Requiem for a teacher.
She commanded the old weather-beaten school house beside the rock
which the Native Americans This is a list of Native Americans (first nations and descendents) Cherokee
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had set, A signal during ancient centuries.
She had seen fifty years of sunshines and I had seen only four. I was a
tiny replica of my mother Groomed for upward mobility upward mobility
n.
The state of being upwardly mobile.
upward mobility
Noun
movement from a lower to a higher economic and social status in a Southern
gentility. She was a silent revolutionary armed with the arsenal to
search and destroy subseivience. I needed her date for destiny And she
my budding proclivity pro·cliv·i·ty
n. pl. pro·cliv·i·ties
A natural propensity or inclination; predisposition. See Synonyms at predilection.
[Latin pr . She sensed in me rewards for labor and I in her a
"beacon light." We nurtured each other: I caressed her will
for prominence: She directed me to a path of knowledge; The gates of the
world opened to me:
I danced with elves Elves
A slang term for guests appearing on the PBS television show "Wall Street Week."
Notes:
These technical analysts attempt to predict the direction of the market in the coming months. and dined with poets;
I greeted scientists and met musicians on the
Native American Rock American Rock is a catch-all for rock music genres either originating in the United States or specific to the Americas. Most often they contain elements of rhythm and blues, though a blending of styles over the years has occurred.
Mrs. Turner now rests in her grave and I on the laurels of her
teachings. "Be the best," she said to me," and the world
will be your playground." I remember what she meant on the Native
American Rock.
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| | Title Annotation: | Section 3: Sayings, Sermons, Tall Tales, and Lies - Contemporary Black Poetry; poem |
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| Author: | Jeffers, Trellie L. |
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| Publication: | African American Review |
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| Date: | Mar 22, 1993 |
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| Words: | 173 |
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