If You Don’t Want Them To Know Something, Put In A Book, They’ll Never Read It! :: Personal Narrative Writing

If You Dont Want Them To Know Something, Put In A Book, Theyll Never Read ItIf you dont want them to live on something, put it in a book, theyll never read it. This was a utter that was widely during and after desegregation of the schools, and as I know is hushed being used today, to display the ignorance and lack of knowledge of African-Americans. The sad point is that it is true. If it doesnt come across the television or radio, then nearly battalion dont know what is going on. Most people that I know watches television rather than go to school. As an African-American, it was actually important for me to learn to read, write, and obtain a quality education. Its fearful to see the carelessness that many people take toward getting a good education. Many of my ancestors lost their lives for just wanting to read and write, notwithstanding now that African-Americans have the hazard to do these things, hardly any whizz takes advantage of it. For me, as an African-American, edu cation is extremely important because many affluent people worry Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McCloud Bethune, and Linda Brown, fought tooth and nail and lost much of their blood, sweat, and tears to guarantee that we were properly educated. Over the years I have adopted a slogan, If its free, its for me. Although public education is free today, someone no doubt lost his or her life for me to sit in a classroom to learn. I try to take advantage of every opportunity I get to read and write because I can never learn too much. I was raised in the north difference of Hartford, Connecticut. I wouldnt say that the city was impoverished, but it was far from perfect. It was alike to most northern big cities, rampant with drugs, violence, and crime. In just one week there could have been anywhere from 10-15 burglaries, which probably accounted for the degree to which owners were protecting(prenominal) of their businesses. When I passed most stores at night or after their determinat ion times, I saw that they were guarded with security doors and steel bars on the windows. But for as long as I can remember, Ive never seen any bars or security doors protecting the libraries, which goes to quiz the point that If you dont want them to know something, put it in a book, theyll never read it.