What are some of the differences between Marguerite's school
, Lafayette County Training
School, and Central High School, the white school in
the same town? How does Marguerite feel about these
differences? In I know why the caged bird sings

The people in St. Louis indulged in gambling and drinking. Prostitutes plied their wares right out in the open and nobody cared. The community was not a community, people worried about themselves, neighbors were just neighbors

As for the schools, Maya says that Stamps celebrated eighth grade graduation, and the students were taught (in an underhanded way) that to make something of themselves they'd need to excel in athletics not academics. Note, that it is insinuated they have no futures. Thus, we can see why eighth grade graduation was such an accomplishment.

None-the-less, Maya and Bailey find that most of the students in their new school (St. Louis) are ignorant, and that they are years ahead of their classmates in learning and behavior. The school and the teachers are very different; the teachers are distant, formal people, unlike the teachers in Stamps, who usually live with local families, and whose every move is watched.

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)