Keep an Open Mind About SheryHigh
                                                                                                                                        
Prejudice – Opinions formed without taking time and care to judge fairly.
 
Prejudice is everywhere,
In every country, state, and town.
Prejudice is always around.
 
A feeling coming from mindless fools,
Prejudice is even in our schools.
So if you have a minute sit, and
I¡¯ll explain it to you.
 
You see I go to Shery High,
And we¡¯re all good girls and guys.
But just cause we go to a continuation school,
The prejudice states that we barely even try.
We¡¯re a group of individuals
Who are all considered criminals,
Or anything of the sort,
And they give us all bad reports.
 
But in reality, we¡¯re great hardworking kids.
We¡¯re all different races, from different places
With different styles, and different faces.
To me it¡¯s amazing here prejudice is fading.
Now we all get along. The unity is strong!
 
When we came, love ones didn¡¯t want us to come
But we¡¯ve changed. I bet you thought we were dumb.
Here I¡¯ve earned the best grades ever
You thought I¡¯d change for the bad,
But I¡¯ve changed for the better.
 
More clever and open minded is how I feel now,
Graduating early too man it makes me feel proud.
I won¡¯t let your prejudice get me down
Two years at Shery High has turned my life around.
 
A vision of unity to me,
Would be to destroy prejudice entirely
Because then, only then
Could we all be free.
 
Travis Houston
Shery High former student