Sherman Alexie Quotes About School

Quotes about: School

• In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'

  Sherman Alexie

  Dad, Anger, Heart

• My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world.

  Sherman Alexie

  Book, School, Parent

  "Looking Deeper: The Absolutely True Story of a Part - Time Indian". Book by Sherman Alexie, scholar.lib.vt.edu. 2007.

• You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.

  Sherman Alexie

  Good Life, School, White

  "Now" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. October 4, 2002.

• Every Indian kid has access to MySpace and Facebook. But that doesn't mean they have access to books and great teachers. This idea about bringing digital tech into schools is great, but once again I'll say that this is not how people actually learn.

  Sherman Alexie

  Teacher, Book, School

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