Schooled (Bluford Series) Blog 2

   Now that its the end of the book and Lionel finally decided to talk to his dad about his problem in school. As he said, "I messed up dad. I'm sorry. I just didn't want you to know. I'm the dumbest kid in class." This proves that Lionel wasn't doing to good in school he couldn't take it no more so he fell the need to drop out. His father was telling him that its ok you don't have to be ashamed anymore. Now that he has let out his fear of telling his dad that he wasn't doing good in school. He doesn't have to feel ashamed. sometimes thats all you need is someone to comfort you to make you feel good about yourself.

  The Genre of this book is Realistic fiction because the things that happen in the book are similar to the real world. In the book it says, " I never graduated from high school. Lionel turned so quick he hurt his rib cage. Dad said Yep its true. I got tired of people making fun of me and calling me slow." He said one day he just quit. This proves that all people make mistakes. That also proves that these things can happen in the real world. Even though I haven't gotten to high school yet I know that if something gets hard I'll keep trying until I make and effort of learning something. Because just because something gets hard doesn't mean you should just quite before actually trying.