Before sharing sensitive or personal information, make sure youвЂ™re on an official state website.As Rodriguez may be the most famous writer to speak in Pomona since Ray Bradbury in 2010, I asked if I could attend. State of Georgia government websites and email systems use georgia.gov or ga.gov at the end of the address. Local, state, and federal government websites often end in. P, as they call him on campus вЂ” mentioned to me a few weeks ago that the school would be hosting Rodriguez, a former Los Angeles poet laureate and author of the memoir вЂњAlways Running.вЂќThe. Garey High teacher Ion Puschila вЂ” Mr. The Texas Historical Commission current job openings include professionals in many disciplines including archeologists, architects, accountants, project design assistants, historians, community development specialists, museum and curatorial professionals, purchasers, communicators, information technologists, administrative support, museum and education specialists, sales staff, tour guides.

вЂњI used to be told by teachers I would never amount to anything. By age 18, heвЂ™d lost 25 friends to drug abuse or violence.Rebellious, he didnвЂ™t fit in at school, especially in an era when Latino students would be punished for speaking Spanish. He was on drugs at 12, arrested for the first time at 13. I was kicked out of school at 14,вЂќ he recalled. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)вЂњI didnвЂ™t do well in school.

And minus one point from the student who introduced Rodriguez by saying his book was about вЂњlife in a Chicago gangвЂќ вЂ” do your homework, people.While many students at the assembly had read one of the other books, some had chosen вЂњAlways Running.вЂќ ItвЂ™s a perennial favorite.вЂњItвЂ™s hard to get kids to finish a book,вЂќ school librarian Kara Montgomery-Roa told me, вЂњbut this is one book they want to finish. The reward for completing the card was to attend FridayвЂ™s assembly.вЂњYouвЂ™d find naturally occurring book clubs around campus when students would see a book and say, вЂOh, youвЂ™re reading it too?вЂ™ and start a conversation,вЂќ Layton said.Extra points to the principal, by the way, for being a former Pomona Progress-Bulletin paperboy. вЂњI didnвЂ™t start that way.вЂќSpeaking of books, GareyвЂ™s history and English departments collaborated to get students to voluntarily choose a book from a short list of Latino fiction and nonfiction to read this semester, above and beyond their coursework.Principal Roddy Layton told me that 1,100 of the schoolвЂ™s 1,500 students participated, each getting a loteria card, which was stamped for each goal completed. вЂњBooks have been my life,вЂќ he said. He co-founded a cultural center, Tia ChuchaвЂ™s Centro Cultural, now in Sylmar.

ItвЂ™s inspiring how he made it out.вЂќAxeo Hernandez, a senior, told me he couldnвЂ™t relate deeply to the details, yet he understood the feeling of being an outsider, of not being integrated into society.вЂњEverything can be done if you put your mind to it,вЂќ Hernandez concluded. вЂњThere was a lot of violence. вЂњIвЂ™m not from Pomona I grew up in WattsвЂќ вЂ” just like Rodriguez. TheyвЂ™re really moved by it.вЂќвЂњIt reminded me of my own childhood,вЂќ junior Aurora Galindo told me. From вЂPride and PrejudiceвЂ™ to this.

ThereвЂ™s not enough being done,вЂќ he said, вЂњbut now the language is out there.вЂќWe talked about his days as a crime reporter at The Sun in San Bernardino, which may become a future topic here, and he signed my book. Related ArticlesVaccination check in Bay Area a preview of LA County mandateвЂHome of the Eagles,вЂ™ Etiwanda High Class of 2002 soars in arts, mediaDave Brubeck once jazzed things up at RiversideвЂ™s Mission InnOntario native Charles Phoenix shows vintage slides from all overRiverside readers say hello, turn out to be friendly (mostly)вЂњWhen I was growing up, nobody talked about trauma, healing, pain. And they donвЂ™t always get the emotional help they need. But he never returned.That is, until the 1990s.В When вЂњAlways RunningвЂќ was published, he said, he spoke in Pomona HighвЂ™s gym to 2,000 or more people.Life is better these days for Latino students, he said, but they still have questions about who they are or who they want to be. When officials said they had no record of him, he assured them his parents would be signing him up the next day.

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