Rap+Songs+about+short+stories

Former JIS student Young-Jin Chang (class of 2005) who finished studying economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009 and is now 2nd Lieutenant in the Republic of Korea Air Force, was kind enough to record the rap songs written by English 9 students. Young-Jin was my student in 10th grade and loved rapping even then. He continued his rapping hobby throughout college.
 * RAP texts written by English 9 2011 students based on short stories**

by Claire Mulder, based on Isaac Asimov’s story “The Fun They Had”
 * The fun they had **

One day Tommy found a book And Margie wanted to take a quick look They turned the pages, yellow and crinkly And they noticed that it was a bit stinky

The yellow pages described an old school That Margie thought was strange but pretty cool She hated school, with all the tests And the robot teacher was a really big pest

Then they compared a robot with a man My dad’s smarter than a robot, Tommy began “Margie! Time for school!” Margie’s mother exclaimed Margie headed for the door with a lot of pain

When the robot asked her to turn in her homework She slipped it in the slot and started doing her school work But the book stayed in her mind and it made her pretty sad Thinking about all the fun they had.

Listen to the rap, performed by Y.J.

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by Carlee Peterson, based on Isaac Asimov’s story “The Fun They Had”
 * Future is change, **

Why read paper books? They go to waste You throw them away A television holds millions of books

Why go to school? Have school come to you No man, just a robot No other kids, just you Fits your every need

Kids must have liked school back then And now it’s torture I don’t like school

Listen to the rap, performed by Y.J.

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by Shreyas Patil, based on Isaac Asimov’s story “The Fun They Had”
 * For the fun they had I pine **

I read a book the other day It had a story to convey Just one story, not fifty nine Unlike the books of today’s kind Back when kids learnt from a school Not at home from a mechanical tool Back when kids learned the same thing Not things matched to how they think Back when teachers taught with poise Not with a mechanical voice I always thought that this was best But now I’m starting to detest Things should have improved over time But now, for the fun they had I pine

Listen to the rap, performed by Y.J.

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by Jee Ooung Hong, based on Isaac Asimov’s story “The Fun They Had”
 * Turn the pages, go outrageous **

it was centuries ago and time was moving slow no robot teachers in our homes teaching with no tone we didnʼt stay in one building everyday we went to school right away and had friends everyday

every kid went to school together in any kind of weather we walked to school following the rule we learned the same things until the school bell rings

men were our teachers not mechanical creatures they gave home work to read no matter how much we plead and the screen didnʼt move we had nothing to prove we turn the pages and go outrageous

Listen to the rap, performed by Y.J.

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by Seung Wook Chung, based on Susie Kretschmer ’s story “And summer is gone” Every parts in my body froze When you said that three words the words drowning me, in serious dose
 * Rap by Wookie **

It was a true nightmare, trying to trash all my doubts. you made my world crumble into dull nothingness

Mind being dumb like the blue screen on my PC All those times being together playing and talking Those moments being shattered in 3,2,1 boom!!! Bringing all the flashbacks, rewinding and playing

Remember all the times we spent in that swamp? When we sat down drawing mayans and stuff. All the fun we had, surely not in the dump, but just our secret playground, courtesy of us.

But as you change your looks, your mind shifts as well It applies to you, amy, you began avoiding me I acted I didn’t care, But in fact I was in hell. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">Then we started to go separate paths

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">At first I thought I was being immature <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">and you were the one who had grown up first <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">But as our lives move away from our overture <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">I knew something was completely wrong.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">Every parts in my body froze <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">When you said the words “I Know Right?” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: 'Droid Sans',arial,sans-serif;">the words killing me, one by one

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