In “We Real Cool,” the speakers make choices that seem exciting, bold, and rebellious, even though those choices lead to consequences. Write about a moment in your own life when you followed what looked cool or fun, only to realize afterwards that it wasn’t the smart or responsible path. What influenced your decision, and how did your perspective change later?

 A time when I followed others to look cool was when I went to a party at a guy's house without his parents there. My parents had a rule that I was not allowed to go to a guy's house if his parents weren't home. However, one night, a friend was having some people over at his house, and his parents weren't there. In fact, they didn't even know he was having people over. They came home early and caught all of us, then proceeded to email all our parents to inform them of this situation. My dad got furious at me and decided to ground me for a week for disobeying them. Now that I look back, I realize that it was a stupid thing to do, especially since the party wasn't that fun. 

In class, we read a new poem and analyzed it.

I learned how to find a broader message from shorter lines in a poem. 

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