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Mosaic: Nothing To Do But Write: Stories and Photographs by Students at South Boston High, 1986

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Mosaic (Boston, Mass.) Singer, Katie

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This issue of Mosaic is an anthology covering a wide variety of issues and experiences from students at South Boston High School, in the form of journal entries, essays, photographs, and poems. The chapters begin with excerpts from letters written by Rosa Gallardo and are divided into eight parts. Part 1 is titled 'Today I am not boring because I am with my grandmother.' Dennis Lynch describes the loss of her mother to cancer, the experience at the wake and funeral, and overcoming grief. Ana Hernandez describes living in a tenement apartment after arriving from Puerto Rico. Sokkeo Rath writes about changing her behavior after getting into trouble and yelling at her friend and family. Part 2 is titled 'If I had a bike, I wouldn’t be here right now.' Tammy Lambright writes a letter to a friend, explaining what has happened in the neighborhood and among their acquaintances since the friend moved. Lilian Figueroa writes two descriptions she heard about of a fight between two girls. Ray Flynn and Carol Dixon reminisce about being children. Part 3 is titled 'The sweat in the USA is different from Puerto Rico.' Ram Ry, a Cambodian immigrant, describes the culture shock of coming to America. Dawn Furtado describes the embarrassment of going to the laundromat when they used to have a house with a washer and dryer. Hoan Nhat Li, a Chinese student, describes the long path his family took to Boston in search of work. Martha Ayala describes working as a...
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Ayala, MarthaBoulet, Marria-ElenaBoyce, MaureenCabral, MariaCarrasquillo, ErnestoCoplin, TracieDeJesus, CarolynDeth, RinaDonovan, KristaFao, SarithFerrie, PamelaFlynn, RayFurtado, Dawn MarieGallardo, RosaGeorge, VelmaHamilton, LynneHernandez, AnaHughes, John RJohnson, KatieKing, RobertKnight, JackieLambright, TammyLee, RenfordLevesque, ElleryLi, Hoan NhatLinh, Khuu Ngyuen KhanhLong, VibolLynch, DennisMarks, LisaMedina, LydiaMelendez, TonyPicard, VickiPower, NicoleRath, SokkeoReadus, Deborah MarieReid, LornaRivera, MartaRobinson, ReneRodriguez, NoelSullivan, LauraWilliams, Tascha
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Keywords

  1. Ayala, Martha
  2. Boston
  3. Boyce, Maureen
  4. Busing For School Integration
  5. Deth, Rina
  6. Dixon, Carol
  7. Fao, Sarith
  8. Figueroa, Lillian
  9. Flynn, Ray
  10. Furtado, Dawn
  11. Gallardo, Rosa
  12. Hamilton, Lynne
  13. Hernandez, Ana
  14. History
  15. Johnson, Katie
  16. King, Robert
  17. Lambright, Tammy
  18. Li, Hoan Nhat
  19. Lynch, Dennis
  20. Massachusetts
  21. Power, Nicole
  22. Pratt, Karen
  23. Rath, Sokkeo
  24. Readus, Deborah
  25. Robinson, Rene
  26. Ry, Ram
  27. Segregation In Education
  28. South Boston
  29. South Boston High School
  30. Sullivan, Laura
  31. Tibbs, Sherry
  32. Vasquez, Luis
  33. White, Mark
  34. Youth

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