When I read the story, I do have a feeling what the reader what going through. At first, I thought she was talking about history. She was talking about her time at school. She was talking about school life, meeting her friends at the cafeteria and all the teachers she met through classes. The only teacher she talked was Miss Moore. She was the only black teacher in her school and she doesn’t have a first name. Also, she was wearing different clothes than most others don’t. Maybe, she might be different from other teachers. Secondly, I thought she was going through segregation. .I don’t want to go off topic but, I believe this is what she going through. In the second part, she was wondering to get some snacks for her students. But in real life, stealing is really wrong. At dismissal, the students were parting ways for their own future. This story might be related of how the author had experienced her life at school. Maybe I should renamed the story “Lesson: Toni Bambara’s True Story.” This story relates what the author had gone through at school along with her friends.
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Anna, unfortunately, you post does not answer the prompt given for this week.Please enter a new post that addresses the prompt so you can get credit for your ideas.
Hey Anna, I Completely agree with the thought that the exposition of this story may be routed in segregation times, due to the extreme wealth gap displayed in the story. As well as the language used in this essay. To us the verbiage may be considered derogatory but according to Toni Cade Bambara’s Use of African American Vernacular English in ‘The Lesson.’ – Document – Gale Literature Resource Center, this was quite common amongst African American individuals .