Myers's+Adulthood

= Walter Dean Myers = Walter droped out of school at the age of 16.{1} At age 17 he joined the army. {1}.After he droped out he wanted to play basetball in collage and in the NBA {2}. He did have many jobs some good some bad and some he didnt even want to talk about.{1} When he was looking for a job he realized droping out of school wasn't such a good idea.{1} His teacher in high school told him to keep on writing even though he was going to drop out. He didn't know what they meant at the time but, when he was working on a construction job, he began to write every night in his journal. He wrote about the most the most difficult times in his teenage years.{2}

Walter's book's have won Coretta Scott King awards, Newbery Honors, The Margret A. Edwards award, the first Michael L. Printz Award, and the first Virginia Hamilton Literary Award. In the News Paper New York Times Myers said, " I try to create characters so compelling that kids will identify with them and with thier postitive decisions." Before that even happened he was a troubled young man. When he spoke he shuttered.( who would have thought that) His peers made fun of him. So he began to write poems and long speeches. His teachers called him bright and know it all kid. Before he knew it he was filling up notebooks but never thought of a writing career.{3}

When he was 15 he quite school then went back to quite again at the age of 16. When he went to the army they told him " the army isn't a place for a black person", but he still was in it for 3 years.{3} He ended up writing many books about his life. Walter Dean Myers thinks that is seems odd that he spends all of his time doing only what he loves, which is writing or thinking about writing.{2} Walter Dean Myers real name was Walter Milton Myers.{2} Walter Dean Myers had a Two-Time National Award Finalist.{2} Walter Dean Myers says that young writers would find inspiration in his book Bad Boy. These are some of the things that we would use to describe Walter Dean myers adulthood.{2}

References
 * 1) African American Literature
 * 2) Walter Dean Myers site
 * 3) [|Walter Dean Myers Book Report]