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What I Learned In The Story The Lesson By Toni Cade

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In the story “The Lesson”, the author Toni Cade paint a story of a group of children that learns a lesson when Miss Moore takes them to the Expensive toys store to teaches the children important life lesson . The children meet at the mailbox with Miss Moore to get ready to go down town to the F.AO Schwargs toy store. Miss Moore and the children took a taxi downtown when the taxi driver ask for the money. Silvia and Sugar had to figure out the tip that they need to give to the driver of the taxi for the trip. When the group arrive to the toy store, the first thing they see in the window is to item that one cost three-hundred dollars and the other one cost four-hundred eighty dollars. Miss Moore ask the children “How long’d take for Big Butt …show more content…

I want to have a life in which I have money available if anything bad happen. I won’t have to worries about it because I have the money to pay for it. I want to have a lot of money , that I can buy stuff when I want to treat myself I want to be able to feed myself and I don’t want to worries about if I will have something to eat. I don’t want to feel like that I will run out of money because so that my day will be happier. I want to find a wife someday that will make the happy person in the world. I want to have three kids, I want all three of my children to be all boys because I would be easier to raise boys. I wouldn’t minded having a girl when I have children too. I want to have a nice big house with big backyard and also a big front yard. I want to own three pets with my house because I love having pets in my house. I want three dog because I am a dog person, not a cat’s person. I want to be able to afforded a really nice car for my wife and I . I want to be able to send all my children to college and pay their way thought college so that my children will be college educated. I want to have money so that my family can take vacation at any time of the year that we want too. I want my children not to have to worry about if they will have eat that day. They will have so much food that they don’t have to worry about not eating. I want to have money so that I can give some back to …show more content…

I am going to have to go through four-year College to get my bachelor degree in early elementary education. Then I will go back to get my Master degree after I find a job at an elementary school. I will be shaping the young mines of generations to come. I will teach them skills that will help them get thought their whole elementary school career. I will be creating worksheet for them to work on during class and giving them homework when they go home. I will be giving them test to see if the student remembers the knowledge that they have learn that week. I will be giving the students group project so that they can learn to work together with other people in the class. I will be teaching the children important skills that they need to learn at their young age. I will be talking to the children parents about if their student need help, or they are doing well. I will be grading assignment and test that I will give them throughout the year. I will have deal with difference type of student attitude and learn how to work with them to have a good class room environment. As teacher I will be trying to make every day of their elementary school experience. I will be shaping future generation of children for year to come in my

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