Integration A Doorway to Success by Mary L. Brown

Author:Mary L. Brown [Brown, Mary L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, State & Local, General
ISBN: 9781642586824
Google: F1luzQEACAAJ
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Incorporated
Published: 2019-11-06T00:35:41+00:00

Banneker Students are taught to be Good Citizens

Having a diverse and relevant curriculum in addition to the 3Rs, teaching children about their history and giving them values to help them survive in a segregated environment like Catonsville, helped teachers keep Banneker students focused on their academic skills and personal growth. Therefore, students attending Banneker School learned from their teachers that the most important way to be successful is to acquire a good education.

Black teachers imposed strict rules for classroom decorum, reminding students that life would be unkind and harsh to them because of their color, poverty, and lack of education. Our teachers’ objectives were to prepare us for the realities we would face in all areas of life by trying to erase some of the deficits we were born with as black children living in a segregated world.

In our classrooms, teachers were quick to implore discipline during the school day and still called our parents to report the incident.

Accountability and follow-through by our teachers kept most Banneker students in check. Marion Jones, my classmate from Halethorpe and one of the nine African Americans, reminded me of our fourth grade teacher who required her students to take a nap, after lunch and recess, in the classroom. We had to put our heads on their desks and keep our head down until nap time was over. If a student raised his head, the teacher would tap them on the head as a reminder of the rule! Rules were respected and so were our teachers.

Every teacher at Banneker had his or her own personal way of managing their classes in a firm yet positive way acceptable to administration and parents. We were encouraged to follow their directions to avoid the consequences. Students were seldom referred to the administrators for discipline because teachers handled their own problems with the help of our parents, and most importantly, students learned by example and understood the importance of respect for those in authority.

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