Yeah, I spent my elementary school days in a black dominated school. I was so fucking bored to the point it made me crazy. I actually wonder if I'd have been different had I had the opportunity to be around people like me those ages. I didn't really have friends several of those years because there just was no one around me with similar enough interests, home life, etc. to even relate to. Especially the early years, when I was really in the hood. I don't really remember more than one or two of my peers from those years.
What bugged me the most was reading in the early years. I started Kindergarten already pretty confident reading, and by the time I'm in grades 2-4 there's still so many who struggled with the most simple things. No, I don't want to sit here taking turns reading aloud. "T-t-th-the dd-uh-dd-o-dog wall-kuh-lead dd-doo-n t-the r-r-r-r-oo-ad." Give me a break, I gotta listen to this for an hour just to blurt out 5 words in 3 seconds every few minutes it's my turn?
Yeah, I spent my elementary school days in a black dominated school. I was so fucking bored to the point it made me crazy. I actually wonder if I'd have been different had I had the opportunity to be around people like me those ages. I didn't really have friends several of those years because there just was no one around me with similar enough interests, home life, etc. to even relate to. Especially the early years, when I was really in the hood. I don't really remember more than one or two of my peers from those years.
What bugged me the most was reading in the early years. I started Kindergarten already pretty confident reading, and by the time I'm in grades 2-4 there's still so many who struggled with the most simple things. No, I don't want to sit here taking turns reading aloud. "T-t-th-the dd-uh-dd-o-dog wall-kuh-lead dd-doo-n t-the r-r-r-r-oo-ad." Give me a break, I gotta listen to this for an hour just to blurt out 5 words in 3 seconds every few minutes it's my turn?