Kids are constantly comparing, especially teenagers, constantly comparing themselves with other people. And when you're ragged and you're physically, almost repulsive, as I was, with infected eyes and rotting teeth and so on, and clothes that were ragged, I had no self-esteem. How could I? Frank McCourt
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![[Another student, Ken, the son of Korean immigrants, enrages his ambitious father when he decides to go to Stanford, instead of Harvard or M.I.T. as his father had hoped.] He appeared at my classroom door a few days before Christmas and told me I had helped him get through the last year of high school, ... At one time he had a dream of going into a dark alleyway with his father and only one of them would come out. He'd be the one, of course, but out there in Stanford, he began to think about his father and what it was like coming from Korea, working day and night selling fruit and vegetables when he knew barely enough English to get through the day, hanging on, desperate for his children to get the education he never had in Korea, that you couldn't even dream of in Korea. - Frank McCourt Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBGcmFuayBNY0NvdXJ0ICAgIA==&num=2 "[Another student, Ken, the son of Korean immigrants, enrages his ambitious father when he decides to go to Stanford, instead of Harvard or M.I.T. as his father had hoped.] He appeared at my classroom door a few days before Christmas and told me I had helped him get through the last year of high school, ... At one time he had a dream of going into a dark alleyway with his father and only one of them would come out. He'd be the one, of course, but out there in Stanford, he began to think about his father and what it was like coming from Korea, working day and night selling fruit and vegetables when he knew barely enough English to get through the day, hanging on, desperate for his children to get the education he never had in Korea, that you couldn't even dream of in Korea. - Frank McCourt Quotes")
