Reading Journal 2

Well I have read up to chapter fifteen in the book 'Breaking Through' by Francisco Jimenez. I am just finding reading in general hard for me right now . . . I am just not into it as much as I used to be . . . oh well. Ok on with the reading journal. Right now Francisco is striving to get good grades in school so he can apply for scholarships and go to college so he can become a teacher. He has been accepted into a scholarship 'association' or 'club' so to speak. I can really relate to Francisco on the whole collage thing, because I really want to get good grades and hopefully get a part scholarship, or maybe, if I am lucky, a full scholarship! Good grades have always been important to me, and I give one hundred and ten percent into them, like Francisco does, but for him it is much harder because he has to study around his very busy work schedule. He is only a junior in high school and he is getting up before school to work, and then having to go to work after school as well. That must be hard, seeing as that he and his brother are the only ones working, and earning money. HIs father has been unable to find work because he is having serious issues with his back. Well that's about it, Tune in next week for reading log #3!

Today's song is. . .

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

You got a fast car

I want a ticket to anywhere

Maybe we make a deal

Maybe together we can get somewhere

Anyplace is better

Starting from zero got nothing to lose

Maybe we'll make something

But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car

And I got a plan to get us out of here

I been working at the convenience store

Managed to save just a little bit of money

We won't have to drive too far

Just 'cross the border and into the city

You and I can both get jobs

And finally see what it means to be living

You see my old man's got a problem

He live with the bottle that's the way it is

He says his body's too old for working

I say his body's too young to look like his

My mama went off and left him

She wanted more from life than he could give

I said somebody's got to take care of him

So I quit school and that's what I did

You got a fast car

But is it fast enough so we can fly away

We gotta make a decision

We leave tonight or live and die this way

I remember we were driving driving in your car

The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk

City lights lay out before us

And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder

And I had a feeling that I belonged

And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car

And we go cruising to entertain ourselves

You still ain't got a job

And I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better

You'll find work and I'll get promoted

We'll move out of the shelter

Buy a big house and live in the suburbs

You got a fast car

And I got a job that pays all our bills

You stay out drinking late at the bar

See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better

Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere

So take your fast car and keep on driving

You got a fast car But is it fast enough so you can fly away

You gotta make a decision

You leave tonight or live and die this way