I decided I’d rather be held backwith people I liked than move ahead with people I didn’t know
It kind of resonates with the blood is thicker than water, he would like to stay by his family ad people he knew rather than uncharted waters with unknown people
Some of them would run away.
The kids looked at him like he was an exotic zoo animal becuase of his lighter skin.
more lenient treatment than the black kids.
influenced by society it sems
hit a white child,
you can tell this is a segregated race based time
I was a doctor and they were mypatients.
A ropleplay game :D a classic
a teacher was telling me things I didn't know about my sister.
showws how they were not close
Indian
Indian like Indian?? or Indian like the old word for Native Amercian
in peaceful silenc
sounds movie like
in you,"
the emphasis on "in you" makes it more sasd because it seems as if they trusted her so much for her to not live to it.
"We are so disappointed," my mother said
This hurts a lot because its their parents saying it.
"You want me to be something that I'm not!" I sobbed. " I'll never be the kind of daughter you want me tobe!"
It shows how many parents push for their child to have a better life with these ooporitunities that they never had, but in the end push a dream on their child that never was the child's dream in the first place.
He balanced pennies on top of my wrists so that I wouldkeep them still as I slowly played scales and arpeggios. He had me curve my hand around an apple andkeep that shame when playing chords. He marched stiffly to show me how to make each finger dance upand down, staccato, like an obedient little soldier.
This happened to with my old piano teacher, it was very harsh to be able to live up to expectations.
And the next day I played a game with myself, seeing if my mother would give upon me before eight bellows. After a while I usually counted only one bellow, maybe two at most. At lastshe was beginning to give up hope.
I used to do this when I played piano, I seemed out of it so they gave up on pushing me.
something inside me began to die.
It is very relatable to seem that you are not good enough when you disappoint a loved one.
We didn't immediately pick the right kind of prodigy.
It is like a trial and error of what works.
But mostly, I’ve tried to laugh this stuff off.
Many people laugh off hateful comments.
I was going to be a pediatrician.
i want to be a pediatrician too
Now you're dead and gone
thats a little dark