We thought it'd be a great idea to have the drama club perform a skit
To let the audience visualize what classrooms would be like today,
Had the civil rights movement not been a big hit.
After the skit, we decided that I should deliver a speech.
I thought I had a good idea about what I would say.
Until I sat down over winter break,
And realized I couldn't ask the audience "what if" all day.
Numerous times, I sat at the computer with a blank face.
It would be my first time writing and delivering a speech,
And I did not know what would be best to write about:
Life under segregation or Dr. King himself - but I knew I had to teach.
I asked my mother what life was like after the movement,
How everyone adjusted to such a drastic change.
Then she told me about the Apartheid in South Africa,
Where they were still segregated by race. I found it so strange.
I was relieved to finally find a topic to speak about for ten minutes.
Everyone should be aware of the recent practice of the Apartheid government,
How it is easily comparable to the segregated life in America during the mid-1900s.
I hope it was informative, and also somewhat interesting - that was my intent.
