Brave Bird at Wounded Knee: A Story of Protest...

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alone after Her mom used to work just one shift a week but now she worked full time Three days a week Patsy looked after herself in the afternoons until Dad got home from the garage Her mom didn't get home until after dinner Patsy was proud that her parents trusted her And she knew they were saving the extra money to buy a house hopefully before the new baby came Still sometimes she missed her mom Arriving at school Patsy parked her bike and headed to class The first subject of the day was social studies She thumped her textbook down on her desk She didn't like social studies and current events day was the worst Once a week Miss Ashman assigned a student to bring a newspaper article to discuss Patsy's classmates usually brought whatever was on the front page That usually meant something about the Vietnam War or the Watergate scandal Patsy hoped she would never hear another word about either Maybe if their discussions accomplished something Patsy would feel different But her class just went round and round repeating the same things and getting nowhere 10