If you want to get anything in life you must work hard.

             Bambara"s short story "The Lesson," the single unifying fact is exploring life.

             outside of your own realm of knowledge is the key to success. This is proved to.

             be true when Miss Moore took the children to see a way of life they have never to.

             known to exist.

             Miss Moore taught the group of children the basic principles and values of.

             life each day, as well as the other characteristics of an education. Today, there.

             was Slyvia, Flyboy, Fat Butt, Junebug, Q.T., Sugar, Jr., Rosie Giraffe, and.

             Mercedes. Miss Moore asked the children if they knew what money was. She.

             explained how to earn money, as well as how they should always save it. When.

             Miss Moore gave Slyvia a five dollar bill to pay for the cab ride, the children were.

             faced with one of their first real-life examples of money interaction. Slyvia was.

             bothered with a strong intention to ditch the cab at a stop, and then go blow the.

             money on junk food. When the children reach their destination, they taste the first.

             display of how exploring life outside your own realm of knowledge is the key to.

             success.

             The children are in down town New York when they get outside of the cabs. .

             The children are surrounded by people wearing suits, fur coats, and stockings. .

             The children were not used to seeing so many people all dressed up, especially for.

             everyday life. Miss Moore then walks the children to a store and stops in front of.

             the windows. The first thing the children see is a microscope. A microscope scope.

             closely analyzes things for a view that is invisible to the naked eye. The.

             microscope symbolized how the children were looking into their own lives, then.

             comparing it to the lives of those around them. The next thing the children see is a.

             crystal paper weight that has semi-precious stones in it. When the children.

             discovered the use of a paperweight, they were amazed that something with such a.

             little purpose could cost so much.