Sumner's parents played a huge role in the education of their son. They would work extra hours to be able to buy him textbooks and other reading materials needed for his education. In 1911, at the age of 15 Sumner enrolled at Lincoln University, where he sat and passed a written exam in order to be accepted because he did not have a high school diploma. In 1915, Sumner graduated from Lincoln University at the age of twenty. He formed many good friendships at Lincoln; two of the most important were his relationships with the president of Clark University G. Stanley Hall, and his relationship with James P. Porter who was the Dean of Clark University and a professor of psychology.
They wanted to come to America to raise a family and they knew the importance of a good education. They revealed the importance of a good education to me at a very young age. As I have previously stated i started learning how to read as soon as I started talking. When I asked my mom what age I was at the time I said my first word she said it was about nine months. And even before that my mother would read to me every night before I go to sleep.
The education was meant for the men. She did not attend school; however, she did receive her knowledge from eight tutors and her father that always strived to teach her new things. Bradstreet loved to read and through reading she gained knowledge to help her succeed in the world. Her father, Thomas Dudley was the steward of the Earl of Lincoln estate. This is where she had access to a wonderful library that was full of many authors that she became well known too.
Weikun Lu 09/16/2014 EAD II, Section 21 1.2 Professor Kalteissen Title Literacy transmits an ability to screen negative and positive while growing and it may help people change their life. Literacy always plays a key role in daily life from past to present. Sherman Alexie is the writer of “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”. Alexie was born to a US family on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington State and his family has[had] very poor living standard[s] but his father is[was] never miserly with books. In his essay he described[s] how he became a competitive student through reading books and gaining knowledge.
Franklin ended up as an apprentice to his half-brother, James who was a printer. He was supposed to work for him until he was twenty one years of age. Franklin liked his job, had access to better books and while learning the trade of his brother; Franklin worked and improved his writing as time progressed. Going to grammar school, and reading every article or book he could find led Franklin to his occupation. Franklin cannot even distinguish a day that he didn’t know how to read.
That is why he felt that his children should be proficient readers. Ever since his kids were born he felt the need to pass his intelligence onto Scout and Jem. He believed that if he taught his kids to be as intelligent as he was, they could grow up to be successful people. Once, when Scout had started the first grade, her teacher, Ms. Caroline, told Scout that she was not allowed to read. However, Atticus encouraged reading and prompted his daughter to read every night with him.
The book Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse is one of the best books I have read in school. When I began reading it I did not understand the title, but as I read more I began to understand. Nyle is a young who cannot accept losses. Except when the accident in Cookshire took place she had to learn how to let go. Nyle’s Grandma allowed two evacuees, a mother and her very sick son, to settle in her house until the boy got better.
This lead to Susan’s father to open up a school himself for his children. Mary Perkins, Susan’s teacher, was educated and held a position which only men held at the time. Perkins taught the children with poems and school books. At the age of fifteen, Susan ended up teaching at her fathers school in Philadelphia during the summer and taught till the age of thirty. Over time, Susan B. Anthony became one of the most important leaders who became active in standing up for temperance,
Alexie begins by creating a sympathetic tone by: stating how his family was poor and how his love for his father made him learn to read books. As Alexie progresses, he starts talking about when he first started to read. He was using a confident, rather cocky tone. He states how he was only three years when he picked up his first book. He explains how he taught himself by looking at pictures and dialogue, “I look at the narrative above the picture.
When I looked to my right, there was my daughter holding a Sesame Street book upside down trying her best to read it. She was trying so hard to be just like me. This was an example to me that as her father, I have the responsibility of setting a good example. When I became a father, I became my child’s provider. About a year before my daughter was born, I started working at a local plastics factory.