My Life as A Slave

Well I shall start with ma name which has been Siana Baker and I think im bout eighty seven years old. It was bout thirty years ago that I used to live with my master Mr.Smith when i wus a slave he would have never cared of how weak we was he would just whop us for any reason. I member once that I forgot to turn his room candles off he just called me in and said “you dirty black trash come here and put yo knees on that floor” I wus scared! I knew from other times that I couldn't look up because the whoop ping would have been worse. Mr. Smith would stop beatting on me when he would notice that I couldn’t get myself up no longer and that I was filled with blood all over. I had no right to go give a visit to no doctor so I had to work any ways right after I got myself cleaned up and he waited there till I was done changing and made me go back to work. Which was to cook, clean every place in the house, and pick food on the plantations. I had to work every single hour of the day and wus allowed to sleep one hour if Mr. Smith wus feeling in a good mood. I was always tired but I couldn’t do anything about it. All I had hope for was to wait for all of us slaves to be freed which there were rumors that it was gonna be soon. I was happy because from what my mother told me my older sister died because her master killed her but she never mentioned why. I wished that freedom would go on because i know nothing bout writing and i could have gone to school but it was too late.

I member that it was one of those white folks that gives announcements that said to the town that from that day on all the slaves should be freed I was crying for all that excitement I couldn’t believe it I left the plantation that instance. I went to live with my little sister which lived down town of Virginia which was were I meet my husband and had my wonderful three daughters.I want I want my grandchildren to read this letter so they can know what I went trough and how hard life was when I was a slave and mistreated. They have to know how lucky they are to live in a life so different than what I did. This way all ma grandchildren would learn not to give up on life because I didn’t so they shouldn’t either.

My Values compared to American Values

American Values

Q. Think about what you value the most and what America values the most. Do they match? why or why not? use what you know, what your classmates have said and what your family says.


A. The values that my family and I have are completely different from the values of America. I know that America values money and power. Those are things that I think are just to keep the countries name in its place. This is something that may be value to other people but not to all Americans. From what I believe money always comes and goes. The power that America wants is power that makes people go against each other all the time and this might be what is getting America in trouble.
What I value the most is education and religion this is what my parents showed me and what they think is valuable too. Education is my most valuable thing because I put effort into it and get knowledge out of it this is like a give and get thing. America puts little attention to education and I think that is what makes Americans not understand each other. My family has always said that money comes and goes but that education stays forever. I think America has different values because it makes sure to have the needs to reach Americans different values so they might be making sure that we keep what we have.
My classmates and I have similar values they all have to do with family traditions and culture that we like to keep in the family for ever. They are all different from American traditions because we worry about our tomorrow and our today. We all have same values but explain them in different ways and this made me feel stronger about how I feel about my strong and weak values. Most of us come from the same ethnic groups so this makes us combine our similar values but in different ways. The things that we value the least are depending on our economy and on what we respect in our family. We share similar values because we know how hard it is to get things in our lives and other rich Americans don’t so we our the ones that suffer the consequences. They don’t consider what the poor would struggle if they race the money on schools because we are the ones working for it not them.

A little bit about who i am and what i want to do.

1.Tell us something you have done that no one in this class has done.

One thing that I have done that I think no one in the class has is laying the wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldiers. This was something that was given to only four eight grade students
that were the top students. i was picked so i got to be in Washington D.C for a week and everything was paid for me. I got to know the honor to do this and lay a wreath on those soldiers that would never be known that gave their lives for their country.

2. Provide three adjectives for yourself

A. Open minded
B. Amusing
C.organized

3. Give us a brief history on your name
My name comes from my dad's sister which was the only person that supported my mother to have me. when my mother was pressured to get an abortion for me she just looked up and seen a calendar that had my name and she remembered my aunt and how much support she gave her so she decided to have me and name me after her.

My Fun Goals!!!

1. 
   
   Go to the movies with my best friend for her birthday!
   
2. 
   
   Go paint ball fighting with my family September 21,2008.


3. 
   
   Ride my bicycle at least twice a week.


4. 
   
   Go to Wisconsin for a weekend on October 2008.


5. 
   
   Be a maid of honor for my best friend in Michigan by Novemver 2008.


6. 
   
   Go visit my grandparents in my winter vacations.


7. 
   
   Show my niece how to walk by December 2008.


8. 
   
   Baptize my niece on January 2009.


9. 
   
   Learn how to play chess by January 2009.


10. 
    
    Learn how to type fast throughout the school year.


11. 
    
    Re-model my room by February 2009.


12. 
    
    Go to six flags for my birthday March 19,1992.


13. 
    
    Participate in the Memorial Day parade on May 2009.


14. 
    
    Buy a new phone June 2009.


15. 
    
    Don't go to summer school June 2009.