... keep up with classmates. Seeing that Richard hardly participated in class discussion, if at all, he was labeled a shy child. Eventually, his teachers grew concerned as he really struggled with reading. They decided to stop by the house to speak with his parents. They voiced their concerns and offered that if the family practiced their English-speaking at home, the children ... almost being held back in the first grade due to his lack of ability to read at the same level as his classmates. However, his extra work on his reading over the summer (as was the bargain allowing him to be passe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... reason he really didn't want his son to have to do the same work that he had done. He talked about one laboring job in particular that he acquired one summer. It was the type of job his parents had specifically warned him about. This book is good in helping non-minorities understand what minorities do go through, and it helped ... of his life outside with a shovel and working hard for not very much money like his father used to do. After he graduated from Stanford a friend told him about this summer construction job he knew was available. The friend had known Richard was looking for emp...

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• Grade Level: High School