1. I think what Baldwin says in the quote is that once the person becomes morally aware of what is being taught in the school system, they must go against it. This is because a truly educated person would realize that society and school education is stuck on old values. I believe this is true and have noticed that the way school systems are set up is to go in favor of richer and more privileged. I have connected with this because I saw the schools in my neighborhood, which are majorly Black and Latino, get little funding for extracurricular activities to maintain them. Which is needed for college applications and college scholarships because they like to see a well-rounded student. Schools with predominately white students get funding for these extracurricular activities and intern looks better in college applications and scholarships. Giving more opportunity for white students to get picked first for big-name colleges and scholarships.

2. I think the experiences of other marginalized people or groups that resonated with Baldwin’s sentiment is like I mentioned above the black and Latino students who were set up to not be able to shine through to get scholarships and a better opportunity to a fancier college. So like he said if he was a teacher he would tell them not to fall into the stereotypes, these kids would need someone to tell them the importance of things that are not directly set for their benefit. These students might also learn this information on their own and then teach the ones younger on how to correct those mistakes, which in turn is an educated person going against the school system for the better.

3. One example of this is “Every street boy – and I was a street boy, so I know – looking at the society which has produced him, looking at the standards of that society which are not honored by anybody, looking at your churches and the government and the politicians, understand that this structure is operated for someone else’s benefit – not for his.” (Baldwin 2) Another example of this is “And if that was so there was no point in dealing with white people in terms of their own moral professions, for they were not going to honor them. What one did was to turn away, smiling all the time, and tell white people what they wanted to hear.” (Baldwin 3)

4. In my school most of the teachers knew about the disadvantages that we had and educated us on information that we wouldn’t get unless it was top out of the school system. They read our books for college that we didn’t have funding for but went out of their way to get it so that we can have the same knowledge as those Ivy League schools. They would put money out of their own pocket to help fund extracurricular activities so that we could have a hobby and have something good to write from college. Taught us about taxes and credit cards and how to buy a car because they knew these things were important but weren’t put in the school system.