James McBride Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, "Come as you are."

  James McBride

  Friends, Children, School

  James McBride (2012). “The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother”, p.83, A&C Black

• ...since I was a little boy, she had always wanted me to go. She was always sending me off on a bus someplace, to elementary school, to camp, to relatives in Kentucky, to college. She pushed me away from her just as she'd pushed my elder siblings away when we lived in New York, literally shoving them out the front door when they left for college.

  James McBride

  New York, Sibling, School

  James McBride (2012). “The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother”, p.146, A&C Black

• I could have been, and may one day well be a high school English teacher, because I've been given so much I just feel like I have to give something back. The fact that some people consider my work to be good or strong, it's nice, but I know in my heart that if it's not coming - oftentimes it's probably not coming from the best place.

  James McBride

  Teacher, Strong, Nice

  Source: www.pbs.org

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