... better for Maya when she transferred to a white school. She was treated very well by her teacher. When she became fourteen she received a scholarship to the California Labor School to study drama and dance. After a terrifying encounter with her father's' girlfriend, Maya ran away from home and hung with the homeless people for a month. Maya becomes the first black conductorette after visiting ... ...
... returned to the faculty, and the responsibility for education was returned to the students. The guidelines were not based upon required classes and academic regulations, but rather on a program of study that each student custom built. The college operated on a gradeless system, but in later years grades were given for the sole purpose of transferring credits. Unlike other colleges at the ... the tension and conflicts between the college and local communities, there were those among the local residents who enjoyed what the college had to offer. They attended the many concerts, drama prod...
... begun to live. My escapades were the fumblings of my youth and to be forgiven as such" (Showalter 4). At the age of fourteen she received a two year scholarship to study dance and drama at the California Labor School. Afterward, she attended George Washington High School. It was then that she decided she wanted to be a street car conductor. She was determined to ... ...
