Lessons Learned
In “The Lesson,” by Toni Cade Bambara, Miss Moore takes several children from a lower class neighborhood to F.A.O. Schwartz, an upper class toy store. For today’s lesson, Miss Moore, who has a college education, intends to teach the children about the different social and economic classes. The children soon understand that these toys are far beyond their means or their parents’, and that someone would have to be rich in order to afford one of these toys. After the children leave the store, we can see how they are affected by the lesson. Was Miss Moore’s lesson helpful or hurtful to the children? Perhaps the lesson would be better learned at a later date, because the children are too young to grasp all the aspects of the lesson presented. How will this lesson affect the children’s outlook? The children seem to correlate rich with white. For example, when Miss Moore asked what the children thought of the store, Rosie Giraffe responds, “White folks crazy.” Will the children now resent white people? If this i
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Miss Moore, According Sylvia, Rosie Giraffe, Miss Moores, FAO Schwartz, miss moore, children lesson, social economic, dont necessarily, lesson affect childrens, lesson miss, lesson learned, white folks, lesson affect, affect childrens, outside world,
Approximate Word count = 692
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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