Black Boy Education Quotes Page 1
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| Quote #1 Yet when school let out that first day I ran joyously home with a brain burdened with racy and daring knowledge, but not a single idea from books. (1.1.266) |
Richard is learning a lot of things at school all right. Too bad they’re not exactly the kind of things tested on the SAT.
| Quote #2 I went to school, feeling that my life depended not so much upon learning as upon getting into another world of people. (1.5.3) |
Ding ding ding! Finally, Richard gets something right. He only makes it to 9th grade, so he can’t get too far on his formal education alone. He needs to find a different way to use his talents.
| Quote #3 Already my personality was lopsided; my knowledge of feeling was far greater than my knowledge of fact. Though I was not aware of it, the next four years were to be the only opportunity for formal study in my life. (1.5.4) |
Richard may not have much book smarts (yet), but he does have a lot of street smarts. Which kind of smarts does Black Boy end up thinking is more important?
