The Cultural Diversity Blog

What's good all?! This blog is basically a recent class assignment, that was given to me roughly a week ago. I thought that it was dope so I figured that I'd share it with you. Initially my professor gave the class some instructions, we we're told to write 1 sentence starting with "I am"; however, there were some restrictions to our sentence. I thought that I was "beating the system" and wrote "I am me.", my sentence did comply with all of her restrictions. The following class our professor read a poem with the same "I am" format, we were instructed to do the same, and here is what I wrote.......

I am origianlly from Hopkins, SC

I am going to tell you that's outside of Cola if you ask "Where that be?"

I am a son, brother, cousin, and nephew

I am also a God-Dad, friend, and associate to few

I am a former football player, now just a fan

I am a shoe lover, partial to the Jordan Brand

I am a student pursuing a degree

I am telling Dr. Carmen again that I am only me

I am a fan of music, I can't live without it

I am planning on doing my homework later, but I doubt it

I am a cool dude, take time to know me

I am not bragging, just doing what Carman told me

After that it seemed as my peers dug a little deeper for the "I am" assignment, so our professor allowed us to take the poems home a revise them. Here is my revision.....

I am admitting… after listening to my classmates submissions/ I am glad to have a chance to alter my “I Am” rendition/ I am many adjectives, and I be a lot of verbs/ I am brief in that description, just to save a few words/ I am still from 29061, or Hopkins, SC/ I am hoping you looked it up, so I don’t have to say “where it be”/ I am Jonathan, Big Jon, J all depends on where I know you from/ I am pretty nice in Madden, lemme know if you want some/ I am going to make a change in my career of choice/ I am going to be heard, I will share my voice/ I am a former football player, high school and BC/ I am a little salty that football ended prematurely/ I am large in stature, with a heart that is the same/ I am a “momma’s boy” that may never change/ I am not where I want to be, but I’m still paying dues/ I am aware that success is certain, I will not loose/ I am a Jordan fan, we should be just alike/ I am always wearing Jordan’s, sometimes, just a clean pair of Nik’s/ I am a fan of music, no restrictions on the type/ I am not a poet, but I do blog when I wanna write/ I am respectful, but I request it in return/ I am one of the coolest guys in the room, take time and learn/ I am a college dropout, that has a changed outlook on things/ I am now aware of that mistake and the stress that it brings/ I am a son, brother, “Amigo”, cousin, and a nephew/ I am a God-Dad, homie, friend and associate to few/ I am repeating that I am a cool dude, take time and you’ll see/ I am still telling Dr. Carman that I am still just me/ I am this I am that when push comes to shoveI am answer “e)” on your test, all the above

Basically, this assignment was to help us learn a little about or classmates and to show us, the future educators of America, that there will be people from all walks of life seated before us in our classrooms. Good job Dr. Carmen.