Kevin Pala

My home can be down in sunset, but I would also consider my old man as one of my intellectual home. I would also consider the soccer field as an intellectual home of mine. ‘Where I Learned To Read’ by Salvatore Scibona is about a high school student who would rather go to work for $3.25 then complete his homework, he would intentionally fail school. He would consider himself as a lost cause, until in high school he was given a brochure of a college that completely flipped his. whole view on school. ‘Superman and Me’ by Shermaine Alexie is about an Indian boy who lived in a reservation and actually taught himself how to read because he would see how his father would really enjoy reading. My intellectual home is to similar to Scibona’s in the sense that we chose work over school. But in my case I have just finished my first year of college in Ohio, and I got put on to this pool construction job and I was bringing in a decent amount money. After a while of working their I completely forgot about school. All I had in mind was going to sleep at 9:00pm and waking up at 5:20am to leave to work. I missed the date to register for my next semester and I didn’t stress it, I thought since I have this job why do I need to go to school. I also relate to Alexie’s intellectual home because at a young age my old man would take me to his games and he would be playing 2-3 games Saturday and Sunday, and I would be their little by little falling for the game. When I was old enough to actually be able to play I joined a team and kept branching out to different teams and playing at different places.