Toni Cade Bambara - THE LESSON

The Lesson is a story about a young girl who is trying to find the right path for her future. Sylvia is young and naive, from the New York ghetto, but definitely street smart. She has no education and a pretty foul mouth. When Miss Moore takes her and her cousins to FAO Schwarz, it is the first time where Sylvia realizes that there are people out there who have more money and who can afford expensive toys for their children. That there are people who are more 'privileged' and have different lifestyles. When they return to their hood, it seems like nobody really had changed their mindsets, after the trip. Of course, everyone was talking about the nice expensive toys and how they wanted them, but it seems as if only Sylvia was in deep thought about the deeper meaning behind Miss Moore's lesson. I think that she might ponder about possibly getting an education like Miss Moore, and to become somebody important in this world, somebody of greater significance.