In “We Real Cool,” the speakers make choices that seem exciting, bold, and rebellious, even though those choices lead to consequences. Write about a moment in your own life when you followed what looked cool or fun, only to realize afterwards that it wasn’t the smart or responsible path. What influenced your decision, and how did your perspective change later?

 Prompt: In “We Real Cool,” the speakers make choices that seem exciting, bold, and rebellious, even though those choices lead to consequences. Write about a moment in your own life when you followed what looked cool or fun, only to realize afterwards that it wasn’t the smart or responsible path. What influenced your decision, and how did your perspective change later?

Prompt Response:

I do not recall an exact moment where I did something regretful thinking it was cool to do, I probably did experience it a couple times. As a kid I was too cowardly to follow what seemed cool for the other kids, there would be times when I would like to go along with them but never had the courage to include myself with them. Even now I wouldn't dare to do something risky and rebellious, I fear the consequences, growing up it was always scarier to get in trouble by the adults.

Summary: 

We read and analyzed the poem "We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks, with Mr. Rease and would watch a video of the poem after we were done. Our assignment today was to create a graph of a mind map based on the word "We" in the center of our pages, surrounding the words we placed 7 lines with the answers to a,b & c. After we were done with each line, we had a reflection paragraph consisting of 3 to 4 sentences at the bottom of the page. If the work was not done in class, then we had tomorrow to turn in for the first 15 minutes.

Reflection:

I learned how a short poem written by the author, could put so much significance about the consequences kids take into short stanzas. It was a nice reminder of how people can be influenced to take risks that may end their lives just for the sake of being 'cool.'


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