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Shame

Reason 2 School discrimination caused by teachers. Gregory tried to find different ways to succeed at school.

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“The teacher thought I was stupid. “The teacher thought I was a "I stood up and raised my hand. "What is
Couldn't spell, couldn't read, and couldn’t troublemaker. All she saw from the it now?" "You forgot me?" She turned
do arithmetic. Just stupid. Teachers were front of the room was a little black boy toward the blackboard. "I don't have time
never interested in finding out that you who squirmed in his idiot's seat and to be playing with you, Richard."
couldn't concentrate because you were so made noises and poked the kids around "My daddy said he'd..." "Sit down,
hungry, because you hadn't had any him. I guess she couldn't see a kid who Richard, you're disturbing the class." "My
breakfast. All you could think about was made noises because he wanted daddy said he'd give...fifteen dollars." She
noontime; would it ever come? Maybe someone to know he was there.” turned around and looked mad. "We are
you could sneak into the cloakroom and (Gregory) collecting this money for you and your
steal a bite of some kid's lunch out of a kind, Richard Gregory. If your daddy can
coat pocket.” (Gregory) give fifteen dollars you have no business
being on relief."
"I got it right now, I got it right now, my
Daddy gave it to me to turn in today, my
daddy said." "And furthermore," she said,
looking right at me, her nostrils get big 2
and her lips getting thin and her eyes
opening wide, "We know you don't have a
daddy." Helene Tucker turned around, her
eyes full of tears. She felt sorry for me.
Then I couldn't see her too well because I
was crying, too.” (Gregory)

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The teacher thought that Gregory was Gregory just wanted to catch his The teacher mistreated Gregory because
a really stupid guy, because he was not teacher’s attention in order to be his lack of attention. She thought he was
like the other guys. He was dumb, a taken into account as the other stupid and she wanted him to be quiet and
hardheaded, in few words. But she students. As I have said before, polite in class. In order to make him feel
never realized that he probably could people tend to criticize others ashamed, she remembers him he has no
father. That’s a real thing that really
have problems that couldn’t allow him without knowing what’s going on happens when someone that hates you
to concentrate in his studies. People their lives. A good teacher should be tries to make you feel miserable.
tend to criticize others without a perfect mate for his/her student,
knowing what’s going on their lives. A because a teacher spends most of the
good teacher should be a perfect mate time with his students and
for his/her student, because a teacher understand every single problem his/
spends most of the time with his her student could have. We students
students. trust in teachers.

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