Audre Lorde's Essay

Audre Lorde illustrates what her teachers are like very vividly. She describes the librarian with kindness and admiration. Where as she describes the sister as mean and grumpy. she says "I don't know if she hated teaching or just small children" The Librarian was a great first teacher. she was kind and gentle in her approach. The kindergarten teacher she described as "grumpy and angry" She wanted the students to do exactly what she said and when Audre did more then she asked she made her feel ashamed and 'bad for doing something smart and showed that she know more. The 1st grade teacher did the same thing. By using the Fairies and the Brownies it defined the students as bad or good and made them feel bad about themselves. She had a great first experience in the librarian and if not for that first experience she would not have had the passion for learning that she developed if she didn't meet her and just went to the class first.