a.
Images: The first paragraph gives several images
of undesired child behavior.
b.
Poignant quotes: “and established public
education in America as the method we use to manage large populations of our
own people who frighten us.” – suddenly relating to separated ideas.
“universal, tax supported, free, compulsory, bureaucratic, racist, and
class-biased,” describing the school systems.
c.
Voice: Authority position (having worked as a
teacher). Compassionate voice. She wants to help; she wants to figure this out.
Critical voice. She has an opinion and wants to prove it.
d.
Techniques: Juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated
ideas (fear of children with fear of African Americans, creation of school
system with controlling the African American population, “universal” and
“bureaucratic”). Examples of children’s writing to show harsh themes of their
world. Personal anecdote and personal interpretation of what it means.
e.
Structure: Somewhere between 8 and 10 sections.
Each section mixes the personal and historical (unlike other works by her that
switch sections as she switches from historical to personal).
f.
Is the reference at the end to 911? Does she
mean her role as a teacher in the end was to keep kids there? I feel like that
cuts it short.
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