SSR #3

I am still reading "Slam!" by Dean Myers. This book has effected me by changing the way i look at things in the story such as Slam himself, his family and friends, his life in the ghetto and his life at a rich smart white school. But most of this book as effected the way I look at basketball. The book has told me that basketball in the life of Slam is his life. Basketball is what keeps him out of trouble, its what makes him want to go to school and do his school work, its what makes him want to do good in school, its what makes him a want to get smarter, stronger, and better at everything, including basketball. But most of all I think if it wasn't because of basketball Slam wouldn't want to get up and start his day, he would be stuck in his old ghetto high school, "Carver" were there is a very low graduating percentage, and even a lower percentage of their students going to collage. He would be living on the "stump" like most of the kids in his neighbor hood. The stump is like living off everything sleep anywhere, they wake up and sell illegal drugs all day until they get caught and go to jail or join a gang or get shot. That is why this story has effected the way I look at basketball and Slams life.

Joe Kamenske Period 3