I understood the pain and hardship this black lady must have gone through. But more than that, her concept of education astonished me. It is this willingness to suffer, the ambition to learn and desire to improve and grow, facinates me.
"Education is an investment in itself," she says. "It doesn't matter how your teacher feels about you. You're responsible for investing in yourself. And that investment in yourself will make you available for opportunities in the future."