Personal Narrative: Educating Esme

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Jameela Zyyon Educating Esme Mr. Shaffer 4/13/15 Educating Esme ““I’m so sorry. It’s just that you called me so late. I knew you wouldn’t call me so late if it wasn’t terribly important. So I thought I had better call you back.” Last night I had a phone-free evening.” (Codell, p. 13).What could have happened in this scenario is that Esme could have simply asked Mr. Turner to stop calling her in the middle of the night whenever he called. Esme could have also threatened him by saying she would not answer the phone or call the police and charge him with harassment charges. The turning point in this scenario is when she calls Mr. Turner at three o'clock in the morning. If I was in Esme’s position I would probably done the same thing,…show more content…
I’ll have you down for defiance!” His eyes were all big and flashy. (Codell, p.107-108). The events that could have happened is that Esme could have walked out of Mr. Turner’s office and she could have been written up for defiance. He just wanted her to comply with him by telling the students to stop calling her Madame Esme and tell them to call her Ms. Esme. This occurred because she did not want to listen to Mr. Turner talking any more. If I was in Esme’s position I would not be able to sit and listen to Mr. Turner as he disrespected me. I would be able to defend my position about what Mr. Turner was saying is that I would say that I need to do something in my classroom right at that moment and if I did not I would forget and it would not be great for the students the next…show more content…
They’re black.” I blinked. “So, I shouldn’t expect them to learn?” “It’s just the way black people are. The black child is different. They deal with so much. Drugs, gangs ...” “..... But I couldn’t believe that he, a black man, was saying it.” (Codell, p.150-151). This is similar to racism because he is basically saying that black children cannot learn and that their learning ways are so much different than ways of persay white children. If I were in Esme’s position I would be shocked because most black people talk good about their people and not put them down. I would have handled it the same way that Esme handled the situation by saying that all children can learn no matter what race they

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