Combining the lack of emotional literacy they may be imbued with, with the fact that if you're black you're not supposed to be that smart and if you... as a boy you're not even supposed to like school. All of the sudden you've got kids who are afraid, black kids and Latino kids who are afraid to be great, afraid to bask in the enjoyment of education, lest they be labeled less than black, less than Latino, less they be called the oreo.
John AmaechiWe need to accept that some people are camp and some people are butch. Some people are pretty and some people are average, but we all fit.
John AmaechiI grew up thinking the best job in the world would be a Jedi and being a psychologist is the closest thing I could get, so I wanted to be a Jedi and I don't want to be a Sith, so that is what keeps me on the straight and narrow.
John AmaechiYou are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets.
John Amaechi