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And i thought to myself, what am i doing? am i reaching them at all? they are acting exactly as the old men did earlier. they are fifty years younger, maybe more, but doing the same thing those old men did who never attended school a day in their lives. is it just a vicious circle? am i doing anything?
-Ernest Gaines
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And I Thought To Myself, What Am

Ernest Gaines
And i thought to myself, what am i doing? am i reaching them at all? they are acting exactly as the old men did earlier. they are fifty years younger, maybe more, but doing the same thing those old men did who never attended school a day in their lives. is it just a vicious circle? am i doing anything?
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