wish we could delete your existence but we can’t. You are annoying and disrespectful. Every day I wake up to a sound of screaming and shouting. Why? How should I know, but I do now, it’s a stampede of kids running towards my friends, family, and I. I may not be doing anything but on the inside I’m screaming with luck that nothing will happen to me, but to you yes. You’re picking me up and bouncing me like crazy and sometimes I try to run but you keep me in control. Ugh I hate it when I fail and you just smile. I feel like I'm being pounded by a sweaty beast first you make my face meet the floor like you want me to say hello floor how are you then you go ahead and slap my head with your hand and it feels like when you jump in the water and land on your tummy. And you hurl me up in the air as if I like it. Well bad news I don’t. Why? Because I’m afraid of heights seriously it’s like going bungee jumping. You go down and then you fly back up. After I fly I land and rest in your hands. Thank god. Just as I feel it’s over you toss me up again and on the inside I’m saying “I thought we were friends!” then I feel that you’re annoyingly aiming me at the basket but man that is just torture. And if you miss, my face hits iron bars and I hit the wall and bounce back to you. Again as you’d expect I’d fail running away. And guess what you curse at me but hey what do I have to do with it? Okay when you’re tired you take a rest but when I’m tired I deflate and you jab me with a needle forcing me to get back up.

          Okay let me say one last thing. How would you like it if you were the one being sat on, kicked, slapped, rolled, tossed, bruised, well I doubt you would but thanks you made my life inflamed.

          P.S. I was being sarcastic in the last sentence.

Signed,

Basketball

Journey of blood 

A letter to the president

Dear president,

                I’m glad you won. You had some expectations that I love to have in a president. I voted for you because you’re trustworthy and respectful. You were strong and honest, you were charismatic smart and you had the brain of an observant. You were also democratic modest and never arrogant. You promised you would sacrifice your time and life for your people. You fulfilled the needs of your people. You were transparent and genuine. You made my expectations true like you offered free education to the underprivileged people and without you none of this would happen. I didn’t vote for the other candidates because they were smart but not trustworthy and he would make underprivileged people pay for their school. Thanks for being such a good president.

Sincerely,

Mia

I see a crowd of people standing, laughing, and talking. I walk into the perfumed room and hear people breathing deeply. My brother opened his first. It was a car magazine. Then I opened mine and it was a My Top 100 Animals. It comes with trading cards and you can cut them out. You can also read about different predators and weird animals extreme animals and sharks. Then when you read about them you can rate which one you liked best to last. I felt really happy and excited to read my new book. Everybody was happy especially my uncle because everyone appreciated his presents.