He moved uncomfortably. "Reading's too much trouble. Mr. Jennings said I was too stupid to learn anyway.""Who's Mr. Jennings?""He's the schoolmaster.""Is he?" I shook my head in disgust. "He shouldn't be. Listen, do you think you're stupid?""No." A small hesitant no. "But I read as good as Daddy does already. Why should I have to do more than that?""You don't have to. You can stay just the way you are. Of course, that would give Mr. Jennings the satisfaction of thinking he was right about you.
-Octavia E. Butler
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