Importance of Reading Habit

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My Struggle for an Education My One day the narrator (Booker T. Washington) overhead two miners talking about a great school for colored people in Virginia. This was the first time he had heard about a bigger school than his own in his town. He also heard that opportunities at this school could help one stand well in his life. He determined to go to this school at once in Hampton. Before it, Washington worked at a salary of 5$ per month in the household of General Lewis Ruffner. Here he learnt many thing. Mrs. Ruffner wanted everything done systematically. At the bottom she wanted absolute honesty and frankness. In the fall of 1872 Washington determined to go to Hampton. It was the only desire for him. He had a little money that he had earned. But it had been spent. Now he had very little money to buy clothes and for travel. The distance between Malden to Hampton was about 5 hundred miles. The narrator reached Richmond, Virginia by walked and begging rides in car etc. When he reached there he was tired, hungry and dirty. He had never been in a large city. Also he had no money to buy food. Now some questions…. 1) For where the narrator heard about the great school in Virginia. 2) Where the narrator worked earlier and what was his salary? 3) What was the only desire for the narrator? When he was dead tired he saw an elevated place under the broad sidewalk. He waited a few minutes and when was no one he crept under it. He lay for the night upon the ground. In the morning he found near a large ship. He went to the caption and asked for permission to unload the vessel. The caption permitted him. He had had the best breakfast that he had ever eaten. The caption was so pleased with his work that he permitted him sidewalk. He reached Hampton with a surplus of fifty cents to begin his education. Washington met the head teacher for

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