This collection of student work is from
Frank Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others
to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These
documents have been OCR-scanned. These are available
for educational use only.
Living Two
Lives
I was about nine and the only child
when my parents got the divorce. I didn't know why they got divorced
because at that age I really didn't understand very much. My name is
Rick Smith and this is a story of how I lived two lives.
Ever since I was young it seemed like
my parents and I had a normal life. Things had always gone well for
my parents and me. We'd always spent a lot of time together. But
every so often I'd hear them arguing in their bedroom. I had no idea
what they were arguing over. Both of them had steady jobs and were
making good money, that much I did understand. It really confused me
as to what they were arguing over.
When I was seven the arguing got a
little worse. Sometimes I was very scared and didn't know what to do,
especially when they'd argue right in front of me. I still had no
clue as to what they were arguing over. When they were not together
I'd ask them if everything was okay and they'd say, yes, and there
was nothing to worry about. Everything would be okay. Sometimes I'd
sit in my room alone wondering what would be bothering them. I felt
as though I was living two lives and that I was stuck somewhere in
the middle of all this. The time we spent together as a family slowly
drifted away until it was like my parents hated each other's guts.
I'd try and tell them to resolve their problem but then they'd just
keep arguing with each other and my dad would get very angry at me
for saying that.
In June of 1993 they started talking
about a divorce. I didn't know why they wanted a divorce. Every so
often they'd argue over the subject. Then on my eighth birthday I
only received one present from the both of them and that made me feel
real sad. It was very hard to understand what they were going
through. Things got even worse when sometimes my dad would be gone
for about three to four days at a time.
It wasn't long after my nineth
birthday that my parents filed for a divorce. My dad moved to
Colorado and my mom and I stayed here in California. I was very sad
when he left. I thought that I would never see him again. It was
really hard to cope with the divorce. I really never understood why
they got it except my mom thought that he was having an affair with
another woman. I still blamed myself for it, thinking that all these
years I'd been doing something bad.
Now my dad is happily married again
with two stepchildren and three of his own. I sometimes go to visit
them in Colorado. My mom is with another guy and he's pretty nice.
They live in the suburbs of L.A. Every now and then I go to
California to visit them. Both of my parents seem to be doing a lot
better since they got the divorce. But it still feels like I'm living
two lives because I go back and forth. Sometimes I wish they could
get back together but I realize now it's impossible.
Now that I'm older and starting a
family of my own I know better what to do and what not to do in a
relationship. Because if I'm not careful I know that I could end up
like my parents. And I don't want that because I don't want my kids
to go through what I did.
Fred
Alstrom
My name is
Kerry and I have
AIDS
(Now I'm dead!)
Going,
Going Gone!
Man and the
Environment
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Stories real and imaginary about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1996 |
Christmastime Tales II
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1998 |
Christmastime Tales III
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 2000 |
Summer Time Tails 1992 |
Summertime Tails II 1993 |
Summertime Tails III |
Summertime Tails IV Fall, 1995 |
Summertime Tails V Fall, 1996 |
Summertime Tails VI Fall, 1997 |
Summertime Tails VII Fall, 1999 |
Signs of the Times November 1996 |
Creative Stories From Creative Imaginations |
Mustang Mind Manglers - Stories of the Far Out,
the Frightening and the Fantastic 1993 |
Yupik Gourmet - A Book of
Recipes |
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M&M Monthly |
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Happy Moose Hunting! September Edition 1997 |
Happy Easter! March/April 1998 |
Merry Christmas December Edition 1997 |
Happy Valentines
Day! February Edition
1998 |
Happy Easter! March/April Edition 2000 |
Happy Thanksgiving Nov. Edition, 1997 |
Happy Halloween October 1997 Edition |
Edible and Useful Plants of Scammon
Bay |
Edible Plants of Hooper Bay 1981 |
The Flowers of Scammon Bay Alaska |
Poems of Hooper Bay |
Scammon Bay (Upward Bound Students) |
Family Trees and the Buzzy Lord |
It takes a Village - A guide for parents May 1997 |
People in Our Community |
Buildings and Personalities of
Marshall |
Marshall Village PROFILE |
Qigeckalleq Pellullermeng A
Glimpse of the Past |
Ravens
Stories Spring 1995 |
Bird Stories from Scammon Bay |
The Sea Around Us |
Ellamyua - The Great Weather - Stories about the
Weather Spring 1996 |
Moose Fire - Stories and Poems about Moose November,
1998 |
Bears Bees and Bald Eagles Winter 1992-1993 |
Fish Fire and Water - Stories about fish, global warming
and the future November, 1997 |
Wolf Fire - Stories and Poems about Wolves |
Bear Fire - Stories and Poems about Bears Spring,
1992 |