Last week we did Ellis Island Day! We felt the same feelings young immigrants felt coming through Ellis Island, but I got sent to quarantined two times! I also got sent to the court. If you don't pass you get deported (Not really.) I thought it was ridiculous when I heard the person in front of me get quarantined for not knowing the right football team! I mean the Falcons and the Patriots did not even exist back then! I also never even explained the bus ride, so I got first class and most people got steerage, but there were so little first class people that we rode a small bus and it would take three of the buses we rode in to make a whole bus. 

   On the way there we listened to a teacher read the diary of someone and their boat trip to Ellis Island, but when the teachers weren't reading the bus was silent. In fact the teachers said that we could talk but still no one said a word. I was the first person to speak. I asked Tyler what his boat company was called, but I spoke in such a weak voice no one heard me.  So I asked again in a louder voice. Tyler heard me and said " S.S. Sinclair." When we arrived at "Ellis Island" we saw the "Statue Of Liberty" (Which was actually just Dr. Nary dressed in green.) When we went in to "Ellis Island" we were told to wait outside while they got ready. We waited for a long time. Then Mrs.Brake asked me if I could hold the door for other teachers. So I did. 
    
    There were five different stations. One tested your math. If you got so many wrong, you would get sent back. There was a snack station, but I didn't go there until I was done with three stations. The medical stations was the first station you went to. They checked you for lice and checked your mouth to check for smallpox. We also got these little tiny pencils and notebooks. At the end of our journey we sang We, The People.
                                                                                                                                      Your Friend,
                                                                                                                                                    Isaiah