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.
Beaten
Today?
When I was young domestic violence
was always a big problem in my house. It seemed like everybody was
always bruised and puffed up. But nobody really knew what was
happening to my family because we always told lies and hid ourselves
from the world. I was very tempted to talk to a counselor at my
school, but I always had second thoughts about it because I didn't
want to hurt any of my family members. One day though, after I didn't
listen to my parents they beat me till they thought I couldn't be
beaten anymore. While they were beating me I held my arms over my
face to try to protect it, but they hit it anyway. Then I lay on the
floor crying. My whole body was numb and I couldn't see very well
from being bruised. My sisters tried comforting me and telling me
stuff that wasn't true, but my dad yelled from the living room, "Leave her alone, let her be!" They
didn't want to be beat either so they left the room. I lay in bed all the next
day, and even though my
friends called and asked if they could visit, I rejected them. I
didn't want to be seen or even heard by anyone. I just wanted to find
my own cave and hide in it. I really didn't care where I lived as
long as I was out of that house.
One night when it was my turn to wash
dishes I really didn't want to, so I stayed in my room and listened
to music. It was kind of loud and I didn't hear my dad yelling at me.
Suddenly he burst in and asked what was wrong with me! Then he yanked
my stereo off my shelf and threw it against the wall. I was scared.
For good reason because he came closer and kicked me in the stomach.
I held my stomach and curled up
into a little ball. Then he kicked my back and my neck. Gosh, why
doesn't he just kill me? I thought to myself.
That night I couldn't sleep so I lay
in my room thinking of what I should do. I couldn't just stay in that
house and be a punching bag for my father. I was fed up with all that
stuff. And yet I couldn't go to school because I was so bruised and
hurt. That's when I finally got the courage to go to the counselor.
We talked for hours about abuse and violence in my house. She
suggested I leave home and go to a special school for
self-defense in Anchorage. I agreed. I
didn't want to tell my parents about my decision, so the night before
I left I packed most of my clothes. Then I told my parents.
They didn't agree with me, but they
finally let me go. I was pleased, but unhappy because I had
to leave my home and my friends.
When I got to Anchorage the
instructors brought me to my dorm. While I
attended classes they taught me how to
defend myself and how to defend others that were being beaten. After
that I was a really different person and wished I had taken the
course earlier.
When I came back home the school
teachers asked if I would talk to the students about violence in the
homes, which I did. And because of what I told them about my course
in Anchorage my parents stopped beating on us kids. My house is much
more quiet and peaceful now. We do things much more freely and my
family is much closer. I am thankful for what I did to make my family
life easier and more peaceful.
By: Cheryl Hunter
My name is
Kerry and I have
AIDS
(Now I'm dead!)
Going,
Going Gone!
Man and the
Environment
Christmastime Tales
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 Valentine’s
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’ |
| Raven’s
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 |
Marshall
Cultural Atlas