Class Discussion

  “The slave system...took the spirit of self-reliance and self-help out of the white people.”  “But there was no feeling of bitterness. In fact, there was pity among the slaves for our former owners.” (pg. 10) Chapter 1

  “This experience of a whole race beginning to go to school for the first time, presents one of the most interesting studies that has ever occurred in connection with the development of any race.”  “Every persecuted individual and race should get much consolation out of the great human law, which is universal and eternal, that merit, no matter under what skin found, is, in the long run, recognized and rewarded.”  “I have always felt proud that she refused to go into debt for that which she did not have the money to pay for.” (pg. 16) Chapter 2

  “The great and prevailing idea that seemed to take possession of every one was to prepare himself to lift up the people at his home.”  “Whenever it is written-and I know it will be-the part that the Yankee teachers played in the education of the Negroes immediately after the war will make one of the most thrilling parts of the history of this country.”  “The lessons that I learned in the home of Mrs. Ruffner were as valuable to me as any education I have ever gotten anywhere since.” (pg. 21) Chapter 3

  “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”  “From my early childhood I have had a desire to do something to make the world better, and then to be able to speak to the world about that thing.”  “Ever since then I have had no patience with any school for my race in the South which did not teach its students the dignity of labour...I not only learned that it was not a disgrace to labour, but learned to love labour, not alone for its financial value, but for labour’s own sake and for the independence and self-reliance which the ability to do something which the world wants done brings.” Chapter 4

  Are hard work and determination sooner or later rewarded? Is virtue ( behavior showing high moral standards ) its own reward? Journal: Virtue & Labor

  “I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes on weak.”  “I am learning more and more each year that all worry simply consumes, and to no purpose, just so much physical and mental strength that might otherwise be given to effective work.” Quotes

  Wait until I call your name to turn in your project.  If you do NOT have your project, do the following on a separate sheet of paper.  Write 3 sentences:  1 st Sentence: “I do not have _____________________ project today.  2 nd Sentence: Reason why you don’t have it.  3 rd Sentence: Consequences: “I understand that I will receive 10% off if I turn it in on Monday, Dec. 16 or ½ off any day after that. TURN IT IN