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Carter 2

Nichelle Carter

J. Chabreck

English 101-81

16 September 2009

Essay 1 (Draft 1)

Literacy Journey

She is a National Merit Honor Society inductee, 4.0 Dean’s list student for three

consecutive semesters now and fluent in four languages. All accolades that would make

any mother proud, but things could have turned out so very differently. Rudy Carter is

the product of an ex-drug addict, ex-convict mother and drug dealing, life sentenced,

father. And if the pundits are to be believed, Rudy should be working on her, born out of

wedlock second or third child, employed at Mc Donald’s and aiming for her

GED.

Eula Mae Dennis, Rudy’s great-grandmother, was a proud woman who never

hesitated to put in a solid day’s work for an honest day’s pay. She hails from Magouin,

Louisiana, the eldest of eight children. This circumstance would tear her from her third

grade classroom and thrust her directly into the fields of her family’s farm. She would

spend many years relegated to the role of farm hand and child care assistant as her family

grew, gaining only second hand exposure, from siblings and friends, to the three “R’s” of

learning, “reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic”.

A twist of fate, and depending on your perspective, fortune or misfortune would

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