Helga Chapter Summary

In this chapter we see that Helga doesn’t want to be apart of the school no more so she tells Margaret Creighton an English teacher that she is leaving the school. Helga wanted to leave her successful career as a teacher because she does not like the hopelessness of her teaching, where the education system for black people is very bad, and the way in which her school has become a place where the system is made to turn black children into white and to not act like black people. Everything is done without freedom, and she knows the students' true natures are being overpowered. She has made a decision that she is not for teaching in this society where she feels like young kids are told not to act like black people. Where unfair educational system is visible throughout the school, where you are not allowed to be yourself.

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Sometimes we get into a job where other your co-workers don’t respect you but you really need the job. Maybe your beliefs are in the minority but you don’t want to become an outcast however you are too shy or too afraid to stand-up for what you really think or believe. I believe it is sometimes difficult to stick to your guns or stand your ground. However Helga’s didn’t think about the consequence of her quitting, she only thought of getting a peace of mind and being happy if she leaves the school. Although her decision is going to really affect her because she just quit teaching at the school with no guarantee that she will find another job. Helga decision to quit her job in this chapter is something I would say is difficult especially in the time she was in. it is very hard to find a job when you are a black female. But she did something a lot of people are scared to do .What I learned most from what Helga has done in this chapter is when you stand up for your belifes you are singled out and don’t belong