My pact to myself

Dear Milton,
I pledge to live my life to the fulliest.
I will always keep my head up and reach for the stars.
I will be honest to those who help me along my journey in life.
I will always have a positive outlook on difficult situations.
I promise to give my all in every single situation, the sky's the limit.
I know I will succeed because I have God on my side and I have people in my life to guide me along the way such as my teachers, family, and friends that care.
My plans for achieving my goal is promising that I will finish school, get a degree, and start a family.

Promotion of the books

We Beat The Streets: How a Friendship Pact Lead to Success
Growing up on the streets of Newark it is hard not to fall into the game of the streets, but one presentation changed their lives and caused them to make a pact.

The Bond
The three doctors make a new bond to build a new relationship with their fathers that they barely recognize. Explores the hard lesson of what it is like growing up without a father, this book gives ways to work on fatherless families across the country.

The Pact
Three men made a pact to all become doctors and stick out together until the end. This book is about the power of a friendship and beating the odds of growing up in the hood.

A Recommendation

The Pact written by Doctors Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, and George Jenkins. My recommendation is for all young men to read this book because, it's a good book that shows the struggle of growing up in a rough neighborhood with no role models, but still that your friends and yourself can be all the role model you need to make difference in your life. This book should be read by male or females who feel they can't accomplish their dreams in life, because this book shows you that with hard work and dedication anything is possible.

My reflection

The Pact was a good novel about three young men making a promise and fulfilling a dream to become doctors. They were three young men that had rough life's and grew up in a rough neighborhood with few good role models. The kids in the neighborhood remind me of kids in my neighborhood they didn't ever see a future for themselves, and I wish we had strong men such as Sam, Rameck, and George to influence others our age when we were growing up. And I think that it's good that three young guys their age came together to make a promise that they would accomplish something with their lives, and be better then the guys in the neighborhood they grew up in.

Chapter 14

George moved back home after graduating from Seton Hall to attend Dental School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The money the boys were promised before school they never received so they had to come up with thousands of dollars on their own. Being back in his old neighborhood was distracting for George. People in the neighborhood offered to help George anyway they could even though they didn't have much. So he felt like he was going to school for his entire neighborhood to keep them proud.

Chapter 13

Sam and Rameck were accepted to AccessMed at Rutgers University, which helped minorty students get into Medical School. They had to leave George behind because they had to transfer for the program their senior year. Sam ended up falling in love while on Livingston campus, but the love didn't last to long, they broke up his second year in medical school. Sam noticed that he had made a mistake breaking up with her but by the time he realized he wanted her back she was four months pregnant by another guy. While Sam and Rameck were at Rutgers they threw many parties all of which George attended accept for on that they did not throw, where Sam and Rameck got into a fight with some other guys. Sam realized his senior year in his undergrad that he couldnt hang out like he used too and he wasn't even sure if he wanted to be a doctor. All of the boys were struggling financially and worked whenver they could to pay for tuition and other fees. But on top of this stress Sam's sister became sick with AIDS which caused much more stress on him. But both Sam and Rameck made it through the program and were accepted into medical school at Robert Wood Johnson.

Chapter 12

      In this chapter Rameck thought he was too cool to have a girl break his heart. During college he met Kay and they started dating. When any of the guys had girlfriends they became little sisters to the guys, so that meant they were off limits to date later on. Rameck had a goal of having a real family unlike his broken family he grew up in. But Kay ended up breaking his heart, she had another boyfriend at her school. Rameck and Kay got back together but Rameck could not trust her, she did everything she could to get his trust back but nothing worked so she finally broke up with him. Rameck was so lovesick over Kay that he decided he would not go to medical school and would just teach so that he would have time to be with Kay. But Kay did not want him back so he just began to plan for medical school again.

Chapter 11

       In this chapter George and Rameck rapped aganist other people then eachother. They started a rap group called A.R.T another rough tribe. They bacame seriouse about their rapping and ended uo getting some studio time. They sent their tapes to many record companies but had never had any responses. George agve a copy of their CD to Faith Evans who was married to BIGGIE at the time, George would spend the weekend with them as much as he could. Rameck was the only one who was really serious about becoming a rapper, but George had to be honest with him that rapping would not be a life long career. Rameck agreed that George was right, so their rap careers came to a end.

Chapter 9 of The Pact

There earth angel was Carla is said she didn't want to lose them all. She became there angel, guiding, protecting, and pushing them. She kept them all close in college two in the same room and the other across the hall. Basically Carla helped then through school because they had very strong minds.

Chapter 8 of The Pact

Rameck and the boys are off to summer camp to a program. He was glad he didn't have to move place to place and be stable for once in a life time. They all studied together and when one made a A the other one wanted to make one to.

The Pact Intro/ Video

Family Influence

They was each other influence through life. George stated, "friends have more influence on one another's life's than almost anyone else does". They all had families at home but what they saw in the streets is all they thought there was to life.

Role Model

There role models was each other. George pushed them to all go to college together. All of them wanted to go but they figured it wasn't a option for them.

My Role Models and Influence

 Well I have a few role models actually one of them are my uncle Robert Ed he has been a role model to me since birth. Even though he cant really read he guided me to be a strong person. He always told me never to let anybody tell me I cant accomplish nothing in life, he said if I put my mind to it I can do it. Also there was my grandpa my uncle dad he showed me how to work on the farm and work on cars. To me them thing will always give me something to do and they both are ways to make money.
 A person that Influence me was my girlfriend we been dating for five years. She influenced me to go to school and make something of my life. She seen that nobody in my family had gone to college so she wanted me to be different and go take a few classes to see how I liked it. Well I am in college and it isn't so bad after all.

Summary and Response

 Sam and George had been friend since seventh grade and went to university high school together which is a school for talented young adults. In there junior year is when they became friends with Rameck it was clear that like George that Sam and Remeck wanted to do something with there life even though they didn't no what yet.The boys decided to attend the presentation from Seton hall university then George was attracted to the idea that saint hall provided training for minority student to enter medicine.George figured that this is what they all needed to do. And this is when the Pact begin.

 When growing up Rameck had no example to flow how a man should be.So he just followed his friend to be cool.Until he ended up in jail and his friends wanted him to take the fall, At this point is when Rameck realized these want the friends for him.They all applied to Seton Hall and all got accepted. 

 They all had came together now so I think that they will be alright and make it since there are no distraction. All of them have hope and they accomplish something besides being on the streets. And it is amazing how there so young and come together and make promise they all have to keep. And start there little click the Pact.

 

Personal response to the reading of The Pact

To me they all had there own problems all the times. And since they was so young they had to deal with it. And i feel bad because young people tend to do want they see that happen in there childhood. And also the three boys had some good and some bad. They all still had dreams they wanted to accomplish but they was not sure they could do it.

Summary of the Pact Chapter 1-3

In chapter one George had big dreams he wanted to become a dentist. And in chapter two Sam was the one that had the bad friends and got in trouble all the time. And Sam got arrested for the first time at the age sixteen. In chapter three Rameck which had a mom that was a drug addict and lived with his grandma most of the time. And his grandma was the steadiest person in his life and he loved her. But even though his mom was a addict she always wanted Rameck to do good in school and she expected A's on his report card. And his father was in jail and he said he longed to be close to his father.

Definition of Success

Success: The achievement of something attempted.

Introduction and Purpose of the Pact

The Introduction and Purpose of The Pact is telling you how the three young men came together and made a promise with each other.