“So long as we learn it doesn’t matter who teaches us, does it?” — E.R. Braithwaite Education Copy Share Image
“Oh God, forgive me for the hateful thoughts, because I love them, these brutal, disarming bastards, I love them …” — E.R. Braithwaite Children Copy Share Image
“The betrayal I now felt was greater because it had been perpetrated with the greatest of charm and courtesy.” — E.R. Braithwaite Betrayal Copy Share Image
“Instead, we try to give them affection, confidence and guidance, more or less in that order, because experience has shown us that… — E.R. Braithwaite Confidence Copy Share Image
“It was like a disease, and these children whom I loved without caring about their skins or their backgrounds, they were tainted… — E.R. Braithwaite Children Copy Share Image
“They knew that Jamaica produced sugar, rum and bananas, that Nigeria produced cocoa, and that British Guiana had large natural resources; but… — E.R. Braithwaite Jamaica Copy Share Image
“There's no corporal punishment here, or any other form of punishment for that matter, and the children are encouraged to speak up… — E.R. Braithwaite Child Copy Share Image
“Teaching is like having a bank account. You can happily draw on it while it is well supplied with new funds; otherwise… — E.R. Braithwaite Bank account Copy Share Image
“Their silence was not the result of boredom or apathy, nor were they quiet because it was expected of them or through… — E.R. Braithwaite Fear Copy Share Image
“… They both professed to be atheists, but, judging by their conduct, they exhibited in their daily lives all those attributes which… — E.R. Braithwaite Atheists Copy Share Image
“On my way home that evening I felt an effervescence of spirit which built up inside me until I felt like shouting… — E.R. Braithwaite Career Copy Share Image
“The smells arose from everything, everywhere, flowing together and remaining as a sickening, tantalizing discomfort. They flowed from the delicatessen shop with… — E.R. Braithwaite Next door Copy Share Image
“In Britain I found things to be very different. I have yet to meet a single English person who has actually admitted… — E.R. Braithwaite Boarding house Copy Share Image
“It is said that here we practise free discipline. That's wrong, quite wrong. It would be more correct to say that we… — E.R. Braithwaite Children Copy Share Image
“It’s no one’s fault really,” he continued. “A big city cannot afford to have its attention distracted from the important job of… — E.R. Braithwaite Big city Copy Share Image
“Don't fall into the habit of bringing work home, Rick. It indicates a lack of planning, and you would eventually find yourself… — E.R. Braithwaite Bank account Copy Share Image
“Today I was a teacher, employed. True, I was also a teacher untried, but that could also be an advantage. I would… — E.R. Braithwaite Education Copy Share Image
“Belief in an ideal dies hard. I had believed in an ideal for all the twenty-eight years of my life – the… — E.R. Braithwaite Faith Copy Share Image
