A senior this year. There was 8 of us dont live together. There is a 3 bedroom house. There was a lot of the economy head and everything. My parents, both, they both had lost their jobs. It was kind of hard for us to even like my life. Even though im still free and reduced lunch now and always have much my little brother house free and reduced lunch and there was my sophomore year and i was 15. I was on a journey with our kids. And coming back from there, i just started noticing that i was feeling different all the sudden like youre either believe or youre pregnant and i was like, i dont think im bullying big like i had all the time. Like, well ive watched a pregnancy test and i was like, i dont like that or. And so i go the pregnancy tests and they came out positive then just kind of the mom one told me what any other parent would say to their kid. Just going to be fine. Were going to get through this. No matter what happened. What am i going to do . How am i going to finish school .
I think one of the worst things as a kid is what you want to do. Its not what you want to do. Its why do you do the things you do . You could design a life that is focused on your watch being aware of work as a way of expression. People ask me what motivates me every day and i look, im just being me. I started my company because it was an expression of myself. I am just painting on a canvas, but i think if we can teach them that think of their work and their life as a place to express themselves and then dream what they see themselves becoming. Having that strategic mistake makes you think more long term rather than the short term what athletes are told to picture making the shot before they take the shot. And i think that the same thing is true for the rest of us. We have to picture what our goal is, is looking like and not just pick an arbitrary goal, but what do we want our life to look like . And then create a plan to get there. And we can help kids do better, but its in their own
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Welcome everyone to the brooklyn book festival. Tonight is the seventh day of an eightday festival where we have presented over 100 programs and almost 300 authors. It has been a tremendous week of literary celebration as were very grateful to have his of the wilkerson and Michael Eric Dyson with us tonight. I would like to say one thing, show the love by purchasing their books in the link below. They are authors with books after all and going to turn over now to both of them to continue the conversation. Thank you very much. Thank you very kindly. Im honored to be here today with a woman who is among the 304 greatest writers in america, arguably the finest writer in america today. I am going to make that argument. So it is an extraordinary honor to be with you, ms. Isabel wilkerson, and to have this opportunity to chat with you. Theyre calling it a a conversation but im just going to fan boy out and as as a sayn the hood, ask you some questions. And see if we can stimulate the convers
Loop are weak. If i do the right thing. Hello, my names wendy. Im 18 years old. I go to camp Rock High School and i am a senior this year. There was 8 of us dont live together. There is a 3 bedroom house. There was a lot of trouble. When the economy had and everything, my parents, both, they both had lost their jobs. It was kind of hard for us to even like have food in my life even now im still free and reduced lunch now and always have much my little brother house. And there was 5 of us my sophomore year, i was 15. I was on a journey with r. B. C. And coming back slowly nauseous from there is a started noticing that i was feeling different. All of the sudden sounds like youre either believing or youre pregnant. And i was like, i dont think im believing the like i need all the time is i like, well i watch a pregnancy test and i was like, what is its kind of like that or and so like theres a pregnancy test that came out positive, then just kind of frightening. So my mom told me what any