Most recent public comments by Matthew Hernandez https://nowcomment.com/users/15777 https://nowcomment.com/documents/34630?scroll_to=490961 https://nowcomment.com/documents/34630?scroll_to=490961 After the city was reborn people like Dasani were left behind. I didn't know that so many New Yorkers didn't have anything. This surprised me. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:54:27 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/34630?scroll_to=481508 https://nowcomment.com/documents/34630?scroll_to=481508 This makes it important because Dasani has been through a lot like sleeping next to mold, having roaches swarm in her house and sexual predators are around the area. Also she lives in Fort Greene. She lives in a place were 22,000 homeless children live and it it higher then the great depression. And after all that she is still happy because she has her family with her. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=412706 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=412706 Gary's mom was trying to discourage Gary from wrestling because it meant expense. For instance insurance costs five dollars, a check up seven dollars and a knee pad cost two dollars and fifty cents. And from not going to the doctors Gary got blood poisoning from a scratch in wrestling. If that was me I would have told my mom to take me to the doctors asap. Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:00:10 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=412298 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=412298 Gary's coach said a motivational speech and it was "We all come back as losers or victors." Gary wrestled for three years and his record was twenty-four wins, eleven losses. He earned three letters but no ribbons or pins to dangle from a jacket Gary worked hard. Gary ran miles, did push-ups and sit-ups until he was hurting. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/39365?scroll_to=408791 https://nowcomment.com/documents/39365?scroll_to=408791 Gary stopped going to church and spent time at a comic store. He spent his time reading comics and chewed gum. Gary drank coke that he bought with his money. He went to his house and mom said "you don't need to go to church because I have seen an improvement." Gary swallowed his beans and said "Yes mom." If I was Gary I would have told the truth to his mom and say sorry. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40168?scroll_to=407596 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40168?scroll_to=407596 Gary joined summer school when he was in sixth grade. He had never gone there and his choices were stay in the house or go to summer school. If I was Gary I would have stayed in the house because I do not want to spent the whole day in school. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/39365?scroll_to=405874 https://nowcomment.com/documents/39365?scroll_to=405874 Gary has attended St.John's catholic school for four years. There were nuns who threw chalk at him, chased Gary with books and squeezed him into cloak closest. Gary had a new teacher named Mrs.Sloan who had a habit of chewing tar. If I was Gary I would leave the school immediately. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/41031?scroll_to=401595 https://nowcomment.com/documents/41031?scroll_to=401595 Gary is careful with the money because when Gary was in a pickup with his brother there was this national trying to sell watches and rings. Gary was with Rick. There crew was there and a vending truck that drove up in lunch time with a loud horn. The driver opend the the doors to display his goods and the crew couldn't resist and they all ran to the truck. The crew was on the Cokes,the sandwiches and the cupcakes. Gary said "Why pay forty cents when you can get a Coke in town for half the price." He said "Why pay sixty-five cents when you can slap together your own sandwich." Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=397777 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=397777 Gary joined the wrestling team to test out his combative genes. Gary was in and ran miles,did push-ups and sit-ups until he was hurting. There was an overhead heater was turned on so Gary and the students would sweat and lose weight. By the end of the work out the room was puddled with sweat and it was impossible to see across the room. My thoughts on this paragraph is that Gary is getting stronger every time in the chapter. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=396456 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=396456 Gary was sent to the principals office when Mrs.Sloan was reading the book Pinocchio to the whole class. The speaker crackled,buzzed,breathed hard and it said "Please sent Gary Soto to the principals office immediately." He raised his head and look around as everyone looked back at Gary. He left the room and Gary said "What did I do wrong." He went to the office and the Surfers mom was there . The Surfer cried out and said "That is him. He's the leader." The mother of the surfer said "My son has a heart condition and he can die any moment." Mr. Buckalew said "Is any of it true." Gary lied with an eye of innocence. If I was Gary I would have told the truth to Mr. Buckalew and I would have felt bad for the Surfer who had transferred. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=395805 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=395805 Gary did mean things to the Surfers. Gary taunted them. Gary told the Surfers to "Eat your tacos and throw up." He went down on one another and Gary was in fifth grade throwing sixth grade punches at the Surfers. He punched the Surfers with is gang and won. The Surfers ran away while Gary's gang went to the jungle gym. If I was a student and Gary and his gang did this to me it would be kind of scared. I would be scared because he and his gang made the Surfers run away with the fight they had. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=395778 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=395778 Gary was a gang leader in the fifth grade. Gary and his gang who had beat up the Surfers. The Surfers were a gang that Rick was in. Rick was Gary's brother and Rick was with the Surfers. Gary didn't find it strange because his and Rick always had a fight. They would fight for Kool-Aid and a pencil. If I was in Gary's gang I would have told Gary to get along with the Surfers. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=394933 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=394933 Gary's teacher Miss Sue told the whole class if she should send Gary to the principal office. Miss Sue said "How many of you want Gary to go to the principal office?" The whole class raised there hands and his friends,girlfriend and his best friend. Gary ran to the principals office and he said "No one likes me! I feel bad for Gary because the kids in his class don't like him. If that was me I would have told the teacher that it wasn't my fault. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=393067 https://nowcomment.com/documents/40577?scroll_to=393067 It all started when Gary was coloring flames on his four sided house. A kid tried to take his crayon away from Gary. Gary shoved the kid away. He called him menso and he proceeded to color the house. The kid punched Gary on the back and it knocked out Gary's breath. Gary recovered quickly and he stabbed his forehead with a crayon leaving a red mark on his head and Gary was sent to the principles office. If that was me I would have told the teacher that the kid stole the crayon from me and I would go on with my day. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=379052 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=379052 The person that was sitting in the bench was not a good person because he saw his daughter fall off the swing and called Gary a filthy Mexican. Also he pushed Gary's friend Rosie on the ground making her sunflower seeds fall on the floor. I this was me I would not do anything to make him more angry than he already is. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=377762 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=377762 The kids did not listen to there grandmother and that led to there mom finding out what they did to the house.The kids burned the house on fire and threw tomato's at each other.There mom found out what were the doing in the house and got a fork.There mom got the fork and put it in the stove to heat up. She threaded Rick and said "are you going to play with fire again." I think there are not good kids and they need to be watched in there house every time. There mother is not teaching them to have good manners and she is not a good mother because she threaten Rick. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=374837 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=374837 The kids have a hard time listening and they get them self's in trouble. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=369616 https://nowcomment.com/documents/38132?scroll_to=369616 The first paragraph of "Begin Mean" is about the way the kids are living and what do they do in their everyday lives. Also it shows the places in Gary Soto's neighborhood. I think Braly Street is a bad place to live in because the kids don't have a care in the world and with that it is going to lead to consequences Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:20:00 -0500