A Coed with a Will, Keeps it Real
Bonus: Ten Ways to Improve Your SAT Score
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I would put it back but take a little at a time when she
forgot about it. Jewelry was my parents’ thing. They owned E&G’s
Jewelry Shop for 15 years. School wasn’t my thing though. I used to get sent to
ISS In-School-Suspension like it wasn’t nothing for skipping
all the time. Man, I remember one day. I got caught skipping. There was this
one assistant principal Mrs. Casey. She used to always threaten to call home.
But I didn’t care, no one was ever there any-way. She even sent letters home,
but I would check the mail and rip them up. But there was this one time, she got in touch with my mom (okay maybe twice). Mrs.
Casey called me in her office to meet my mother. Boy was I shocked. My mom was
standing there with a serious frown. She explained to my mother that I had not
been attending class and then turned to look at me. “You are gonna have to go to ISS,” Mrs. Casey said. “I ain’t going to no ISS. I can’t sit
there all day like that. I can’t keep still and not talk for the whole day.
Plus, they give you peanut-butter and jelly for lunch,” I stated, with the head
and body movements going on as if I were on the dance floor shakin
my ass. “We’ll bring you a lunch,” said Mrs. Casey. “No I am not going there.”
“Look, just go for half a day.”
“No, I am not going there. Suspend me; I’d rather be home.”
Then I walked out of her office. My mother turned around and followed me. She
snatched me up and pinned me against the wall. A hall moni-tor
walked by and grabbed my mother. She said, “Ladies, ladies, ladies.” I took off.
Not thinking about what would hap-pen next. I turned
around and my mother was right behind me. “Oh shit,” I whispered to myself. I
put a pep to my step and started running like Flo-Jo in the Olympics. I could hear Mrs. Casey saying,
“Mrs. Diaz, Mrs. Diaz.” I ran outside and ducked under
the building. My mother came soon after and asked, “What are you doing?” My
response all out of breath and panting, “You are bug-ging.”
A police officer and Mrs. Casey came soon after. My mother calmed down. I ended
up being suspended, but I didn’t go home with my mom at that moment. Man that
turned into the joke of Kaliya. Of course, my mother
told her sisters and brothers, my dad and everybody else. I was so embarrassed.
Thank God, none of my friends saw my mom chasing me down the hall of the high
school. But Mrs. Casey did. I had to see her everyday for four more years. I
must say that she was very professional and never teased me a-bout it.
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About the Book
Kaliya Diaz lives and learns. Growing up in a small urban town, she comes to terms with life and what she wants...trouble, fun or success. Or can she have a little of it all? This story is about how this young girl goes from a nerd to a troubled teen in and out of trouble to a successful business woman is sure to make your head spin. Kaliya gets into high school and doesn’t know what to do with herself. She’s cutting class, hanging out late, smoking cigarettes and doing everything but the right thing. By senior year, Kaliya makes it out of high school with honors and goes off to college where she realizes that the world isn’t so nice, especially when you’re far away from home. What’s in store for Kaliya? Men, trouble, haters, school, work, you name it. How does she make it? What will she become? Open up and join the adventure of little Miss Diaz. A special treat to all of you that are going to college. At the end of the story, there is a commentary and 10 ways for one to improve his/her SAT score.
About the Author
Post secondary schooling offers one an opportunity of a lifetime filled with intellectual and social growth. Being in college has been one of the most rewarding experiences throughout her life span. As an enrolled student in a rigorous educational program at Manhattanville College, she was very engaged pursuing her academic career and had maintained a 3.7 grade point average. Currently, she is teaching tenth grade Global Studies II at White Plains High School in Westchester County New York.
She has obtained her Bachelor of Arts in December of 2000, and completed her Master of Arts in Teaching at Manhattanville through the dual degree (five-year) program in Aug. 2001. On the undergraduate level, she majored in sociology and minored in political science and on the graduate level; she has provisional certification in secondary education with a concentration in history. The former has enabled her to remain focus and apply herself to the utmost degree in the pursuit of her goals.
Moreover, as an educator she has the desire to teach young people. Perhaps later she will become involved in higher education. She plans to work in a university setting as a college advisor and professor. She has been a very busy individual. Her immediate plans involve teaching a SAT course to the Upward Bound students, consulting with students in the program at Western CT State University, teaching Global Studies II at White Plains High School and pursuing her doctorate in education.
Nonetheless, she has still found time to give back to the community. In November of 2001, she delivered a speech on the fundamentals of college and the keys to a successful college career to the Greater Danbury High School students at Career Day for Minorities at Western Connecticut State University. Giving back to the community in this way allows her to relate her own experiences both mistakes and successes to individuals attempting to better their futures. This day was very instrumental and rewarding for her and hopefully to the students that attended as well.