Read the excerpt from We've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.
Teachers who were concerned about students' safety or who disapproved of their playing hooky tried to bar classroom doors.
"A number of teachers told us we were wrong." Arnetta said, that we were breaking laws, and we were putting our parents'
jobs in jeopardy." But, her favorite teachers, Miss Woolfolk and Mrs. Cleopatra Goree, turned around and looked at the
blackboard as if they didn't notice the students leaving their classrooms.
The direct quote is included to help readers understand
how qualified the teachers of the school were.
how strongly many of the teachers opposed the children's march.
that many of the teachers supported the protest
that many teachers did not notice when the students left.
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Read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman. how does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? oedward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: oit is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers. it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks. it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states. it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island. the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing, they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.0o