... Great faith poor, but so was the transport. So poor in fact, that there wasn't any. There was no school bus, so pupils had to walk miles, just to get to school. Along with this, the white school (Jefferson Davis Country school) bus purposely splashed the black students. Often staining and soaking their clothes. "Little man, chest-deep in water, scooped up ... a handful of mud, and in a uncontrollable rag, scrambled up to the road and ran after the retreating bus. As moronic calls of "Nigger! Nigger! Mud Eater" wafted from the open windows, Little man threw his mud ball, missed the wheel...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... essay "Mother Tongue" explains the treatment her mother received by saying "people in department stores, at banks and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her." (154) It seems as though it is easier to disrespect or ignore the language challenged ... word analogies, Amy was to choose a word from a given list. The word that she chose should have illustrated a relationship to the first given word. For example, "red is to stoplight, bus is to arrival, chill is to fever, yawn is to bo...

• Word Count: 762
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School