I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
Langston HughesRead
One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.
Interpretation
Black children need representation in literature to foster pride in their identity.
Langston Hughes emphasizes the importance of representation in literature for Black children. He argues that having access to books that reflect their own experiences, culture, and history is essential for fostering a sense of pride and self-identity among Black youth, which can positively affect their self-esteem and development.
In practice
A teacher might use this quote to highlight the importance of diverse reading materials in the classroom.
I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss
The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.
Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.
Teaching that impacts is not head to head, but heart to heart.
My dad, who was a teacher, used to tell me that a teacher's goal should be for every one of their students to get an A. If that's your goal every day - to make every student or player learn - then it doesn't matter if you won last year or didn't win. When next year's team shows up, I try to help every player become as good as they can be.
Sure, it's simple, writing for kids... Just as simple as bringing them up.
My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.
Fifty years from now if an understanding of man's origins, his evolution, his history, his progress is not in the common place of the school books we shall not exist.
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