| This section showcases our students and their work! It could be poetry, other types of written expresssion or art!
All the following entries were published in the latest VOX:The Voice of a Generation, Nov.-Dec. 2008 Edition
SACRIFICE
(by: Qunita Little)
Give up candy or food.
Give up your "perfect" body for your baby.
Give up the clubbin' for studying.
Give up your man or woman for good grades.
Give up watching your favorite TV show for reading a really good book.
Give up pleasure for a good education.
Give up your wants for your needs.
That's what sacrifice means to me.
"What does sacrifice mean to you?"
Our students visited the VOX office in October to participate in a journalism workshop and these are some of the written entries they made during that visit.
S acrifice means giving up your wants and needs for someone else. I used to have a good bit of money. I was planning to spend it on some clothes from my favorite store, but my mom needed medicine and my grandma needed money for food and gas. I decided to split the money between them. Late that week, they surprised me with a shopping spree!
-Nina Bateman, 9th grade
T o me, sacrifice is like caring. For example, if you care for someone that is sick you'll sacrifice your time to take care of them. One time I had to babysit when I wanted to go out. Sacrifice could be risking something or giving something. I'd sacrifice a day of staying home to study instead of going to a party. Soldiers in Iraq sacrifice their lives everyday for us.
I remember when I had to stop smoking weed to go to school. It was very hard. I felt like I couldn't give it up. In order to go to school you couldn't smoke weed. The school gave out random drug test. If you decided that you were going to smoke weed then you would be kicked out. I did everything in my power to stop smoking. I even stopped hanging with other people who smoked. Finally I stopped smoking. It really changed my life. Now I'm in school getting my eduation. I think I'm going to finish school.
-Jaslin Wilson, 11th grade
-by Nina Bateman for the VOX
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