Nat Hentoff: "Itu adalah ujian kompetitif [di Boston Latin School]. An...

"Itu adalah ujian kompetitif [di Boston Latin School]. Anak-anak miskin, Brahman, anak-anak kelas menengah. Para guru, begitu para guru dipanggil, tidak peduli - bagaimana perasaan kami, apa yang terjadi - seperti di rumah. Maksudku, ini bertentangan dengan gandum saat ini. Yang mereka pikirkan hanyalah: 'Kamu di sini. Anda membuat ujian. Anda bisa melakukan pekerjaan. Dan jika Anda tidak bisa, kami akan mengusir Anda. '"

--- Nat Hentoff

Versi Bahasa Inggris

It was a competitive examination [in Boston Latin School]. Poor kids, Brahmans, middle-class kids. The masters, as the teachers were called, didn't give a damn about - how we felt, what was - things like at home. I mean, this goes against the current grain. All they thought about was: `You're here. You made the exam. You can do the work. And if you can't, we'll throw you out.'