THE LEARNING TREE

I was fortunate enough and got in enough trouble, that my mother decided to send to me a private school for junior high. Best decision of my life, looking back; the learning tree taught me it was okay to think differently. Every student in that school was bright and not just gifted, but they each had a hunger for knowledge. The school was a multicultural school through predominately black, all but one student was black. 

We had a class dedicated to black history and we would read about different black senators, teachers, authors, doctors, inventors, activists etc. In that school we learned the rich history of the Black man in America. I also learned Spanish, French and American Sign Language; the kindergartners learned Arabic, we even sang the Black Nation Anthem at our assembles.

My most valued lesson learned at the learning tree, knowing the I am great because I choose to be; black history taught me that no matter the odds, I could make my dreams come true and I can make a better life for myself.