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In our America the book concludes that Lealan went away to college. Lealan is use to growing up in the ghetto on the south side of Chicago and by him going away to school its putting him in another neighborhood and so many different types of people. when he goes away to school it wont only be black kids and it wont be alot of gang violence and people running up shooting each other.Lealan will learn so many new cultures and be able to open his eyes to so much. i feel that even though he traveled to give speeches and accept awards living in a new environment is different then being their temporarily. I think because of that Lealan probably has a one track mind on things either he thinks its gonna be the same or people would judge him right off the back because of where he's from. i think that Lealan and Marjane have alot in common since they were both leaving out of there usual comfort zone to go to school and get a better education. they both were able to make a difference in their communities and take a risk of entering a whole new world. for me i had to leave my comfort zone and tell my mother the most deepest secret i was hiding from her. i was so afraid because I'm so used to being very secretive which is why i think I'm good at keep others secrets. the only father i knew at the time decided to touch me if you know what i mean i was so young and i tried to tell and he would always threaten to hurt my mother if i said something. my brother finally caught him one day and i lied and said that it was the first time that it happened. it took me months of my mother asking to finally tell her the truth one day on our way to church and i just broke down because i was finally able to be real with her and myself. i use to have weird nightmares that he would one day find me when he got out of jail playing in the NBA or something, and do it again. he messed up my life for a very long time. i was finally able to be delivered one day at a church retreat camp fire, i was able to talk about it to my mentor, mother, and counselor. he died three years later and i was so confused because i was happy inside but i cried

i even stopped playing basketball because i realized i had a better calling which was to be able to tell my story and write. i also read our america so we had the same conclusion. the journey i think i would be able to do is become a leader to young women while writing so many books, plays, and movies. i wish to one day open up a daycare and a home for teenage runaways and girls who just need to talk because i feel like i been through so much in just 18 years i can relate to so much. i just hope that i dont become a workaholic lol.