Lorde's Essay

Lorde describes the teachers that she had in chronological order up to first grade. It was mainly centered on her reading and writing. She was raised by her mother who was very strict and this stayed with her throughout the story. When Mrs. Baker first read to her in the library she was very happy and her mother wanted to do everything that she could to help her learn how to read. Her mother taught her how to do basic reading and writing and skipped some kindergarten lessons like using a crayon and music paper. Her mother told her what the right ways were and what the wrong ways were. When Lorde went to kindergarten her teacher was a bitch. The teacher couldn't stand having a student that was smarter than everyone else and didn't like it when Lorde refused write the wrong way. Luckily Lorde's mother got her into first grade. This teacher was strict like her mother and kept moving Lorde back and forth between the good kids and the bad kids. The main reason she was moved back and forth was because she couldn't read numbers. Also once the teacher assumed that she cheated on an assignment because it was too good. Basically the school teachers underestimated the students and punished them for being too smart.